English2

Mrs.McCarville
amccarville@ikmmanning.k12.ia.us
20152016AcademicYear

Objectives:
1.

Toread,interpret,analyze,andappreciateavarietyofwritingstyles
2.

Todevelopasawriterthroughcontinualpracticeofvariouswritingformats
3.

Topracticeanddevelopnotetakingskillsthroughteacherlectureandindependentstudentreading
4.

Tofurtherdevelopinterestinreadingthroughclassreadings,aswellasindependentnovelselectionandreading
intheclassroom
5.

TofurtherdevelopasanonlinelearnerbyappropriatelyaccessingInternetresources,documentingonline
materialsused,andproducingfinalproductsusingtechnology

Overview:

Throughoutthedurationofthiscourse,studentswillbereadingshortstories,poetry,andnonfiction.
Studentswillreadmajorpiecesofliterature,whichincludes
JuliusCaesar
andanovelbyJohnSteinbeck.

Studentswillcontinuetoworkonanddeveloptheirskillsinreadingandanalyzingliterature,usinghigher
orderthinkingskillstorespondtotext,andthewritingprocess.Throughoutthesemester,eachstudentwillcontinue
toworkondevelopingasawriterthroughtheuseofgrammarlessonsandvocabulary.Weeklyquizzesaretobe
expected.Studentswillknowinadvancewhenquizzeswillbetaken.

Studentswillberequiredtohaveanindependentreadingnovelwiththeminclass.Thisnovelmustbewith
youatalltimeswhenyoucometoclass.Studentswillbeexpectedtoreadafterquizzesandtestsaretaken,aswell
asondayswhenfreereadingisassignedtotheclass.Readingfromthisnovelonassigneddays/timeswillbepartof
theparticipationpointsreceivedinthisclass.

Theremaybereadingassignedtocompleteoutsideofclass,aswellashomeworkandotherwritten
assignments.Classdiscussionswillbeavitalpartofyourlearning,thereforeitisimportanttocometoeachclass
preparedtolistenandparticipate.Studentswillbegivenquizzesoverreadingmaterialsthatareassignedto
completeoutsideoftheclassroom.StudentswillbeusingtechnologythroughtheuseofGoogleDrivetocomplete
somehomeworkassignments.Studentswillbenotifiedinadvanceastowhentechnologywillbeusedasameansof
turninginassignmentsorwhenmaterialsareonlinethatneedtobeaccessedoutsideofclassroomtime.

TechnologyUsage:

Studentswillsubmitsomehomeworkassignmentsandallmajorwrittenprojectstotheteacherbyusingtheir
Googleaccount.Studentsareresponsibleforknowingandrememberingtheloginpasswordandmanagingthat
information.Allassignmentsandwrittenprojectsmustbeturnedinfollowingthestepslaidoutbytheteacherin
ordertoearnfullcredit.Also,studentsmustadheretotheIKMManningCSDcomputerandInternetusepolicy.Any
andallviolationswillbetakendirectlytothetechnologycoordinatorandprincipal.

Withthe1:1initiativeintroducedduringthe20152016academicschoolyear,computerswillbeusedona
consistentbasisinclass.Computerlidswillbeclosedwhenthebellringsandwillonlybeopenedifinstructedbythe
teacher.Ifastudentisinviolationoftheteachersrequestsregardingtechnology,thecomputermaybekeptbythe
teacherfortheremainderoftheclassperiod.

Plagiarism:

Plagiarismisthepracticeoftakingsomeoneelsesworkorideasandpassingthemoffasonesown.Ifany
oftheworkonyourpaperisnotyourownandyouhavefailedtomakethiscleartoyourteacher,thenyouare
deliberatelydefraudingyourteacher,andyouareguiltyofplagiarism.Studentswhoplagiarizewillautomatically
receivea0ontheplagiarizedworkwithnoopportunitytoredotheworkassigned.

Consequences:
1.

Anystudentcaughtcheatingorplagiarizingonschoolworkwillreceiveafailingscoreandwillhaveno
opportunitytosubmitanotherpaper.
2.

Anystudentcooperatinginasituationinvolvingcheatingorplagiarismissubjecttothesameconsequences.
3.

Parents/guardianswillbenotifiedeitherbyaletter,email,telephonecallorwithnotesplacedontheonlinegrade
book.
4.

Awrittenaccountoftheincidentmaybereportedtotheprincipalandwillbedocumentedinthestudents
disciplinaryrecord.

TypedWork:

Allpapersmustbesubmittedtotheteacherfollowingthepropertypedformat.Anexpectationssheetwillbe
availabletoeachstudentonwhatrequirementsmustbemetwithtypedwork.Thisexpectationsheetcanbefound
ontheteachersschoolwebsite.

Whensubmittingawritingassignment,therubricMUSTbehandedintotheteacheroragradewillnotbe
awardedforthework.Notypedworkwillbegradediftherubricisnothandedin.

Grading:
Quartergradeswillnolongerbeused,thereforeyoursemestergradeswillaccountfor80%ofyourgrade..The
semestertestwillcountas20%ofyourgrade.Thegradingscaleforthisclasswillbetheuniversalgradingscalefor
IKMManningHighSchool.

A:
94100
A:
9293

B+:
9091

B:
8489

B:
8283

C+:
8081

C:
7479

C:
7273

D+:
7071

D:
6469

D:
6263

F:
<62

Weighting:

Workcompletionforthisclasswillbeweightedasfollows:

Tests:40%

Quizzes:35%
In/Outofclassassignments:25%

ClassroomConsequences:
Failuretofollowclassroomprocedureswillresultinthefollowing:

1.
Verbalwarning
2.
Removalfromclassfortheremainderofthatclasstime
3.
Removalfromclassandsenttotheofficefortheremainderofthatclasstime
4.
Meetingwithprincipal,teacher,andstudentregardingbehaviorandparentsnotifiedofbehavior

LateWork:
AllassignmentsaredueatthebeginningofclassthedaytheyaredueOR,ifsubmittedelectronically,atthe
cutofftimeestablishedbytheteacher.Failuretohandinassignmentsatthetimetheyareduewillresultinalossof
50percentofthetotalpointsoftheassignment.Alllateworkisduewithintwodays.Aftertwodays,nopointswillbe
awarded.
Allassignmentsnothandedinbytheendofthesemesterwillresultinanincompletegradeandyouwill
havethreedaystocompletetheworkorriskfailureoftheclassforthequarterorsemester.

AbsentWork:

Ifabsentfromschool,assignmentsgivenpriortoyourabsencearedueimmediately.Youwillhavetwo
daystomakeupanymissingassignmentsgivenduringyourabsence.Failuretomakeupwork,ormake
arrangementswiththeteachertoturninwork,aftertwodayswillresultinalossof50percentofthetotalpointsofthe
assignment.

Longrangeassignmentsmustbecompletedwhenyoureturntoschoolfromyourabsence.Failuretodoso
willresultinalossof50percentofthetotalpointsoftheassignment.

ExtraCredit:
Extracreditwillbeavailableatthediscretionoftheteacher.Donotaskforextracredititwillnotbegiven
onanindividualbasis.Extracreditwillnotbeeasytoearninthisclass.Preparetodoyourbestworkonall
assignmentstoassureyoureceivethegradeyoudesire.

Accommodations:
Ifyoufeelthatyouneedextrahelptocompletetheassignmentsandwrittenworkforthesemester,please
arrangingatimetomeetwithme.Eachstudentisavaluablememberoftheclassroomandhastherighttobeable
toparticipatetothebestofhis/herability.