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Ms. Mahaney English Department PreAP English 10 Yearbook My mission as a teacher is... to empower independent learners to think critically, deeply, and collaboratively about topics in literature and be able to develop and support their ideas through written and oral expression, as well as, develop college-ready/AP skills. Expectations Below you will find the expectations in our classroom. I'm pretty easy going if you follow these guidelines and conduct yourself with grace and maturity. Rules Cell Phone Policy Studies show that cell phones are having a negative impact on our productivity, focus, and emotional well being. In our classroom we will use cell phones to increase our productivity, but we will not let them reduce our focus. There is a cell phone holder to keep phones when we are not using them in class. If you choose to keep your phone on you and are caught using it or it goes off, you may have the phone taken and/or receive a zero on any classwork/tests/quizzes. If your phone goes off in the holder, there will not be any consequence. AP English 12 [email protected] (this is probably the quickest way to get a response from me) My EMAIL Website To receive text updates about assignments, changes, or reminders sign up with Remind101. Text this code @32336 to 937.203.2303 Lesson Plans Handouts Calendars www.tippcityschools.com Leave a voicemail 667.8448 ext. 2761 Welcome to your final year of high school and AP English class! AP English class is designed to give you a college-level experience and prepare you to take the AP English exam, giving you college credit. AP English is a challenging course and the culmination of the 3 years of our vertical teamed English courses. It will be challenging, but I look for it to be a rewarding year for all of us! Stay Connected Need Me? Before or After School Plan Period: 10th Study Hall: 7-8th Lunch: 5 The rules all fall under RESPECT. Respect the PEOPLE in this classroom. Respect the PROPERTY in this classroom. Respect the IDEAS in this classroom. Make Up Work Policy We all get sick or need to miss class, but it is how you respond to this setback that will define you. Here are some guidelines: If you have an assignment due on the day you are absent, that assignment is due on THE DAY you return. If an assignment is assigned on the day you are absent, you have 1 day for each day of your absence. It is YOUR responsibility to get it to me in the appropriate time frame. If a LONG TERM assignment (paper, project, etc) is due on a day you are absent, you must get it in ON TIME. Email it to me, upload to turnitin.com, share via Googledocs, send it with a parent/friend, or take a picture of its completion and send it to me to prove you are not working on it from home! CAVEAT: If you are out of class for a field trip, assembly, Student Senate mtg, class/club trip, or some other reason, you are still responsible for any work due and/or assigned during your absence. If you step foot in school, you are responsible for getting your work done. Also, if you go home early and an assignment is due, please make every effort to get it turned in. The office will gladly put it in my mailbox. LATE WORK: Late work is not accepted unless you meet the criteria above. If there is an issue, please come see me and we MAY be able to work something out. I am not unfeeling, but deadlines are important. EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE: For long term illnesses or other extenuating circumstances, you must communicate with your instructor. You're a senior now, and you must be your fiercest advocate! Supplies AP binder for handouts and AP material Pens/pencils/highlighters/post it notes/flags English Department Writing Booklet Vocabulary book, Perrine's textbook, & World Liteature textbook Any handout we are working off of at the moment What Can You Expect from AP Literature? Grading Information Plagiarism and cheating are serious infractions, one that at the university level often carries serious consequences, including removal from the university. At the high school level you are still growing and learning, that is why it is vital to keep the lines of communication open. If you are concerned that you could be toeing the line of plagiarism/cheating, ask. I am here to help and we can all learn together. It is better safe than sorry. Using someone else’s work. letting someone else do your work, disseminating test/quiz questions is not acceptable.Anyone caught cheating or aiding someone in cheating will receive a zero for the assignment. Plagiarism is defined as using someone else’s