Spelling:
Lesson 1: Derived Compound Words
Lesson 2: Easily Confused Words
Lesson 3: Adding Endings to Words
Lesson 4: Prefixes ad, in
Lesson 6: Latin Roots
Lesson 7: Derivational Adjective Endings
Lesson 8: Greek Combining Forms
Lesson 9: More Greek Combining Forms
Lesson 10: Combining Forms tele, meter
Lesson 12: Changes Before Plural
Lesson 13: Changing y to i
Lesson 14: Prefixes That Tell Position
Lesson 15: More Prefixes that Tell Position
Lesson 16: Adding ate To Form Nouns and Verbs
Lesson 18: Prefixes That Tell Size and Amount
Lesson 19: Words With Double Consonants
Lesson 20: Noun Endings
Daily Language Activities:
Capitalizing and Punctuating Four Types of Sentences
Correcting Fragment and Run-on Sentences
Capitalizing and Punctuating Compound Sentences
Using Colons, Semi-Colons, and Dashes
Forming Singular and Plural Nouns
Capitalizing Proper Nouns
Possessive Nouns, Contractions,and Possessive Pronouns
Subjective, Objective, and Possessive Pronouns
Verb Usage
Contractions
Past, Present, and Future Tenses
Irregular Verbs
Using Proper Adjectives
Avoiding Double Negatives
Correcting Misplaced Modifiers
Pronouns in Prepositional Phrases
Collective Noun/ Verb Agreement
Making Compound Subjects and Verbs Agree
Writing Applications:
- Writing Narrative Texts
- Writing Expository Texts
- Writing Persuasive Texts
- Writing Reflective Texts
- Writing Responses for Literature
- Writing a Research Paper
Writing Strategies:
- Progressing Through the Writing Process
- Considering Audience and Purpose
- Evaluating and Revising for Coherence and Unity
- Evaluating and Revising for Content and Organization
- Evaluating and Revising for Conciseness and Clarity
Speaking and Listening Applications:
- Giving and Listening to an Informative Speech
- Giving and Listening to a Persuasive Speech
- Giving and Listening to a Narrative Speech
- Participating in Oral discussion
- Giving and Listening to an Impromptu Speech
Class Grading Categories:
Assessment/Projects: 60%
Daily Language Activity/ Spelling Assessments: 30%
Homework: 10%
How to succeed in Language:
1. Be respectful and expect respect.
2. Meet or exceed your potential on all activities and assessments.
3. Think though problems first, then ask for help.
4. Complete your homework on time and use class time wisely.
Grading Scale:
94-100 A 4.00
90-93 A- 3.67
87-89 B+ 3.33
83-86 B 3.00
80-82 B- 2.67
77-79 C+ 2.33
73-76 C 2.00
70-72 C- 1.67
67-69 D+ 1.33
63-66 D 1.00
60-62 D- 0.67
59% and below F 0.00
Late Work:
Let me know when there are special circumstances when work cannot be completed within the two days given for each day missed. Assignments are expected to be turned in when they are due. If you have a late assignment you will be given a 65% (D) on the assignment when you turn it in for the first day it is late and a 50% (F) if the assignment is two days late.
* Remember to still turn it in because a "D" or "F" is better than a "0"
* If you are gone for any reason it is your responsibility to see me outside of class time on what
you missed!
Extra Credit: No extra credit is given.
Class Expectations
CELL PHONES:
Cell phones are not be visible or heard during instructional times/classroom/study hall and hallway; unless authorized by the instructor of that classroom. The consequences are as follows:
1st offense – phone is taken from the student by a faculty or staff member than brought to the administrative office. The student may get the phone returned that day, pending evaluation of the situation. All necessary information if recorded.
2nd offense – phone is taken from the student by a faculty or staff member and brought to the administrative office. Parents shall be notified to come get the phone during regular administrative office hours. Two hours of Wednesday School will be given. All necessary information is recorded. Note: if the parent is unable to come to school that day or the student chooses for the school not to notify the parent, the student’s phone will be returned and an extra hour of Wednesday School will be given.
3rd offense – the same procedure for 2nd offense will be utilized, but 4 hours of Wednesday School will be given.
4th or more offenses – principal’s discretion.
The number of offenses is cumulative over the entire school year. Parents should NOT be texting their children during school time.
Tardiness:
* Students are considered tardy if they are not in their desks and seated when the bell
rings.
For any further guidelines/policies not mentioned on this syllabus, I will follow those
that are stated in the Parent/Student Handbook.