Welcome to English I

Mrs. ArguelloRoom 1329

1. Please sit in your assigned seat. 2. Then, complete your note card with

the information on the board. Thank you.

Student Information Card

Please write the following information on your notecard:

• First and Last Name• Home Phone Number (with area code)• Home Address (with city and ZIP)• Mother’s/Guardian’s Name, Phone,

and Email• Father’s/Guardian’s Name, Phone,

and Email• Important Information about You• If your teacher had a question for

you, the best was to contact you would be– Email (give address)

Student Schedule

• Do not lose your schedule.

• You will need it to check out textbooks.

• Write your schedule in your notebook. Include lunch number and bus number.

Bell SchedulePeriod 1 7:30-8:20 50/7

Period 2 8:27-9:17 50/7

Period 3 9:24-10:14 50/7

Period 4 10:21-11:11 50/7

Period 5 11:18-12:08 50/7

LUNCH C 12:12-12:46 34/7

Period 6 12:53-1:43 50/7

Period 7 1:50-2:40 50

Period 2

• Code of Conduct booklet—DUE BY FRIDAY– Acknowledgement– Media Release– FERPA Opt-Out– Family Life/Human Sexuality Exemption

– Medication Form (if needed)

• Emergency Contact Card– DUE BY FRIDAY

Period 2

• Free and Reduced Lunch Form– www.applyforlunch.com

• PTO membership form• Take an insurance form if you need.

Emergency Evacuation

• Leave your backpack.• Exit through the front staircase (make a left going out the classroom door).

• Exit the building and turn right.

• Form a single file line with your teacher on the basketball court.

• Wait for attendance and further instructions.

Welcome to Language Arts

We have a great deal to accomplish this year:– Literature– Writing– Grammar– Vocabulary

We will work hard. We will be using a new textbook called Florida Collections.

Getting Started

Please hand all papers ACROSS the rows. – Distribute papers to your right.

– Hand papers in to your left.

Expectations

What I expect from you– Meet all challenges on time and with your best effort.

– Study for tests.– Proofread every assignment.

– Be on time for class and begin warm-up immediately without reminder.

– Prepare for state-mandated tests.

Expectations

What I expect from you

–Act respectfully, responsibly, and courteously in all of your actions.

Expectations

What you can expect from me– Fifty minutes of challenging instruction in English

– Fair and consistent enforcement of the rules.

– Respectful, responsible, and courteous treatment.

– When this year is over, you can expect to have improved your writing and study skills and your understanding of literature and grammar.

Expectations

Behavior Expectations1.Be on time and prepared with all materials.

Expectations

Behavior Expectations2.Only one person speaks at a time.

3.Be respectful of the property and learning experience of others.

4.Do your own work—no cheating.

Expectations

Behavior Expectations

5. Cell phones and other electronic devices must be turned off and stored in backpacks.

Expectations– First Offense Warning– Second Offense Warning– Third Offense Student Conference, Parent Notification

– Fourth Offense Parent Notification

– Fifth Offense Referral to Administration

• All documentation is maintained under the student’s discipline panel and/or comments section on Pinnacle.

Expectations and Discipline Plan

Tardiness • You must be inside the classroom

door when the bell finishes ringing.

• If you are tardy (unexcused), your tardy will be marked in Pinnacle.

• If you are tardy (excused), please show your pass to the teacher. – YOUR TARDY WILL NOT BE EXCUSED UNLESS

YOU HAVE A VALID PASS FOR YOURSELF FROM THE TEACHER OR ADMINISTRATOR WHO MADE YOU TARDY.

– MRS. ARGUELLO WILL NEITHER CALL NOR EMAIL TEACHERS TO EXCUSE YOUR TARDY.

Expectations and Discipline Plan

Consequences for Tardiness • Concurrent with School Board policy outlined

in the Code of Conduct. • I will call home after the third tardy and

will write a referral after the fifth and all subsequent tardies.

Classroom Procedures

Starting Class• Enter the classroom respectfully.

• Sit in your assigned seat.

• Copy the homework from the board into your agenda.

• Then, begin the Warm-up from the board.

Classroom ProceduresHomework• Homework will be assigned regularly.

• Homework assignments are listed on the board behind the teacher’s desk and on the class web site.

• All assignments should be completed neatly in black- or blue- ink pen and handed in on time.

• All assignments must be completed on time.

Classroom ProceduresTeacherweb.comAll lesson plans and homework

assignments are available online. 1.On the Internet go to teacherweb.com

.2.Click on the link that says “Find

Your Teacher.” In the appropriate pull-downs, choose Florida as the state and Western High School as the school. DO NOT CHOOSE WESTERN HS.

3.Now, you will see a web page containing the names of several teachers in our school. Click on the link that says “Laura Arguello.”

4.Book mark the web site (add to your favorites) so that you can access it easily later.

Classroom Procedures

• Visit the web page often.

• Review classroom procedures regularly.

Classroom Procedures

Makeup Work• School Board policy allots two days per day absent to makeup work from absence.

• Use teacherweb.com webpage at home or check the Teacherweb folder in the classroom to find out the work you missed.

Classroom ProceduresMakeup Work• Complete the assignments immediately or

write the assignments in your binder reminder so that you remember to do them.

