Class Overview

Class Norms

• Goals: 

  • • To help students build a deeper, personal appreciation for literature and varying perspectives

    • To develop reading, writing, critical thinking, and communication skills that will help each student thrive as both students and young members of society

• Expectations:

  • • Be Prepared  -  Complete all reading assignments and homework before class begins so that you are prepared to share, collaborate, and build on your knowledge.

    • Be Engaged  - Actively participate by following along, responding to questions, joining in discussion, asking questions, etc. Avoid off-task talking and inappropriate use of technology. 

    • Be Respectful  -  Listen to and consider others. Use polite words and actions. Follow class expectations promptly.

    • Be Committed  -  Commit to giving your best effort to every activity, every day. Challenges are simply opportunities to grow, and I'm always here to help!

Late / Make Up Work Policy (From the WMS Handbook)

• Students may submit late work (classwork, projects, and quizzes) up until the summative assessment for a unit of study.

• 10% Deduction for each day an assignment is late (up to 50% deduction). 

• Students who are absent on the day that the work is assigned will be given the equal number of days absent to complete the assignment upon return to school.  Special consideration will be given to students with longer absences due to extraordinary circumstances. 

• Students who are present on the day the work is assigned but absent on the day it is due, must turn in the assignment on the day he or she returns to school.

• ** It is the student's responsibility to determine and complete make-up work. **

  • Students should access the daily slides posted on Canvas in the daily announcement at the end of their date of absence to determine which activities need to be completed. Paper handouts are available on the student resource table in the classroom, as appropriate.

Cheating / Plagiarism

• Plagiarism can include: 

  • • Copying part or all of another student's work

    • Copying sentences, paragraphs, or whole texts from the internet or a book/article without citing the source

    • Copying another's work but changing a few words/replacing key terms with synonyms

• Claiming another person's work, ideas, and/or words as one's own is not only unfair to the owner of the content, but it also cheats the learner out of receiving the help that he/she may need to truly understand and master the content that we are learning. 

• Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated in this class! If a student is found to be copying another student's work or copying words/ideas from the internet or another source, students will not receive credit for the assignment, and parents/guardians will be contacted. Alternative assignments may be given for students to complete in place of the assignment that they cheated on/plagiarized.