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Course Expectations:

Our expectations for you:

- You will improve as a reader, writer, thinker, and speaker through rigorous practice.

- You will engage in discussions, both in class and online, that help you grow as a thinker a learner as you share ideas with your peers and teachers.

- You will develop your voice as a writer and speaker.

- You will take pride in your work.

- You will be an respectful and active member in our class community.

To be prepared for class:

Please bring the following with you to class each day:

- Your Humanities binder - which only contains material for this class

- Lined paper

- Something with which to write

- Whatever text we happen to be reading at the time

- Your completed homework assignment

- Be in dress code.

Performance & Participation:

Daily preparation, participation, and performance account for 20% of your grade in Humanities.

- 9-10 Prepared for class, asking relevant questions, making cogent arguments, engaging others

- 8-9 Prepared for class, asking relevant questions and making cogent arguments

- 7-8 Asking questions and making comments that reveal preparation

- 7 Prepared for class but not engaging in discussions with others

- 6 Inadequately prepared for class, not engaged in class activities

- 0-5 Varying levels of disruption

- 0 Unprepared for class, will not engaged in class activities, or sent out of class

Classroom policies:

- Treat everyone with respect and courtesy.

- Be open to the ideas of others.

- Be present. Take care of trips to the water fountain and restroom between class if possible.

- Food, drink, and gum are permitted as long as they do not become distractions.

- If you skip conference period (that is, you are not with another teacher) you will receive detention. If you do not make up missed work within a week, you will receive a zero for the day you missed.

Academic policies:

- Assignments are due at the beginning of class. If an assignment is not completed, or not printed, it is considered late.

- If your work is not complete, you are expected to come to conference period that day.

- Late work will be penalized 5 points if turned in during conference period and 10 points if handed in the next day. Late work will continue to lose 10 points per day.

- You are required to turn in your own work for all of your classes at the Academy. Turning in someone else’s work with your name on it is plagiarism. That means copying information from books, the Internet, or another person. If you are caught plagiarizing or cheating on an assignment, a disciplinary referral will be written. You will receive a zero on the assignment. You will speak with either the Social Studies or English Department Chair and your parents will receive a letter describing what has happened. If you are caught plagiarizing or cheating again, you will be removed from the course and given an F. This is a very serious issue: if you have questions about plagiarism or cheating, speak with us.

Absences:

- If you miss class time, you are expected to come to conference period to make up the work you missed. It is your responsibility to come in and meet with us. Failure to make up missed class time in a timely manner will result in 0s for the days missed.

Grading Policies:

- Performance 20%

- Tests, Projects, and Essays 40%

- Quizzes 20%

- Classwork 20%