• If the web site says that a certain assignment was checked or collected in your absence, write a note in your binder reminder, reminding yourself to hand that assignment in to your teacher. If the web site says that notes were taken in your absence, write a note in your binder reminder, reminding yourself to copy the notes from a classmate during silent reading immediately upon ]your return. Handing in the assignment is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY; your teacher will NOT remind you.

• If the web site says that a hand out was given out in your absence, write a note in your binder reminder, reminding yourself to ask the teacher for the handout before or after class immediately upon your return. Handing in the assignment is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY; your teacher will NOT remind you.

Classroom Procedures

Makeup WorkALL MAKEUP WORK IS THE STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY. YOUR TEACHER WILL NOT REMIND YOU ABOUT MAEKUP WORK, NOR IS SHE REQUIRED TO ACCEPT LATE WORK.

Classroom ProceduresGradesYour grade will be determined by the number of points you accumulate throughout the quarter divided by the number of points possible.

• Homework and class work assignments: 10-100 points

• Quizzes: 25-100 points• Tests: 50-200 points• Writing assignments and major projects: 100-400 points

Classroom Procedures

Student Sample Grade

Assignment Points Earned

Points Possible

Grammar Homework 9 10

Vocabulary Quiz 45 50

Collection Assessment 90 100

Performance Task 180 200

Totals 324 360

Average 324/360 90% A

Classroom Procedures

Questions, Discussion, Extra Help

• Questions are the most important part of learning. Please raise your hand.

• If you do not understand the material, need extra conference time on your writing, or have other problems, please let the teacher know before or after class to schedule a help session to be held before school.

Classroom Procedures

Hall Passes• Sign out with the date, your name, time out, and destination. – This information stays on the teacher’s desk.

• Take the yellow pass with you. • When you return, write the time-in. Then, return to your seat.

• This pass is to be used for bathroom emergencies only.

• Handle other concerns before school, during lunch, during class change, or after school.

Classroom Procedures

Hall Passes• Please use the bathroom before the bell.

• The 15/15 rule does not allow passes during the first and last fifteen minutes of the period.

Classroom ProceduresFire Drill

– Move quickly but carefully (leaving all belongings in the classroom) through the front staircase to the basketball court.

– Form a single file line with your teacher.

– Wait in this line until you are permitted back in the classroom.

Tornado Drill– Move quickly and carefully to the

designated wall of the classroom leaving all belongings at your desk.

– Sit single file along the wall. – When you are asked to assume the

position, face the wall, kneel, and protect your head with your hands.

• Minimal/No talking• No moving around once we are in safe

area• Any behavior problem will result in a

referral.

Classroom Procedures

Substitute Teacher• You are responsible for following the classroom rules and acting appropriately at all times.

• Failure to do so at any time will result in an administrative referral for each offense.

• Complete all assignments. They will be graded.

Classroom ProceduresAssisting Another Teacher• Students will not be permitted to miss English class to complete work for or help a teacher in any other class.

• If a teacher asks you to do this, please politely tell him or her that you will not be able to do so.

• No other teacher can excuse you from English class. If you are on campus during English, then you must be in English class.

Classroom Procedures

Free Day• There is no such thing as a free day in this class.

• Do not ask for it.

Classroom ProceduresIllness• If you feel ill and want to go home, please write your parent contact information on a piece of paper and give it to Mrs. Arguello.

• The clinic will call home on your behalf.

• Do not ask for a clinic call if you have already done so in another class.

• If you have a medical emergency and/or need to go to the clinic, please inform Mrs. Arguello so that the situation can be handled with haste.

Supply List

Essential MaterialsPlease have these required supplies by

Monday, August 18. • paper folder with pockets and

brads– YOU MUST HAVE A SEPARATE FOLDER FOR ENGLISH.

• several dark blue or black ink pens– no pencils in language arts class, please

– THERE IS NO PENCIL SHARPENER available for student use.

• several packs of loose-leaf notebook paper– Put an ample supply of paper in the clips and pockets of your folder.

Supply List

Suggested MaterialsThese supplies are suggested:

• white computer paper (leave it a home to use with your printer)

• 3 x 5 note cards (leave them at home to create flashcards)

• use of a stapler at home

• USB flashdrive

Supply ListWhat if I come without supplies?

• You are responsible for bringing all necessary materials to class each day.

• If you have forgotten your paper or pen, you should realize this at the beginning of the period; then, quietly and politely ask a classmate to lend you the missing materials. Please do not disturb your classmates while doing this.

• Your teacher is not able to provide basic supplies.

• Once the day’s lesson has begun, you will no longer be able to ask classmates to lend you supplies, you will not be able to participate in the activity, and your grade will be a zero. No student may share supplies with another after class has begun.

Supply List• Always be prepared.• Every Sunday night, put in your backpack a stack of loose-leaf paper (enough for one week) and at least one new black- or blue- ink pen.

English Textbook• Tomorrow, you will check out your textbook.– Bring your original schedule with the bar code.

• You must bring your textbook to class everyday.

• No textbook = grade reduction on that day’s assignment

End of Class Procedures

• ABSOLUTELY NO PACKING UP EARLY—VERY RUDE.– When given permission, pack up

belongings, check under desk, and take all personal belongings.

• Stay seated until bell rings. No lining up at door.

• The bell does not dismiss you. The teacher dismisses you.