Syllabus

=English 1C & 2C = Course Syllabus [|9thGradeSyllabus2011-2012.doc]

 BE SOMEONE, GO SOMEWHERE **Course Description:** This year-long course integrates the following 4 elements:
 * 1) Literacy - reading & writing
 * 2) Communication- listening, speaking, and presenting
 * 3) Character Education- ECV’s 8 Keys/Core Values
 * 4) Organizational Skills - planner & 3-ring binder

This is a required course for all students in grade nine. The course content includes units of study in fiction and non-fiction. Activities in each unit interrelate reading, writing, oral communication, and language study including grammar, usage and standard forms of American English. This course is intended to help students meet district-adopted English language arts standards and prepare them for the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE).

**Behavior:** Education is not a spectator sport. In this class you are expected to be an __ACTIVE__ learner as demonstrated by participating in class discussions, staying on task, asking questions, following directions, having eye contact, accepting challenges, and making connections.

To maintain a successful learning environment you must always demonstrate a positive attitude. You must show respect for the teacher as well as each other. No put-downs or negative comments are acceptable in the classroom. The following few rules are the keys to success in this class:
 * 1) Listen while the teacher/peers are talking
 * 2) Raise your hand and wait to be called on
 * 3) Ask permission to leave your seat
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">LISTEN and follow directions carefully
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Demonstrate the 8 ECV Keys/Core Values in your attitude and behavior

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**__Behavioral Consequences__****:**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Warning
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Call home
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">T.A.S.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1st referral and call home (detention)
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2nd referral and call home (detention, possible suspension)
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3rd referral and call home (dropped from class without credit)


 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**__Grading Scale__** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">**__Grading Categories__:** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">90-100 = A || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reading Standards = 35% ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">80-89 = B || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Writing Standards = 35% ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">70-79 = C || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Speaking and Listening Standards = 15% ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">60-69 = D || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Class Participation = 15% ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">below 59.9 = F ||  ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**__Grade Reports__****:** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Parents and students will be able to check current grades online at [|www.mygradebook.com]. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you do not have Internet access at home, you may go to the library. If you want a detailed report with individual assignments, you must take the initiative to check on your own.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**__Absence Policy__****:** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Attendance matters! Be on time every day! When you have an excused absence you must take the __INITIATIVE__ to ask the teacher for your make-up work the day you return. Repeated absences will affect your academic grade.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**__Tardy Policy__****:**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students must check in at the Attendance Office if they arrive late to school to get a pass
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Over 30 minutes late equals a period truancy
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1st – 3rd Tardy || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Warning by teacher and call home ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5th Tardy || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Disciplinary referral for tardy, Lunch detention assigned by Attendance Office ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8th Tardy || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Disciplinary referral for tardy, 1 hour of detention after school assigned by Attendance Office ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">10th + Tardy || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2 days of one hour of detention after school, in-school-suspension, or possible home suspension, assigned by Assistant Principal – referral written by Attendance Office ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**__Bathroom__** **__Pass__****:** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Passes will be distributed at the discretion of the teacher.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**__D and F Policy__****:** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you have a D or F in the class, you will be given the opportunity to attend after school tutorial or Night Library. Your parents will be contacted to inform them of your tutorial.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**__Organization (Planner & Notebook)__****:** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Write down the daily agenda and homework in your school planner. If you lose your school planner you will need to purchase another one. Keep your notebook well-organized with labeled dividers for every class. All graded work will be placed in your student folder kept in class.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Please use proper __ECV 4-Part Heading__ on all papers//:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">First and Last Name

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Key of the month
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Teacher / Period _

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Date
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__**Supplies**__:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3-inch three-ring binder
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Planner (provided by school)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Blank lined college-ruled paper
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A variety of colored pens
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Number 2 pencils
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pencil pouch
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A variety of colored highlighters
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Colored pencils
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Flash drive (//highly recommended//)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Spiral college-ruled notebook
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tab Dividers
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Glue stick
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Small stapler (made to fit in pencil pouch)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ruler
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3-hole punch (made to fit in binder)