words or ideas without giving them proper credit. In all writings, you are expected to use your own words and ideas (with the exception of internal citations in formal writing). Anyone using the ideas/words from someone else with the intent to pass them off as their own will receive a zero. Be sure to use Turnitin.comto check your papers ahead of time. Student Handbook also addresses this issue. Please read it for further information. Plagairism and Cheating Policy Grading Policy Grades are based on a points earned divided by points possible formula. +/- are given and count on your informed GPA AP class designation gets you 1.0 bonus on your GPA Grades are based on a total points formual (pts earned/pts possible). There are no weighted categories, but assginments typically are scaled based on difficulty. *Homework: 10-25 pts *Quizzes: 25-50 pts *Tests: 75-150 pts *Papers: 100-200 pts *Projects: 100-200 pts Extra Credit Policy Extra credit is rare and not given to replace missing work and/or poor test scores. Extra credit is an option and not required. Extra credit will not be accepted if late, unless due to an excused absence. NEVER ask for extra credit. A significant out of class reading load. This will be most of your "homework". A test at the end of every unit. Most of these tests are two-day affairs. Day 1 is often an AP-styled on demand essay, while Day 2 consists of an objective test. AP essays scored on based on the AP 9 pt rubric. In the 1st semester these are scored out of 50 pts, but in the second semester they are scored out of 100 pts. AP multiple choice question practice. These are typically done in class. In the first semester you will work in groups or with partners, using AP lit terms packet. In the second semester, we will gradually remove supports, until you're doing them on your own, without support or a grade pad. One to two non-AP essays per quarter. These essays will focus on skills you will use in college (e.g. annotated bibliographies, position papers, responses to literature). Oral and written development and support of ideas/claims. We will scaffold our writing starting with prompt response and thesis creation, working our way up to writing AP essays. Socratic seminars will also play an integral part of classroom experience. A challenge. You will be pushed out of your comfort zone and there will be times it will not be "easy", but know that I am always here to help and will not let you drown in the proverbial deep end. If you put forth the effort, I will always be there ot help.
Transcript of We bs it e - Tipp City · R e spec t the P E OPL E in thi s cla ssr oom . R e spec t the P ROPERTY...
Ms. MahaneyEnglish Department
PreAP English 10
Yearbook
My mission as a teacher is...to empower independent learners to think critically, deeply, and collaboratively about topics inliterature and be able to develop and support their ideas through written and oral expression, as wellas, develop college-ready/AP skills.
Expectations Below you will find the expectations in our classroom. I'm pretty easy going if you follow these guidelines
and conduct yourself with grace and maturity.
Rules
Cell Phone Policy Studies show that cell phones are having a
negative impact on our productivity, focus,and emotional well being. In ourclassroom we will use cell phones toincrease our productivity, but we will notlet them reduce our focus. There is a cellphone holder to keep phones when we arenot using them in class. If you choose tokeep your phone on you and are caughtusing it or it goes off, you may have thephone taken and/or receive a zero on anyclasswork/tests/quizzes. If your phonegoes off in the holder, there will not be anyconsequence.
AP English 12
(this is probably the quickest wayto get a response from me)
My EMAILWebsite
To receive text updates about assignments,changes, or reminders sign up with
Remind101. Text this code @32336
to 937.203.2303
Lesson Plans Handouts Calendars
www.tippcityschools.com
Leave a voicemail
667.8448 ext. 2761
Welcome to your final year of high school and AP English class! AP English class isdesigned to give you a college-level experience and prepare you to take the AP Englishexam, giving you college credit. AP English is a challenging course and the culmination ofthe 3 years of our vertical teamed English courses. It will be challenging, but I look for itto be a rewarding year for all of us!
Stay Connected
Need Me? Before or After School
Plan Period: 10th Study Hall: 7-8th Lunch: 5
The rules all fall under RESPECT.
Respect the PEOPLE in this classroom. Respect the PROPERTY in this classroom.
Respect the IDEAS in this classroom.
