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8th grade ELA: Mrs. Kirk Materials Contact Information Materials You need these items daily: pens/pencils (readable colors) Red pens Highlighters spiral composition notebook (1) Plastic folder with brads & pockets (1) 5 subject spiral or mead notebook (1) Mrs. Shannon Kirk Shannon.kirk@dcsms.org Room c22 School # 662-349-6660 Classroom rules #Be prompt: be on time for class. Come in, get your materials for the day, be seated, and start on bellwork. #Be prepared: come to class ready to learn. Make sure you have your class supplies and a positive attitude. #be patient: we are learning great things! Please be patient when others are speaking. Do not blurt out or talk out of turn. Raise your hand and wait to be called on for permission to speak. #be polite: be nice to everyone. This is a safe zone. No bullying will be tolerated. Grading & Policies Grading scale: 90-100 A 80-89 B 70-79 C 65-69 D 0-64 F weekly grades: You will have a weekly bellwork, vocabulary, and article of the week grade. Other grades are subject to be added as the year progresses in which you will be notified. Late Policy: In an assignment is late, it automatically drops to an 80. the student must have it turned in the next day. After two missing assignments, break detention will be issued. Notebook checks: To be successful, organization is a key element. There will be two notebook checks per quarter. *see next page for details

Additional Policies Be respectful. Be successful. After-school Help I am willing to meet with you during lunch or after school to help you. Please let me know in advance, and we can work together to schedule a time that works for both of us. Please note: the expectations is that you are attentive in class and working to understand the concepts. Please do not waste class time only to request to stay after school to make up for lost time. You may also email me for help, and I will respond as soon as possible. Technology We will be utilizing various resources to access the Internet to research, review material, and submit assignments. You must hold yourselves to high expectations when you use these resources. Your time must be spent well. Unless I specifically say that you may have your cell phones out, you must keep them away at all times. If I see your cell phone in class, I will take it for the remainder of the class period. Academic Dishonesty All work that you submit must be your own work. You may not do any of the following: Turn in or copy someone else’s work. Copy someone’s work and change a few of the words. Copying words from a source without citing it and giving credit to the source. Attempt to use any notes on a closed-not assignment. Look at someone else’s work during an quiz, test, or otherwise individual assessment. If you are doing any of the above or anything else that constitutes cheating, you will receive a zero on that assignment, and you will be referred for discipline. Other Policies You may have bottled water in the classroom and a snack as long as it’s not noisy or too messy. Please raise your hand to speak. Do not interrupt valuable instruction to ask to go to the bathroom. Please wait for an appropriate time. You have three bathroom passes per marking period. Come prepared to class with your materials and a positive attitude. Be respectful to everyone. Clean up after yourself. Respect the property in the classroom. Be an active participant in the classroom. Be respectful. Be successful.

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