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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

From RAGS to RICHES...

Click on the link below and read about people who succeeded in life from poverty to immense wealth.

http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-rags-to-riches-stories.php

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WELCOME!

Dear Students/Parents/Guardian,

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the school year 2012-2013 at Bellaire High School. This letter includes the set of class rules. It is vital that the student and the parents co-exist with the teacher in monitoring the activities a student has to work on and the rules that apply when a rule is broken especially if it disrupts the smooth flow of scheduled activities. I look forward to having a harmonious teamwork with all of you throughout the school year.

Thank you.

Norina S. Terry

nterry@houstonisd.org

CLASSROOM RULES

1. Be polite and use good manners.

2. Follow directions and complete work.

3. Raise hand before speaking or leaving seat/work station.

4. Bring materials to school and be ready to work.

5. Respect your own and other’s property.

Specific rules:
1. Be in class on time.
2. Keep your hands and your feet to yourself at all times.
3. Do not use vulgar or offensive language.
4. NO gum chewing in class.
5. Always take turns when speaking or when using a book or any material in class.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO BREAK A RULE:
First Offense: Verbal warning
Second Offense: Written warning
Third Offense: Parental Contact
Fourth Offense: Administrative Referral
Fifth Offense: Detention/Removal from class

*Late submission of work may not be accepted for daily grades. Deductions will be incurred for accepted late work: 15 points/percent on the first day, 25 points/percent on the 2^nd day, 35 points/percent on the 3^rd day, 50 points/percent on the 4^th day, and zero on the 5^th day. Any work not turned in after five days may not be accepted for a grade anymore.

*The student is responsible to ask the teacher for missed work after every absence occurs.

*The student can be allowed make-up work for every excused absence and may earn 100% replacing a low grade within 3-5 days, or as per student-teacher agreement from the day the student comes back from an absence. It is the student’s responsibility to ask for make-up work.

RECEIPT of Syllabus, Rules, and Regulations

Student: I have read the syllabus and class rules and I understand them perfectly. I will honor it while I am enrolled at Bellaire HS in Ms. Terry’s class.

Print Name: ________________________ Signature:

Parent/Guardian: My/Our child discussed the syllabus and class rules with us. I understand and will support them.

Print Name: ________________________ Signature:

Teacher: I will be fair and consistent in administering the lessons and this discipline plan for this SY 2011-12.

Print Name:______________________ Signature:

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ENGLISH I SYLLABUS

Course Description:

In English I, students will increase and refine their communication skills. Students are expected to plan, draft, and complete written compositions on a regular basis, edit their papers for clarity, engaging language, and the correct use of the conventions and mechanics of written English, and produce final, error-free drafts. An emphasis is placed on organizing logical arguments with clearly expressed related definitions, theses, and evidence. Students write to persuade, report, and describe. English I students read extensively in multiple genres from world literature such as reading selected stories, dramas, novels, and poetry originally written in English or translated to English from various cultures. Students learn literary forms and terms associated with selections being read and interpret the possible influences of the historical context on a literary work.

Course Goals/Objectives:

Reading – Students will read, respond to, analyze, and evaluate a variety of texts in order to increase vocabulary, increase knowledge of their own and others’ cultures, and research topics

Writing – Students will use the recursive writing process to write effectively in a variety of forms and will evaluate their own and others’ writings.

Speaking and Listening – Students will present informative, persuasive, and literary messages appropriate to the purpose and audience, and will listen attentively to and analyze and evaluate others’ presentations.

Viewing and Representing – Students will interpret, analyze, evaluate and produce visual representations.

Grading:

A = 90- 100

B = 80- 89

C = 75- 79

D = 70- 74

F = 69- below

Course Evaluations:

Major Grades : 40%

Quizzes : 20%

Homework : 20%

ClassWork/Participation : 20%

Suggested Class Projects/Activities:
1. Research projects

2. Identity Mobile

3. Magic Strip/Comic Strip/Poster-Making

4. Vocabulary Development

5. Annotation boards/posters/close reading

6. Cornell Notetaking

7. Grammar/Writing workshop

Textbook(s):

Holt McDougall Literature

Rules for late work or after an absence:

*Late submission of work may not be accepted for daily grades. Deductions will be incurred for accepted late work: 15 points/percent on the first day, 25 points/percent on the 2^nd day, 35 points/percent on the 3^rd day, 50 points/percent on the 4^th day, and zero on the 5^th day. Any work not turned in after five days may not be accepted for a grade anymore.

*The student is responsible to ask the teacher for missed work after every absence occurs.

*The student can be allowed make up work for every excused absence and may earn 100% replacing a low grade and can make up assignments, quizzes, or tests within three to five days, or as per student-teacher agreement from the day coming back from an absence. It is the student’s responsibility to ask for make-up work.

Novels/Plays:

REQUIRED

The Pearl by John Steinbeck

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (abridged version)

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (play/textbook)

OTHER TITLES for independent reading (Choose one or two titles)

Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (840L)

Life of Pi Yann Martel (830L)

The Third Eye Lois Duncan

Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robison

Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (1010L)

As You Like It by William Shakespeare (play- This will be read if time permits.)

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare/ The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain with an afterword by Kenneth Lynn (1160L)

Additional plays to choose from available in copies only: Day of Absence by Douglas Turner Ward, Beautiful Senoritas by Dolores Prida, and Letters to a Revolutionary Student by Elizabeth Wong

All novels may be available in class for use only that period. Your child may wish to purchase a copy for use at home.

Research Paper: Fall/Spring- topic TBA

Poetry: Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson (artsongs)

Concession poems (TBA)

Odyssey (epic poem) in the textbook

Short Stories will be selected all throughout the school year from the textbook unless a story is taken from another source. A handout copy will be provided then.

Materials: 1 ½ “binder or notebook with 3 dividers (handouts, graded assignments, and notes), 3 composition notebooks (vocabulary, literature, and writing), blue/black ink pen, loose paper

Test day: Every Monday. Short quizzes will be given any day.

For other information, please go to:

http://www.bellaire.org/

http://nscots.blogspot.com

http://terrycloth-nt.blogspot.com

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