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WELCOME PARENTS!PTSA Open House 2011
About Me• BA in English from Oglethorpe University• Masters in English Education from GA State University• Experience: 7 years at Brookwood High School• Married to Jason Cloward, PhD in Microbiology• 1 child: Isaac James Cloward – 15 months old
Contact Information• Best way to reach me is my e-mail address:
• If you want updated progress reports e-mail me at any time and I will send them
• My webpage has handouts I give in class as well as important due dates:– www.brookwoodhighschool.net
• Go to Teacher Pages• Heather Cloward• I will also post this power point
Materials• All students should have
• a 3 ring binder for LA only• 10 labeled divider tabs• Plenty of loose leaf notebook paper• Blue or black ink pens• Number two pencils• Highlighters• Index cards• Flashdrive to save electronic work
Books/Novels• All Classes:
• Anthem by Ayn Rand• To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee• Word Clues ISBN: 0-06-538030-4
• Used freshman and sophomore year
• Just Gifted:• Mythology by Edith Hamilton• Beowulf translated by Burton Raffel• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Extra Help/Make-up work• I am available before and after school Tuesday through
Thursday• I am here usually by 6:30 am and leave around 4:00 pm• I can also see them during guided study with an orange pass• If your student cannot make one of the times listed I can work with
them just have them contact me directly
Homework/Make-up Policy• Late homework
– Students may turn in late homework the next day for half credit– After the next day it will not be accepted– A 50 is always better than a 0
• Make-up Work– Students must take the initiative and schedule a time with me– Work will be entered as a zero until it is made-up– After a period of 5 class days if it has not been made up it will stay
a zero
Extra Credit• On-going Extra Credit on Thursdays and Fridays
– Thursday: Freshman LA – may make a sign for a word of the day from this semester• Sign must have word and pictures to represent that word and must be
backed by construction paper• Students must present word to class and explain pictures
– Thursday: Freshman Gifted LA – may submit a sentence using a word of the day from this semester to add to our ongoing story• Sentence must make sense in context and students may only submit
one sentence per Thursday• The typist receives 5 points for typing
Extra Credit Continued• Fridays
– I put a poem on the projector and give the students about 10 minutes at the beginning of the period to respond to the poem• They must respond, but if they can write up a full page response (front
only) with some higher level thinking in it then they can earn up to 5 points towards a daily grade
• For both options they may earn up to 20 points total towards a daily grade and 10 points total towards a major grade– That’s a total of 40 points towards daily grades and 20 points
towards major grades of extra credit offered per semester– They cannot add extra credit to a 100
Units of Study
• Test preparation• PSAT – www.collegeboard.com
• EOCT – www.usatestprep.com
• Short Stories• Nonfiction• Mythology• Odyssey/Beowulf
• Summer Reading/Novel• Research
• Anglo-Saxons• Greeks
• Word Clues/Vocab• Grammar/Spelling• Writing/Gateway
