ren aw » Miss Heller @ .Y English Focus: ENN Course Description Over the next four quarters of nine weeks, our class will focus on the following: PRESENT READING Performances, speeches, & more fiction Inovels, plays, poetry, short stories}; nonfiction [news, research]; & more CUR aCeSOr cag ECU Cae PG RESEARCH Writing Well MLA format; evaluating om aL date Loe COR higher level sources; : GRAMMAR source cards; and more basics [parts of speech, clauses, phrases, etc.) discussion: etc collaborating WRITING academically with peel research, synthesis, & teacher analysis, persuasive, narrative, & more NCSC ToLesrerer gnmer V INdlvid allow Up > CO DE. NUS. pape 8 coloring to gk CROCE MET reece het cme ecu Cnr nue rasCaclt home unless otherwise specified beforehand. There should be nearly no reason to ask “What did we do yesterday?” as you can clearly check in and see via online aT MTEC TT Lem RHIC ACs AU PPT TD a1) Tutoring Tuesdays after school until 4:00 P EUG ENC IC MeN UM De c8 See ee 1 i 1 -_ } Cre Aim for success, not perfection. Never give u our~right to be wrong, because then you will ose the ability to learn new things and move dwieh pour (felemerieee Sint ee be Paine ail - David M. Burns Classroom Rules a WILLINGNESS t 4 | begin the year with complete trust and faith in each of you. Please do not abuse that trust by being dishonest. Learning cooperatively is great, and | encourage you to get together to brainstorm and discuss assignments. When you sit down to complete an individual assignment, however, let the work be yours alone, Penalties for plagiarism—another word for cheating —are stiff > If two papers resemble each other too closely, | will split the points. > If a paper is obviously copied, whether from a classmate’s work or from the Internet, it will receive no credit. > Parents will be notified. > In addition to the zero and parent notification, students will write a poem emphasizing the importance of doing your own work Many activities in this class may require Internet usage--especially as the school transitions into our Chromebooks and nearly paperless system. You will be expected to use the provided device in a polite and respectful manner and to treat the device better than you have ever treated any technology (especially your phonel. With that, there should be little to no excuses for having your phones out. A student warning for minor technology infractions (phone ringing, buzzing, or texting, etc.) may include, but is not limited to: * A public class apology for wasting learning time, wasting individual potential, and ignoring peers or teachers, * A formal letter of apology to Ms Heller for disrupting learning and obviously ignoring her feelings—follow MLA requirements for a formal business letter format. DEVICE POLICY * Astrict adherence to the COOKIE POLICY: if your technology is a distraction, you will bring in store-bought. sealed cookies for the entire class within one week of class. **Any refusal of these class policies may result in a range of consequences. General Guidelines Students will have access to all available forms of electronic media and communication, which is in support of education and research, and in support of the educational goals and objectives of the BCPS District. & Students are responsible for their ethical and educational use of the mobile devices on-line services at the BCPS District. & All policies and restrictions of personal/mobile device for on-line services must be followed. & Transmission of any material, which is in violation of any federal or state law, is prohibited. This includes, but isnot limited to confidential information, copyrighted material, threatening or obscene material, and viruses. Any attempt gain access to the BCPS network with the intent to damage file, access unauthorized data, or disrupt the network traffic in any way is strictly prohibited. & Students are prohibited from using cameras [still or video) on their personal devices while at school, unless the teacher has granted permission & Los, Theft or Damage while on school property: Studonts assume all risk of thet ar damage while on school property. Students Should exercise responsible behavior inthe use até protection of any personal devices whi on schoot property. Bult County Public Schools wil not be Fesponsibe for personal property including computers and mobile devices, & Internet Filtering: Use of devices or software to bypass district Internet filtering is a violation of the District Acceptable Use Policy and disciplinary action shall be taken. ‘= Inappropriate Material: If a student is found to be accessing inappropriate material on the Internet or on the personal device while Network Etiquette Be polite; messages typed in capital letters are the equivalent of shouting and are considered rude. & Use appropriate language; swearing, vulgarity, ethnic or racial slurs, and any other inflammatory language are prohibited. & Pretending to be someone else when sending/receiving messages is considered inappropriate and fraudulent. Transmitting obscene messages or pictures is prohibited, & Revealing personal addresses or phone numbers of the user or others is prohibited and fraudulent. §& Using the network in such a way that would disrupt the use of the network by other users is prohibited.