1.
Sophocles’ Antigone (in class)
2.
Collection
of short stories (in text)
3.
Wiesel’s
Night* (outside reading)
4.
Eliot’s
Silas Marner (in text)
5.
Tolkien’s
The Hobbit* (outside reading)
6.
The King Arthur Legend (in text)
7.
Williams’
The Glass Menagerie* (in class)
8.
Shakespeare’s
Julius Caesar (in text)
* You will
be responsible for acquiring your own copies of Night, The Hobbit, and The
Glass Menagerie.
B.
Book reports. In addition to the above reading assignments, one book report
will be required each nine-week period. (Accelerated Reader points may possibly
substitute for the book report during the 3rd nine-week
period.) You will be provided with a
reading list from which to select your books.
Reports may be both written and oral.
C.
Projects. One project will be required at the end of each semester. This is a long-range assignment that will
count as a major part of your grade.
You will be given at least two deadline dates; and, for this reason, no
project will be accepted late. Projects
will be graded according to strict guidelines.
D.
Organization
of materials. Organization is the key to success in this classroom. A loose-leaf notebook is suggested in this class, and you will need to keep all
of your work in the following order:
1. Yearly handouts
2. Daily words
3. Vocabulary Workshop lessons
4. Weekly words
5. Writing assignments
6. Class notes
7.
Graded work
A.
Bring
proper materials to class every day, and be responsible for your own work. This is a part of your daily grade.
B.
Use
only black ink and loose-leaf paper. You will receive a zero for work done in
pencil or for work done on anything other than loose-leaf paper.
C.
I do not accept late work in
this class. If you leave your work in your locker or for
whatever reason do not have your work when you enter the classroom, then you
will receive a zero for that grade.
However, you will have several opportunities to make up for that grade. If you consistently fail to turn in
assignments, of course your overall grade will suffer. If you expect to make a good grade in this
class, you must maintain a consistently GOOD
ATTENDANCE, GOOD EFFORT, AND GOOD ATTITUDE.
D.
Respect
yourself and others, and you will be treated with respect in return.
E.
You
must be in your assigned seat when the tardy bell BEGINS to ring; otherwise, you will be counted tardy to my
class. When you are tardy to class,
your daily grade is cut.
F.
If you sleep in my class,
your daily grade will automatically be cut.
G.
The
largest percentage of your grade will be based on daily work and homework
assignments. Test grades and project
grades will also be important.
H.
Necessary
supplies for this class: a 3-ring binder, black ink pens, loose-leaf paper
I.
Helpful
supplies for this class: a red ink pen,
a highlighting pen, several 3x5 notecards (split a package w/ a friend), 1 or 2
computer disks, overhead transparencies for visual/oral presentations