Course Description: 

Literacy Workshop provides support and opportunities for students to practice, develop and demonstrate their reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in deeply engaged ways. In Literacy Workshop, students work to apply what they learn through literature to the world around them. Literacy Workshop asks students to read and write in a community that honors productivity, preparedness, and respect for its members. Students will set goals for themselves and learn how to make plans for meeting those goals through authentic self-reflection. The workshop concept is based on the idea that choice, relevant tasks, and extended time to read and write will greatly increase a student's motivation to learn and their capacity to succeed in school and beyond.

Grading Policy

Students will be responsible for classwork, participation, assignments and reading work. All work is graded cumulatively. Students' grades are based on a calculation of total points earned divided by total points possible.

For example, if the total points possible for the quarter is 500 and a student earns 450 points, the grade will be 90% for the quarter.

Late work: Homework and incomplete classwork may be turned in one day late for partial credit. Major assignments such as projects and writing assignments will have a loss of 5% per school day and may be turned in up to two weeks after the due date for credit. Students MUST email me to inform me that late work has been turned in.