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Dear Students,
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I understand that this is your last year of High School. First off, congratulations! This feat is definitely something to celebrate. However, you are not done yet. Senioritis is very real, so I have tried my best to make this class as engaging as possible with multiple projects and activities. This class will be hard work; you will have to focus and learn, but my goal is to help each of you find the path to success, whatever that looks like for each individual person. I hope we can have a great year together.
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Sincerely,
Ms
Teaching Philosophy
"The only way to truly fail is to stop trying."
Overview: Welcome to English 12! In this class, we will be discussing identity and self- perception versus the societal perception of us. We will be looking at ourselves as individuals and exploring how we present ourselves to the world. Though this is an English class, the purpose of this class is to support and guide students towards an understanding of who they are as an individual and where they fit in the world after High School. This will be done through an analysis of a variety of literature to be announced later. We will be practicing our written and verbal skills to help prepare you for post- secondary education and entering the workspace as adults as well.
Objectives:
Students will…
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Explore the concept of identity by examining the claims expressed in various pieces of literature, films, and more.
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Compose a letter to themselves in which they will begin to discover their identity.
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Formulate arguments and construct a 5 paragraph essay
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Note: There are many more objectives for this class, but I hope these will give you a small glimpse into what lies ahead.
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Grading Policy: This class will follow a new grading practice called Grading for Equity. This means this class has only two types of assignments: Practice and Mastery. Practice assignments will account for 20% of your grade; mastery assignments will account for 80% of your grade.
Every assignment is scored on a 0- 5 scale.
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Participation bonus points may become available at random moments. These will be added at the end of the semester to your final grade. These bonus points are not guaranteed and cannot be requested. They are given when deserved.
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Late Work Policy: All assignments, both mastery and practice, have an unlimited amount of redos. This means if you wish to strive for a 5 (100%), you may redo the assignment as many times as necessary to get the score you want. However, no assignments will be accepted after the grading period has ended.
To clarify, any assignments given during the first six week grading period will no longer be accepted once the second grading period begins and so on.
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Mastery Tests: If you wish to redo a mastery test, you must come in during lunch or after school to retake the test. Tests are to be done in class only. If you are absent and miss a test, you must also come in during lunch or after school. Remember, you have until the end of the grading period to make up any missing work in order for it to count towards your final grade.
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Absent Policy: All assignments and lessons will be posted on google classroom. If you are absent, you are expected to look on google classroom to know what you missed. The grading policy allows for plenty of time to make up work. Exceptions will only be made for extenuating circumstances to be approved by the instructor.
Attendance: In the beginning of class, students will check themselves in on Class Dojo. You will be responsible for making sure you are checked in. If you are not checked in on class Dojo, you will be marked absent. If you are tardy, you must check in with me to be marked present. Only students with a pass will be excused.
Plagiarism: With no exceptions, plagiarism will not be tolerated. Anyone caught cheating on an assignment or plagiarizing will automatically receive a 0% on the assignment. This is the only exception to the grading policy explained above. To assure this does not happen, just remember to give credit when credit is due.
