20162017EnglishIISyllabus

Instructor:ChristinaAtkinson
Website:www.englishwithmsatkinson.weebly.com
Email:catkinson@pilotgrove.k12.mo.us
TutoringHours:7:00a.m.MF
6thPeriodMF

CourseOverview:WelcometoEnglishII.Iamsoexcitedtohaveeachofyouinmyclass,and
lookforwardtotheyearahead.ThisyearwewillbuildupontheEnglishskillsthatyouhave
learnedthusfarinyourhighschoolcareer.Thisyearstudentswilldevelopreading
comprehensionskills,compositionfluency,higherorderthinkingskills,aswellasoraland
writtenanalysisofavarietyoftexts.Thesetextswillspanoverseveraltimeperiods,genres,and
cultures.Studentsshouldbepreparedtocompleteapproximatelytwohoursofhomeworkeach
week.

TextsYouwillReadthisYear:
1. SherlockHolmes:SelectedStoriesbySirArthurConanDoyle
2. TheHungerGamesbySuzanneCollins
3. HarryPotterandtheSorcerersStonebyJ.K.Rowling
4. HarryPotterandtheChamberofSecretsbyJ.K.Rowling
5. MausbyArtSpiegelman
6. NightbyElieWiesel

ClassroomRulesandExpectations:
1. Beontime.
Youmustbeinyourseatwhenthebellrings,oryouwillbecountedtardy.
2. Cometoeachclassprepared.
AlloftheAssignmentsforthisclasswillbeuploadedtotheclassroom,sobringingyour
chromebooktoclasseachday(charged)isnecessaryforyoursuccessinEnglishII.
Comingtoclasspreparedmeansmakingsurethatyouhavereadanymaterialthatwas
assignedpreviouslysothatyouwillbeabletoparticipateindiscussion.
3. Berespectfultoeveryoneintheclassroom.
WhileIfullysupportfreedomofspeech,justunderstandthattheclassroomisnotthe
appropriateoutletforinappropriatelanguagethatisdisrespectfultoanyone.
Iknowyouhavehearditathousandtimes,buttreatothersasyouwouldliketobe
treated.
TheEnglishClassroomcansometimesgetabitheatedduringdiscussions,somakesure
thatyouunderstandeveryoneisentitledtotheirownopinions.Inadditionmakesurethat

youarerespectfulwhenexpressingyouropinion.Thinkaboutwhatyousaybeforeyou
sayit.
4. Ipromisetocometoeachclassexcitedtoteachandwithapositiveattitude.Itisthen
yourresponsibilitytomakesureIstayinapositiveattitudethroughclassparticipation,
completionofwork,andrespectfulbehavior.
5. Youareallowedtoleavetheclassroom2timeseachquarterwithoutreceivingatardy,
anytimeyouleavetheclassroomafteryour2freebieswillresultinatardy.

LateWorkPolicy:
Allworkmustbeturnedinonthedaythatitisduetoreceivefullcredit.Anyworkthatislate
willreceivea20%deductioninpoints.Alllateworkmustbesubmittednolaterthan2weeks
priortotheendofthequarter.

MakeupWork:
1. Studentswillhave1dayforeverydaytheyareabsenttomakeuptheirwork.
2. Allassignmentsthatyouhavemissedwilluploadedtotheclassroom.
3. Youcanaskforinstructionsforyourmakeupworkbeforeclass,afterclass,before
school,afterschool,orduringmyplanperiod.Iwillnotgiveinstructiontoassignments
missedduringtheregularclasstime.

MandatoryStudyHall:
Studentsthatcompletelessthan50%ofthehomeworkassignedwillbegivenaMandatory
StudyHallthatmustbeservedthatday.Allworkisduebythebeginningofthehourtoavoida
MandatoryStudyHall.BecausethisisanEnglishcourse,asignificantportionofthehomework
istoreadthematerialassigned.Theonlywaytogaugeifyouhavecompletedthishomeworkis
foryoutopassaquizgiveninclass.Ifyouscoreunderapassinggrade(6/10)onaquiz,you
willbegivenaMandatoryStudyHalltocompletethereadingassignment.Afteryouservethe
Mandatoryyoumayretakeadifferentquizoverthesamereadingselectionforlatecredit(20%
deduction.)

CellPhones:
Cellphonesarenotallowedinclass.Ifcellphonesareseeninclass:
1stOffense:Warning
2ndOffense:Takentotheofficeandgivenawarning
3rdOffense:Takentotheofficeandgivenadetention

Grading:

1. EachweekstudentswillbegivenanArticleoftheWeek.Thisassignmentisworth
10pts.andaddsupquickly,soitisaneasywaytoimproveyourgrade,butifnot
completeditcandragyourgradedownveryquickly.
2. Allpapersandtestswillbeworth50pts.
3. Allclassprojectswillbe30pts.
4. Gatewaybookswillbeworth25pts./quarter.
5. 4+1Revisionwillbe5pts./week.
6. Sharingfreewrites5pts./week
7. AdditionalassignmentswillbegivenasFormativeAssessments,butwillnotexceed20%
oftotalgrade.

GradingScale:
95100%
A
9094%
A
8789%
B+
8386%
B
8082%
B
7779%
C+

7376%
C
7072%
C
6769%
D+
6366%
D
6062%
D
590%
F

AcademicDishonestyandPlagiarism
Academicdishonestyincludescheating,fabricatingorfalsifyinginformationorsources,
impropercollaboration,submittingthesamepaperfordifferentclasseswithoutpermission,and
plagiarism.Plagiarismoccurswhenwritersdeliberatelyorunintentionallyuseanotherperson's
language,ideas,ormaterialsandpresentthemastheirownwithoutproperlyacknowledgingand
citingthesource.
*IfastudentiscaughtbeingAcademicallyDishonesthe/shewillbegivenanalternative
assignmentthatcanonlyscore70%ofthetotalpointspossiblefortheoriginalassignment.

GatewayBooks:
Studentswillbeassigned1gatewaybookperquarterforthefirstthreequarters.Thisistomake
suretheywillbeeligibletovoteandattendthegatewaypartyattheendoftheyear.Pleasedo
notwaituntiltheendofthequartertobeginreadingagatewaybook.Thereareonlysomany
copiesavailableinthelibraryandinmyclassroom,andtheywillbecheckedoutoften.

GatewayDueDates:
1stQuarter:October7,2016
2ndQuarter:December9,2016
3rdQuarter:March3,2017

50BookChallenge:
Allstudentsarechallengedtoread50booksoverthecourseof1schoolyear.Rulesforthe
challengeinclude:
1. BookmustbecheckedoutfromPilotGroveLibrary.
2. Bookmustbeatleast250pageslong.
3. Studentmustcompleterequiredpaperworkafterfinishingthebook.
4. PRIZE:Allstudentsthatcompletethe50bookchallengewillbeenteredintoadrawing
fora$50.00giftcard.

GoogleClassroom:
Thiscourseiscompletelyonline.AllassignmentswillbeuploadedtotheGoogleClassroom.
ReadingSelections,ClassInformation,andUnitCalendarscanallbefoundonline.Assignments
willonlybeacceptedthroughtheGoogleClassroom.Studentsmaynotshareassignments
throughemail.Studentsmustwritedirectlyonthegoogledocumentthatisassignedon
classroom.DocumentsthatarecreatedoutsideoftheGoogleClassroomandattachedwillnotbe
accepted.