Literature
9
Mrs. Paulson
Expectations
and Policies:
Students will:
•Be respectful
at all times regarding other students abilities; reading,
comments, questions etc.
•Use respectful
language at all times
•Be respectful of others right to work by
staying on task
•Be respectful
of all property in classroom
•Do their
OWN work - cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated and a grade of “F”
will be
assigned to the assignment/test –
no make-up will be given
•Be prepared
for class everyday; assignments/readings done,
necessary materials in hand
•Turn in
all assigned work completed (no incomplete work will be
accepted) and on due date - lateness results
in reduction of points
•Do all
assignments in ink or on a word processor on clean
notebook paper - no torn out pages
•Keep all
assignments/notes/handouts in notebook
•Remove
hats in classroom
•Eat and
drink outside the classroom - water is only acceptable drink
in classroom
•Infractions
of any or all of the above will result in loss of points and
or referral
Materials
required:
•a 3 ring
notebook with class dividers
•college
rule notebook paper
•a pocket
dictionary
•a blue
or black pen
Attendance:
To be a successful
student it is necessary to attend class on a regular basis; learning takes
place in
the
classroom each day. Some class activities
and/or group work are often not possible to make up.
Tardy Policy:
1. If a student is
more than 10 minutes late to class, the tardy is considered an absence. If the tardy is
excused, it is an excused absence.
If the tardy is unexcused, it is an unexcused
absence.
2. If a student has three (3) unexcused tardies in a nine-week period, the student must participate in a limited number of community service projects including:
c.
during weekly
activity period w/teacher
3. Failure to comply
with the tardy policy will result in Saturday School.
Recorrections:
Most assignments
will be able to be recorrected for more credit. Students will be told which assignments
can be redone.
Requirements
for Recorrections:
b. Must be done on
a separate sheet of paper and
stapled to original
c.
Need to be turned
in the day after answers have been given
d. Need to be written
in complete sentences
e. All wrong or incomplete
answers need to be recorrected
f.
Grading for recorrections:
All F’s and D’s will raise to C,
C’s
will raise to B
B’s
will raise to A
Make-up
Work:
Regardless of the reason for the absence,
it is the student's responsibility to initiate request for make-up work.
The first day back, check: the homework box for any missed assignments,
or with a member of your triad study group, or class
notebook for notes or special instructions; if assignment is still unclear,
then make an appointment to see me outside of class time. Students have 2 days to make up missed
work for full credit.
Any test
missed during an absence must be made up within one week of return to school.
Student is responsible for arranging test make up.
Grades: will be computed
on 60% homework and 40% tests using the
following scale:
89
- 80 = B
79
- 70 = C
69 - 60 =
D
Student signature ______________________________
Parent signature ________________________________