Mrs.

Jenna
Essenburg

2020-2021

contact me: class materials

Required: Recommended:
Jenna.Essenburg@cobbk12.org
☐ Binder or folder ☐ Post-It Notes
☐ Notebook/lined paper ☐ One pair of earbuds
Remind Code: Text 81010 with
☐ Pencil/Pen ☐ Index Cards
code @EssenLit
☐ Highlighters ☐ Markers or Colored Pencils
☐ Agenda or Daily Planner
Website: CTLS Learn
☐ AN OPEN MIND

Room #608

grades 20%
class procedures

Each unit will be comprised of

daily assignments, quizzes/tests,
and projects. The pre-course
reading assignment will be
completed in the first two weeks of
school.
Essenburg
608

2020-21

2016-2017
turning in work
• All work for this class will be communicated
via CTLS Learn.
• All work will be turned in via CTLS Learn,
unless otherwise indicated by the teacher.
• Each assignment will have a clear, specific
due date for completion.
• LATE work will automatically lose 10%.
This means that the highest grade late work
can receive is a 90%. Late work will be
accepted for THREE DAYS past the due
date. Afterwards, it will be a permanent zero.
absent policy
• Yes, we did something important that you
will need to makeup.
• It is your responsibility to check with
the teacher for missed work/assignments
and to ensure you get them turned-in in
a timely fashion.
• Failure to turn in missed work will result
in a permanent zero in the gradebook.

course units
The following are our thematic units and potential major texts for this course:
Unit 1: Culture and Identity: pre-course reading, 1984
Unit 2: Heroes and Villains: Gilgamesh, cultural epics, mythology, A Thousand
and One Nights, folk tales
Unit 3: Power and Control: Julius Caesar, Persepolis
Unit 4: Perception versus Reality: Anthem, dystopian book circles

plagiarism and cheating extra help

Plagiarism is the taking ideas and writings
of another and passing them off as one’s
own.
In this class, plagiarism includes...
1. Turning in another’s work as one’s own
2. Copying work from a peer
3. Copying an author’s exact words and passing
them off as one’s own (not citing the source)
Students caught plagiarizing will be given a
ZERO for the assignment.
I will have daily virtual office hours
from 1:30-2:30pm. During this time you
may join a video chat with me to get extra
help or to have questions answered.
I am also available via Remind
until 4:30pm daily. Feel free to message
me with any questions during this time.
Messages sent after 4:30pm will not be
responded to until the next day.