English 9 Ms.

Mezick
2021-2022 mezickka@chambersk12.org

Unit Date
1: Short Stories & August 9th
Narrative Essays September 10th
2: Novel & September 13th
Expository Essays October 15th
October 18th
3: Poetry
November 19th
4: Public Speaking & November 22nd
Argumentative Essays December 17th
January 5th
5. Romeo & Juliet
February 25th
February 28th Grading Percentages
6. The Odyssey
April 1st
April 4th
7. Research Projects
May 20th Daily
*Please note that all dates are tentative and can change.
Midterm and Final test grades count for 20% of the 25%
respective semester’s grade and are factored in separately. Tests
Active
40%
Learning
35%

Bellwork
• Grammar
o Monday-Thursday
▪ Accuracy Daily Work Grade
o Friday
▪ Accuracy Test Grade
 Materials Test Re-Take Policy
I offer a re-take policy for all
• Required grammar, literature, and
vocabulary tests. My re-take
o Charged Chromebook policy is as follows:
o Chromebook charger • ALL tests (with the exception
o Pens/Pencils/Highlighters of their midterm, final, and
state tests) are open for
retake.
• Optional • ANY test grade (with the
exception of 100) is eligible for
o Band-Aids
re-take.
o Kleenex • Students have one full week
o Hand sanitizer to re-take their test(s).
o Clorox wipes • Students may come in before
o Baby wipes school instead of going to the
lunchroom, after the
o Paper towels
afternoon announcements, or
o Water bottles during 7th period (my
planning, per their teacher's
--It is the student’s responsibility permission) to re-take.
to bring all required materials to Electronics Policy • Students are given their
original test to re-take; they
class. every day.
do not start from
--Ms. Mezick will NOT provide • Cell phones may be used in scratch. They only need to
correct the items missed on
materials. class at Ms. Mezick’s their original test.
discretion for educational • There is only room for
improvement. There is no
uses only (no texting, mathematical way a student
can make a lesser grade.
checking Facebook, etc.) • If a student originally scores a
50, re-takes and correctly
• Chromebooks should be answers all incorrect answers
(which would have been 50
present and fully charged in additional points), the student
is given 25 additional points
class daily. (because re-takes are for half-
credit), resulting in a grade of
75.
Make-up Policy
--It is YOUR responsibility to get
your make-up work from
Ms. Mezick, complete it, and turn
it in. Ms. Mezick will not hunt you
to give you your work or to
remind you to turn your work in.
--We work on a very regular
routine, so if you’re out on a
Consequences
Friday, for example, you should
1st offense: student/teacher
conference already know that you have
2nd offense: parent/teacher missed a test grade.
conference
3rd offense: office referral --Class time will not be used to
complete make-up work.