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WELCOME TO MRS. LAFOND’S CLASS

Teacher webpage • Contains up to date home work assignments and reminders• Quarterly calendars for English Classes• Syllabi for all classes• On-going project assignments

Calendars• Pre-planned with the whole year in mind, but only released quarterly.• Contains test dates as well as reading assignments.• Very useful for planned and unplanned absences.

• Please make sure your student has printed and reviewed the current calendar.

On-going Projects• Book Talks•Writing tutorials• Research Projects

• ***Your student should always be working on these for English.

Parent Contact• Primarily by e-mail. • Periodically send out announcements through e-mail.

Grading procedures• English Classes:• Tests/Writing: 60%• Projects:30%• Classwork/Quizzes: 5%• Homework/DGP: 5%

• Public Speaking:• Speeches: 60%

• Research Portfolios: 20%

• Classwork/Homework/Quizzes: 20%

Late work policy• Because we cannot proceed with the writing process or other activities, late work will only be accepted one day late with a twenty percent deduction from the grade. • After one day? No credit•What if my child was sick? It must be a medically excused absence and is due upon return to class.•What if the printer broke/ran out of ink, computer crashed, book bag stolen, etc? Contact me immediately, e-mail any work you have completed. I will do my best to work with you, but I must see that you have been working.

• **I do accept early work. All assignments submitted before the due date receive a five point bonus.

Tutorials• Offered daily, but once students begin doing book talks and writing tutorials, it is best to make an appointment.

Summer Reading•We will continue with this unit for two more weeks. • It will be assessed at the end of the unit.• It will appear on the semester exam.

Questions?