Make Up Work Policy We all get sick or need to miss class, but it is how you
respond to this setback that will define you. Here aresome guidelines:
If you have an assignment due on the day you are absent,that assignment is due on THE DAY you return. If an assignment is assigned on the day you are absent, youhave 1 day for each day of your absence. It is YOURresponsibility to get it to me in the appropriate time frame. If a LONG TERM assignment (paper, project, etc) is due ona day you are absent, you must get it in ON TIME. Email itto me, upload to turnitin.com, share via Googledocs, send itwith a parent/friend, or take a picture of its completion andsend it to me to prove you are not working on it fromhome! CAVEAT: If you are out of class for a field trip, assembly,Student Senate mtg, class/club trip, or some other reason,you are still responsible for any work due and/or assignedduring your absence. If you step foot in school, you areresponsible for getting your work done. Also, if you go home early and an assignment is due, pleasemake every effort to get it turned in. The office will gladlyput it in my mailbox. LATE WORK: Late work is not accepted unless you meet
the criteria above. If there is an issue, please come see meand we MAY be able to work something out. I am notunfeeling, but deadlines are important. EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE: For long term illnessesor other extenuating circumstances, you mustcommunicate with your instructor. You're a senior now,and you must be your fiercest advocate!
Supplies
AP binder for handouts and AP material Pens/pencils/highlighters/post it
notes/flags English Department Writing Booklet
Vocabulary book, Perrine's textbook, &World Liteature textbook
Any handout we are working off of at themoment
What Can You Expect from AP Literature?
Grading Information
Plagiarism and cheating are serious infractions, one that at theuniversity level often carries serious consequences, includingremoval from the university. At the high school level you are stillgrowing and learning, that is why it is vital to keep the lines ofcommunication open. If you are concerned that you could betoeing the line of plagiarism/cheating, ask. I am here to help andwe can all learn together. It is better safe than sorry.
Using someone else’s work. letting someone else do your work,disseminating test/quiz questions is not acceptable.Anyone caughtcheating or aiding someone in cheating will receive a zero for theassignment.
Plagiarism is defined as using someone else’s words or ideaswithout giving them proper credit. In all writings, you are expectedto use your own words and ideas (with the exception of internalcitations in formal writing). Anyone using the ideas/words fromsomeone else with the intent to pass them off as their own willreceive a zero. Be sure to use Turnitin.comto check your papersahead of time.
Student Handbook also addresses this issue. Please read it forfurther information.
Plagairism and Cheating Policy
Grading Policy
Grades are based on a points earned divided by points possibleformula.
+/- are given and count on your informed GPA
AP class designation gets you 1.0 bonus on your GPA
Grades are based on a total points formual (pts earned/ptspossible). There are no weighted categories, but assginmentstypically are scaled based on difficulty.
*Homework: 10-25 pts *Quizzes: 25-50 pts
*Tests: 75-150 pts *Papers: 100-200 pts
*Projects: 100-200 pts
Extra Credit Policy Extra credit is rare and not given to replace missing work and/or
poor test scores. Extra credit is an option and not required.Extra credit will not be accepted if late, unless due to an
excused absence. NEVER ask for extra credit.
A significant out of class reading load. This will be most of your "homework". A test at the end of every unit. Most of these tests are two-day affairs. Day 1is often an AP-styled on demand essay, while Day 2 consists of an objectivetest. AP essays scored on based on the AP 9 pt rubric. In the 1st semester theseare scored out of 50 pts, but in the second semester they are scored out of100 pts. AP multiple choice question practice. These are typically done in class. Inthe first semester you will work in groups or with partners, using AP litterms packet. In the second semester, we will gradually remove supports,until you're doing them on your own, without support or a grade pad. One to two non-AP essays per quarter. These essays will focus on skills youwill use in college (e.g. annotated bibliographies, position papers, responsesto literature). Oral and written development and support of ideas/claims. We will scaffoldour writing starting with prompt response and thesis creation, working ourway up to writing AP essays. Socratic seminars will also play an integral partof classroom experience. A challenge. You will be pushed out of your comfort zone and there will betimes it will not be "easy", but know that I am always here to help and willnot let you drown in the proverbial deep end. If you put forth the effort, I willalways be there ot help.
