FALL

2023
CP World
Literature
Instructors

MS. HIBBARD
Room A204
See me for Google Classroom code

Expectations

TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL SEMESTER:

Attend & be prepared for class, complete assignments
CONTACT on time, and communicate with your teacher regarding
absences
Be an active participant in your learning: listen,
collaborate, and ask questions
Take responsibility for your behavior by limiting your
distractions
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Treat others' opinions with respect and provide
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productive feedback to peers

Abide by the social contract (determined as a class)

Course Texts

WHOLE CLASS (texts will be provided)

Night by Elie Wiesel
Poignant 1960 memoir of Wiesel's survival
HibbardCHS.weebly.com as a teenager in the Nazi death camps.

Red Glass by Laura Resau

16-year-old Sophie takes a road trip from Tucson to
southern Mexico and Guatemala with four unlikely
. companions, and finds herself opening up
. to love and adventure along the way.
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PHONE
POLICY
Cell phones must be
stored in the Cell Motel
Grades
upon entry into class
each day. Refusal to
follow this policy will ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
result in an Our class will include opportunities to learn appropriate
administrative referral. and ethical use of 21st Century tools, including Artificial

Intelligence (AI), as students build media literacy skills.

My expectation is that students will complete all

assignments without the assistance of AI programs, unless
INDEPENDENT
explicitly told otherwise. Students who submit work that
READING has been produced using AI will be in violation of the
Independent reading is a academic integrity policy and receive consequences
requirement for this accordingly.
course. Students will be
expected have a book
Academic dishonesty is a serious offense and will result in
(purchased or checked out)
the following consequences:
to bring to class every
failure of the assignment
day. Students will use
these texts to complete disciplinary referral
various assignments parent contact
throughout the semester
(i.e. book clubs, check-ins,
etc.). GRADE BREAKDOWN

Books are available in the Grades throughout this course will be divided
CHS library and my into two categories:
classroom library. I offer a formative (low stakes practice & learning)
variety of novels and summative (higher stakes assessments)
nonfiction texts with a
The final exam counts 10% of the grade.
variety of topics.

Final Exam
If there is a certain text or
10%
topic you do not want your
student reading, please
communicate that
with them and let me know Summative
so I can monitor their 45%
reading selections.
I am available to discuss Formative
this process or any 45%
concerns you may have.