Class Rules
Remember the Three Rs:
Respect for yourself
Respect for others
Responsibility for all your actions

Absences/Late Work
• Upon absence, it is the responsibility of the student to check the Class Agenda for all missed materials, notes, and assignments.
• Students involved in extra-curricular activities are responsible for gathering all missed materials and completing all missed assignments by the next class period.
• Points will be deducted daily from late work. Ten points per day will be deducted for up to five school days. If the assignment is not turned in within one week, the student will be assigned to ZAP to complete the missing assignment(s).

Required Class Materials
1 in. binder 5 dividers
Pens (blue/black ink) Notebook paper
Highlighters (5 colors)
*Students are expected to bring these supplies to class every day.

Grading Policy
25% Book Tests 25% Daily Work
25% Projects 25% Tests

AR/Book Test Policy
Students are required to read an instructor approved novel each six weeks and pass an AR generated test. If a student fails an AR test, he/she may read another book and take another test BEFORE the original AR Deadline, and I will record the higher of the two grades as the test grade. If the student doesn’t attempt to take another test, he/she will receive the original grade. Students ARE NOT allowed to take an AR test after the set deadline.

Class Agenda 2007-2008

First Six Weeks
Short Stories: “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
“The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst
Class Novel: Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James Houston
Writing and Grammar
Skills Focus: Literary Elements, Reading Strategies, Figures of Speech, Literary Techniques, Phrases and Clauses, Sentence Structure, Mechanics, Usage, Parts of Speech

Second Six Weeks
Short Stories: “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Alan Poe
“The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell
“The Lady or the Tiger?” by Frank Stockton
Students’ Choice AR TEST DEADLINE: Friday, November 9
Writing and Grammar
Skills Focus: Literary Elements, Reading Strategies, Figures of Speech, Literary Techniques, Sound Devices, Phrases and Clauses, Sentence Structure, Mechanics, Usage, Parts of Speech

Third Six Weeks
The Writing Process: Research Writing
Grammar
Students’ Choice AR TEST DEADLINE: Friday, December 7
Skills Focus: Mechanics, Usage, Parts of Speech, Structural Elements, Organization, Technology, Citation

Fourth Six Weeks
Shakespeare Focus: “Romeo and Juliet”
Writing and Grammar
**NO AR**
Skills Focus: Literary Elements, Reading Strategies, Figures of Speech, Literary Techniques, Phrases and Clauses, Sentence Structure, Mechanics, Usage, Parts of Speech

Fifth Six Weeks
Science Fiction and Fantasy: “The Sentinel” a story by Arthur C. Clarke
“Visit to a Small Planet” a comedy by Gore Vidal
Grammar and Writing
Students’ Choice AR TEST DEADLINE: Friday, April 4
Skills Focus: Literary Elements, Reading Strategies, Figures of Speech, Literary Techniques, Phrases and Clauses, Sentence Structure, Mechanics, Usage, Parts of Speech

Sixth Six Weeks
Epic Focus: The Odyssey by Homer
Writing and Grammar
Personal Journey Project
Students’ Choice AR TEST DEADLINE: Friday, May 16
Skills Focus: Literary Elements, Reading Strategies, Figures of Speech, Literary Techniques, Phrases and Clauses, Sentence Structure, Mechanics, Usage, Parts of Speech