CP ENGLISH 11 SYLLABUSBerry/McGinnis/Hickman

Please read the following syllabus and sign the last page to turn in to Mrs.

Berry, Ms. McGinnis or Ms. Hickman by August 29th.

CP ENGLISH 11 SYLLABUS

• Required Materials:

• Paper, pencil, pen, highlighter, three-ring binder, notebook, novels (when applicable

Class Rules:• Be respectful of others at all times.

• Clear water bottles are the only beverages permitted. You may also bring snacks to class, if necessary, but make sure you pick up your own trash. If trash/mess becomes an issue, I will have to ban all food items.

• Cell phones ARE NOT ALLOWED IN CLASS! Please keep your phones and mp3 players in your backpacks at all times. If this becomes a problem, I will confiscate your phones until the end of the day, or, if I must warn students more than once, I will issue a detention. applicable)

Grading:

• All grades will come from summative assessments only. This will come in the form of tests, quizzes, speeches, projects, presentations, and writing assignments.

• Grades will be weighted as follows: • -Summative Assessments 85% (tests, vocabulary

quizzes, large essays, and other • large cumulative assessments, etc.)• -Fundamentals 15% (reading quizzes, class work, etc.)• -Formative Assessments 0% (drafting, pre-writing,

vocab. practice, grammar • practice, and other practice assignments)

Homework and Classwork Policy:

• Some assignments are purely formative and will not be graded; however, if you want to have the option to re-take a major summative assessment at the end of each unit, you will need to have received satisfactory scores and completed all assignments leading up to that assessment in order to qualify for the re-take option.

Absence Work and Missing Work:

• You have up to, but no more than, two weeks to turn in a missed assignment or to complete make-up work during the nine weeks; however no work will be accepted after the nine weeks in which it was given. If your missing or make-up work is a major summative assessment, (test/quiz/etc.) you MUST see me to schedule a time to make this up with me. If you miss the scheduled time (which is now called intervention) you will not be allowed to make up the work. These extensions do not apply to the following assignments: formal presentations, reading assignments, speeches, major cumulative reading and writing projects

Attendance:

• While students are not penalized for missing class, generally speaking, students who miss many days have lower grades than their peers who attend regularly. It is important to remember that, while I can help to catch you up on missed work, it will not be the same thing as attending class and being actively engaged in a full lesson.

Plagiarism:

• Plagiarism is a serious offense. Students will learn at the beginning of the year what is and what is not plagiarism and how to avoid committing it. Any student who is caught cheating or plagiarizing will be referred to the Dean of Students. The work in question will be entered into Progressbook as “missing” until their academic intervention is resolved and the student goes before the Academic Dishonesty Committee. Finally, parent(s)/guardian(s) will be contacted about this serious infraction.

Curriculum:

• This year, we will be incorporating: The Hunger Games and dystopian literature into our curriculum! Our yearlong theme will focus on society, and we will connect all of our major literature to issues we see in society. The first semester we will devote to non-fiction texts discussing issues in race and gender, while the second semester we will delve into fictional texts that involve religion and class.

• With all of these complex issues in mind, we will write in many forms and genres, including, but not limited to: persuasive essays, research papers, letters, presentations, speeches, and personal narratives.

Curriculum• We will also add two other elements this year: book groups and a

society project. Second semester, you will be assigned into groups of five. Each group will then choose one of five books it would like to investigate. Your group will complete different activities for your chosen book throughout the year, and during fourth quarter, you will create (or recreate) the society in your book. Elements for this project include:

•     -Constitution•     -Bill of Rights•     -Declaration of Independence•     -virtual or physical 3D map•     -critical lens of the society (group paper)•     -flag•     -ethnic costumes•     -national anthem•     -PowerPoint presentation with group members• It is important that you work hard throughout the year in this class,

because your grades will determine if you are part of WMHS’ second-annual Hunger Games!

The Hunger Games

• Few pieces of contemporary literature capture the spirit of dystopia quite like The Hunger Games. Details to come.

Major Works & DYSTOPIAN TEXTS :

• Some of the major works we will examine this year include: excerpts from The Autobiography of Malcom X, Much Ado About Nothing, The Kite Runner, and a choice dystopian text at the end of the year.

• include, but are not limited to: Fahrenheit 451(Bradbury); WWZ (Brooks); Handmaid's Tale (Atwood); Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Dick); 1984 (Orwell); Feed (Anderson); and The Road (McCarthy)

CP ENGLISH 11 Berry/McGinnis/Hickman

Welcome to CP English 11 – We are excited about the possibilities of this class and our students!