English IV H - Ms. Wernersbach
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The English curriculum in Wake County uses Common Core Standards. Each grade level will address the four main literature units below with a different perspective. English IV analyzes these topics with a psychological impact lens. Within each unit, other texts (poetry, nonfiction, excerpts) will also be used to address the standards assessed in that unit. Communication Statement As seniors prepare for college and life after high school, we strongly encourage them to advocate for themselves and speak directly with their teacher about issues or concerns. Grading Policy: 40 % = First 9 Weeks 40 % = Second 9 Weeks 20 % = North Carolina Final Exam (NCFE) Class Assessments and Assignments: Honors: 60 % = Major Assessments 25 % = Minor Assessments 15 % = Formative Assessments (homework/classwork/Membean) Membean Ms. Wernersbach Google Classroom: Period 3 – mme7o7r Period 4 – dy7dqex Membean Period 3 – A2XQF3Q Period 4 – A2XQ9Q2 English IV H Membean quiz dates Vocabulary is an essential part of the English IV curriculum. Students will be using Membean to strengthen vocabulary skills over the course of the semester. Details on how to enroll and get started will be provided by the teacher. • Each student is required to work in Membean for 45 productive minutes each week. Assessments are given every other week. • Weekly 45-minute Membean Practice Session due every Sunday by midnight. • Quizzes will be on Tuesdays, every two weeks. [email protected] Late formative assignments from units are not accepted Once a unit is completed, make-up work from that unit is not accepted For major and minor assessments – • Students must submit on due date whether they are present or absent • 10 points off for each day late • Assessment is not accepted after 5 days • Tests must be made up within ONE week STAR Lunch Apex Friendship’s innovative community created one whole school lunch. Students may eat lunch in the cafeteria or in the classroom with a teacher. STAR Lunch Incentive: Attend STAR lunch for at least a half session on FOUR SEPARATE DAYS and LOWEST QUIZ (minor assessment) GRADE will be dropped for quarter. NOTE: Writing Assignments or Assignments not turned in CANNOT be dropped. Technology English IV will be using technology on a regular basis. If you have a laptop or iPad, please bring it to class on a daily basis. With both phones and laptops, the student is responsible for using the device within WCPSS guidelines and for academic purposes only. We have discovered that most of the time phones are a source of distraction more so than a learning tool. For that reason, we are asking students to choose wisely 3 rd quarter: Feb. 19 March 3 March 17 March 31 4 th quarter: April 21 May 5 May 19 June 2 STAR Lunch: • Tues – B half • Wed/Fri – both halves
Transcript of English IV H - Ms. Wernersbach
The English curriculum in Wake County uses Common Core Standards. Each grade level will address the four main literature units below with a different perspective. English IV analyzes these topics with a psychological impact lens. Within each unit, other texts (poetry, nonfiction, excerpts) will also be used to address the standards assessed in that unit.
Communication StatementAs seniors prepare for college and life after high school, we strongly encourage them to advocate for themselves and speak directly with their teacher about issues or concerns.
Grading Policy:40 % = First 9 Weeks 40 % = Second 9 Weeks 20 % = North Carolina Final Exam (NCFE)
Class Assessments and Assignments:Honors:60 % = Major Assessments25 % = Minor Assessments15 % = Formative Assessments (homework/classwork/Membean)
Membean
Ms. WernersbachGoogle Classroom:Period 3 – mme7o7rPeriod 4 – dy7dqex
MembeanPeriod 3 – A2XQF3QPeriod 4 – A2XQ9Q2
English IV H
Membean quiz datesVocabulary is an essential part of the English IV curriculum. Students will be using Membean to strengthen vocabulary skills over the course of the semester. Details on how to enroll and get started will be provided by the teacher. • Each student is required to work in Membean for 45
productive minutes each week. Assessments are given every other week.
• Weekly 45-minute Membean Practice Session due every Sunday by midnight.
• Quizzes will be on Tuesdays, every two weeks.
Late formative assignments from units are not acceptedOnce a unit is completed, make-up work from that unit is not acceptedFor major and minor assessments –
• Students must submit on due date whether they are present or absent
• 10 points off for each day late• Assessment is not accepted after 5 days• Tests must be made up within ONE week
STAR LunchApex Friendship’s innovative community created one whole school lunch. Students may eat lunch in the cafeteria or in the classroom with a teacher. STAR Lunch Incentive: Attend STAR lunch for at least a half session on FOUR SEPARATE DAYS and LOWEST QUIZ (minor assessment) GRADE will be dropped for quarter. NOTE: Writing Assignments or Assignments not turned in CANNOT be dropped.
TechnologyEnglish IV will be using technology on a regular basis. If you have a laptop or iPad, please bring it to class on a daily basis. With both phones and laptops, the student is responsible for using the device within WCPSS guidelines and for academic purposes only. We have discovered that most of the time phones are a source of distraction more so than a learning tool. For that reason, we are asking students to choose wisely
3rd quarter:Feb. 19March 3March 17March 31
4th quarter:April 21May 5May 19June 2
STAR Lunch:• Tues – B half• Wed/Fri – both
halves
EQ: How is who we are (for better or for worse) a product of our experiences with the concepts of home
and family?
Identity &
culture
Conformity & rebellion Tradition &
Progress
u n i t s o f
Home & family
Text: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
EQ: What is cultural identity and how is it influenced by
environment?
Text: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
EQ: How does conformity/rebellion cause
global consequences?
Lit Circle: 1984, Brave New World, Never Let Me Go, Fahrenheit 451, The Road, The Handmaid’s Tale, Future Home of the Living God
EQ: How have advances or changes the modern world affected the human psyche?What role does tradition play in the development of social norms such as technology, family, morals?
Text: Individual/Lit Circles
Additional School Policies
Please no food or drinks during class time, except in bottles.
Work hard, give your best, you can do this, success is earned, DREAM BIG, Never Give Up,
FOCUS, Do what you love, love what you do. Stay humble.
*COMMUNICATION is key -when you’re absent, when you are confused, when you need to miss class, when you are struggling (academically or otherwise). If I do not know, then I cannot help!
