DAILY PROCEDURES Important Deets

Each day, unless otherwise told, you should follow these

procedures to get the day started:

1. Turn in previous night’s homework and place phone in

the designated location.
Performance Standards
2. Complete the bell ringer posted on the board. This course follows the English
standards outlined by the International
3. Get out required material for the day’s notes or activity. Baccalaureate Organization. The
following evaluation methods will be
used in monitoring student
achievement: essays, group
assignments, projects, tests, quizzes,
worksheets, oral presentations,
participation in class discussions, and

BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS
informal teacher observations.

Academic Honesty
Attendance & Absences Academic honesty is essential in
● Attendance is a necessity. Please make every attempt to be in preserving one's own integrity, the
class when possible. Please show up to class on time and be in integrity of the school, and in gaining a
your seat when the bell rings. true education. All students involved
● Understand that in high school make-up work is the student’s with the IB program agree to maintain
responsibility. You should complete the work within three days of the highest measure of academic
the absence. Major assignments or projects will receive a zero if honesty. Any incidents of malpractice
will result in a grade of a zero and the
they are late. Please contact me ahead of time or ASAP if there is
IB Coordinator being notified.
an emergency.
● If you are absent on the day of a test, you have three days to
make-up your test with an excused absence. Students should not
Notebooks
assume the make-up test will be the same as the originally Your notebook will be extremely
scheduled test. important to you this year. You should
have it separated into FIVE parts:
Warm-Ups, Toolbox, Writing,
Behavior & Attitude Vocabulary, and Literature/
● Students must come to class prepared each day. Bring your Miscellaneous. Items within each
notebook, paper, pen, and text. Make sure you have completed section should be placed in the
notebook chronologically. You may be
your assigned reading; it is essential to class discussion.
asked to turn it in periodically. The
● Be respectful of others and their property. Literature and expectation is that your notebook is
writing is highly subjective, so always be considerate of other ALWAYS ready and in order.
points of view.
● Keep a positive attitude about this class, this program, and Communication
this school. Attitude is everything, and YOU agreed to the
challenge of the IB program. When the going gets tough,
Information will be communicated using
hunker down like a good DAWG and work. Not only will you
a variety of avenues including: class
grow during the challenging times, you will gain a ROCK STAR announcements, postings in the
sense of accomplishment when you make it to the other side. classroom, through Remind, and
through the IB 9 calendar. The link for
Late Work & Grades the calendar is:
Your grades are available for you to view any time online using https://tinyurl.com/y9hlb23c
Infinite Campus Parent Portal.
● Late work will be counted as no more than 50%. It is the student’s responsibility to stay
● Major assignments and projects will not be accepted abreast of due dates, happenings,
late. Please plan accordingly when signing up for field location changes, etc.

This syllabus should remain as

trips, college visits, personal trips, etc. I am always
happy to accept work early. In the event of a TRUE

the first thing in your notebook

emergency or extenuating circumstance (like I have
mono and a doctor’s note...not the printer won’t work, I

for the ENTIRE YEAR.

was at my dad’s this weekend, etc.) please contact me
ASAP.