English+1C-2C+Syllabus

=English 1C & 2C = =Course Syllabus =

 BE SOMEONE, GO SOMEWHERE
This year-long course integrates the following 4 elements:
 * Course Description: **
 * 1) Literacy - reading & writing
 * 2) Communication- listening, speaking, and presenting
 * 3) Character Education- ECV’s 8 Keys/Core Values
 * 4) Organizational Skills - planner & 3-ring binder

This is a required course for all students in grade nine. The course content includes units of study in fiction and non-fiction. Activities in each unit interrelate reading, writing, oral communication, and language study including grammar, usage and standard forms of American English. This course is intended to help students meet district-adopted English language arts standards and prepare them for the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE).

Education is not a spectator sport. In this class you are expected to be an __ACTIVE__ learner as demonstrated by participating in class discussions, staying on task, asking questions, following directions, having eye contact, accepting challenges, and making connections.
 * Behavior: **

To maintain a successful learning environment you must always demonstrate a positive attitude. You must show respect for the teacher as well as each other. No put-downs or negative comments are acceptable in the classroom. The following few rules are the keys to success in this class:
 * 1) Listen while the teacher/peers are talking
 * 2) Raise your hand and wait to be called on
 * 3) Ask permission to leave your seat
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">LISTEN and follow directions carefully
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Demonstrate the 8 ECV Keys/Core Values in your attitude and behavior


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Behavioral Consequences __****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Warning
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Call home
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">T.A.S.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1st referral and call home (detention)
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">2nd referral and call home (detention, possible suspension)
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">3rd referral and call home (dropped from class without credit)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">90-100 = A Reading Standards = 35% <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">80-89 = B Writing Standards = 35% <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">70-79 = C Listening and Speaking Standards = 15% <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">60-69 = D Class Participation = 15% <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">below 59.9 = F
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Grading Scale __****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">: __Grading Categories__: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Parents and students will be able to check current grades online at [|www.mygradebook.com]. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">If you do not have Internet access at home, you may go to the library. If you want a detailed report with individual assignments, you must take the initiative to check on your own.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Grade Reports __****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Attendance matters! Be on time every day! When you have an excused absence you must take the __INITIATIVE__ to ask the teacher for your make-up work the day you return. Repeated absences will affect your academic grade.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Absence Policy __****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">: **


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Tardy Policy __****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Students must check in at the Attendance Office if they arrive late to school to get a pass
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Over 30 minutes late equals a period truancy
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1st – 3rd Tardy || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Warning by teacher and call home ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">5th Tardy || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Disciplinary referral for tardy, Lunch detention assigned by Attendance Office ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">8th Tardy || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Disciplinary referral for tardy, 1 hour of detention after school assigned by Attendance Office ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">10th + Tardy || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">2 days of one hour of detention after school, in-school-suspension, or possible home suspension, assigned by Assistant Principal – referral written by Attendance Office ||

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Passes will be distributed at the discretion of the teacher.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Bathroom Pass __****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">If you have a D or F in the class, you will be given the opportunity to attend after school tutorial or Night Library. Your parents will be contacted to inform them of your tutorial.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">D and F Policy __****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Write down the daily agenda and homework in your school planner. If you lose your school planner you will need to purchase another one. Keep your notebook well-organized with labeled dividers for every class. All graded work will be placed in your student folder kept in class.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Organization (Planner & Notebook) __****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Please use proper __ECV 4-Part Heading__ on all papers: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">First and Last Name

Key of the month
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Teacher / Period ___ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Date

=<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-align: left;">One step to success is being prepared. Would you go to play baseball without bringing a bat, baseball, and glove? Of course you wouldn’t because you could not play the game. The same is true for playing the “game of school.” In order to “play,” you need certain supplies. We suggest that you purchase the following supplies so that you can be prepared to be successful in school. = = =  English 1C & 2C
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">3-inch three-ring binder
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Planner (provided by school)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Blank lined college-ruled paper
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">A variety of colored pens
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Number 2 pencils
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Pencil pouch
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">A variety of colored highlighters
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Colored pencils
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Flash drive (//highly recommended//)
 * Spiral college-ruled notebook
 * Tab Dividers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Glue stick
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Small stapler (made to fit in pencil pouch)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Ruler
 * 3-hole punch (made to fit in binder)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Hello Parents/Guardians! Please have your student explain all of the information in the class syllabus from their class notes. You may also review the syllabus at www.mscadwell.wikispaces.com. If you need a paper copy of the class syllabus, please have your student ask me for one. Your signature below tells me that you have read, understood, and agreed to support your child’s success in this class. Thank you very much.

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Michelle Cadwell <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Classroom Phone (619)401-4883 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Email: mcadwell@guhsd.net


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Online Grades ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">[|www.mygradebook.com] **

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(Student name- print) (date) __

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(Parent(s) name- print) (date)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">_____ __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">(Parent(s) signature) Home: __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Work: __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Cell: ___ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> E-mail:

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">I, ___ accept the challenges of this class and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> (Student signature) am committed to succeeding.