COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS

Course Requirements and Expectations
Mr. Levy/ Miss Simison (Student Teacher)
Coventry High School English Department

Welcome to freshman year! I know you are all as EXCITED as I am to be here! To make this whole process a bit easier, here are a few guidelines to follow while in my class:

• All of us should respect the unique contributions students make to learning in this course.

• I'll be available for student-teacher conferences after school and during certain periods of the day. If you need extra help, it is your responsibility to seek it out promptly. Remember: Academic learning takes precedence over non-academic school activities.

• Many homework assignments become the basis for the next day's lesson. Therefore, the best way to learn the most from a lesson is to come to class prepared with your homework completed.

• The grades on work submitted late for any reason are reduced by ten (10) points per school day

• WE HAVE A BLOG! www.coventryenglish.blogspot.com
This means two things:
1. If you are absent from a class it is your responsibility to ascertain the assignment and complete it on time. Under most circumstances, a student will not be excused from an assignment because he or she missed the previous class.
2. If you just plain forget something, you can print it out! Easy!

• It's your responsibility to make up missed assignments, tests, and quizzes. Failure to do so within five school days from the date you return to school will result in a grade of zero on the assignment.

• Students may rewrite papers if the first draft earns a certain minimum grade — to be announced for each paper — as part of its initial evaluation. Papers may be rewritten only during the quarter in which they originally were due. All previous drafts that I have evaluated must be attached to the bottom of the latest copy.

• If you have made a good-faith effort to complete all assignments, you may earn additional credit in this class by doing a reading presentation. For a reading presentation you read a book that we select together. Then you present the book to the rest of the class in any creative and lively way you choose. Following your presentation, your classmates and I might ask questions about the book. A written test might also be required

Note: Only one extra credit assignment is allowed per quarter. These assignments must be completed prior to the last week of the quarter.




• Come prepared to each class with all appropriate materials (e.g., pen, notebook, texts).

• Please take all materials (texts, handouts, notebooks) for this class home with you each day. In the event that you are absent, you will be able to complete the assignment and, therefore, be prepared for class when you return.

• At the conclusion of each marking term, any student hoping to increase her or his class participation / effort grade must submit to me a complete notebook. A complete notebook is a loose-leaf notebook containing the following:

1) all tests, quizzes, and written assignments;

2) all class notes;

3) all handouts;

4) a grading diary (see below).

• You are required to maintain a grading diary. A grading diary is a list kept by the student, which contains the title of each assignment, the date it was originally due, and the final grade earned. This diary is designed to help you keep track of your performance in this class. By keeping track of your performance, you should be able to avoid the shock that occasionally accompanies final grade reports.

• Contacting me: londonsimison@gmail.com…Emergency assignments can be e-mailed as long as they are in Microsoft Word or Appleworks format AND pasted into the body of the e-mail.

• PLAGIARISM is NOT TOLERATED. If you plagiarize, you will receive a zero for the assignment and your parents will be notified immediately.
~Plagiarism is defined as the act of passing off the ideas or writings of
another as one’s own. This can be avoided by citing sources clearly,
acknowledging any help you receive, and NOT USING OTHER STUDENT’S
WORK!


I have read and understand these expectations. Please return by 5 September, 2007.

Name___________________________________
Date______________________

Student Signature_________________________

Parent Signature__________________________