Mrs. Sundberg /Mr.
Hurley
English 10 R/I
Room 203
“Education
is not the filling of the pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
-William
Butler Yeats
Course Overview:
Fiction & Non-Fiction Essay Writing
Short Stories Creative
Writing
Poetry Research
Skills
SAT Vocabulary Literary
Analysis
Grammar Evidenced
Based Claims
Critical Thinking Skills Project/Group Work
Listening Skills Close
Reading
Literature:
Macbeth –William Shakespeare A Long Way Gone-
Ishmael Beah
Lord of
the Flies
– William Golding The Bookseller of Kabul- Asne Seierstad
Anthem-Ayn Rand
Supplies:
- Blue/Black Pens 6. (2) highlighters (different colors)
- Black and White
Marble Notebook 7.
Student Agenda
- Post-it Notes
- Pocket Folder
for all handouts
- Portable jump
drive/Google Docs account for use in Computer Lab
Grading: Grades will be based upon completing the following:
Tests Projects
Quizzes Class
Participation
Homework
Writing Assignments/Essays
NOTE: In accordance with the District-wide
required Grammar Initiative, all written assignments will have a grammar and
mechanics grading component.
Cell Phones & MP3 Player Use:
Cell phones & MP3 Players are
strictly prohibited. See Agenda for School Policy.
Homework: Homework is an
essential part of the course. It is a valuable tool
to
reinforce skills learned in class and increases student responsibility.
Ø Posted weekly on the
whiteboard or in a unit calendar hand-out
Ø Checked or collected
for closer inspection
Ø No late homework accepted (except legal absence
with parent note)
Technology: The class will
integrate the use of technology throughout the year.
ü Students are
responsible for creating an email account for this class utilizing www.gmail.com
and should have a portable jump drive or a Google docs account to save
all work done in the computer labs.
ü Students will be
responsible for uploading essays to www.turnitin.com
in order to receive credit for the assignment.
Students will be given instructions to sign up for this site.
Attendance & Late
Work: Students
will:
Ø bring a note signed
by their parent/guardian for all excused absences.
Ø receive an incomplete
for the course if they have more than 5 legal absences per quarter (not including
field trips, music lessons, school business, etc.)
In addition, an incomplete assignment must be completed in order to
receive credit
for the quarter.
Ø receive a zero for
all assignments missed due to illegal
absences
Ø be subject to teacher
detention due to frequent unexcused lateness to class
Ø have ( 3 ) days to
make up any homework, quiz or test.
Submitting Major
Assignments:
Ø All work must be
submitted on time. Late essays, projects and other assignments will lose one
full letter grade for every day they are late. If you are absent from class due
to an in-school function on the day an assignment is due, you must make
arrangements to get the assignment to us that day.
Extra Help: We are available for
extra help upon student request.
STATEMENT OF
INTEGRITY
2013-14
SCHOOL YEAR
The English Department of the Smithtown Central School District expects the
highest conduct from its students. We encourage all of our students to
work hard and to do their own research and writing for homework, special
assignments or projects. Any evidence of plagiarism may result in no credit for
the assignment. Assignments are considered to be reflections of an
individual’s work unless otherwise instructed by the teacher. If a student is
caught using material that he or she did not create themselves, the student may
not get credit for the paper, project, etc.
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