Information for Open House July 30 th, 2015

Welcome to Mr. Sapakie’s classroom!  Thank you for taking the time to attend open house tonight. Because of changes to the format, I will not be giving presentations on curriculum and policy this year. Instead, this slideshow will present important information that you might wish to know.

Mr. Sapakie’s schedule for the school year.  1 st hour: prep  2 nd hour: prep  3 rd hour: IB/AP English 12  4 th hour: IB/AP English 12  5 th hour: IB/AP English 11  6 th hour: IB Theory of Knowledge  7 th hour (Mondays after school): IB Theory of Knowledge

Mr. Sapakie’s grading policy  All assignments are placed into one of the following categories  Homework and in class work: 20% of total grade for a given quarter  Formative assessments (assignments in the middle of the units that see if students’ knowledge is “forming up”…kinda like a quiz to check if the student is on track): 30% of total grade for a given quarter  Summative assessments (end of unit assignments that “sum up” if students have met the goals for a given unit): 50% of total grade for a given quarter  Semester grade is calculated as : (40%quarter 1)+ (40% quarter 2)+ (20% final exam.)  Every assignment is grade out of 100 points  While assignments that are not submitted are initially put in as Missing (“ M” in the gradebook), by end of quarter, no assignment ever goes in as less than a 35. If a student has a 35 in the gradebook either they did not submit it or they did very poorly on it.

Mr. Sapakie’s late work policy  If any assignment is to be turned in late without loss of points, it should only be with advanced arrangement made with Mr. Sapakie (exceptions for unforeseeable emergencies will be made per my discretion)  All other assignments may be turned in within one week of the original due date with a 20% loss of the total points possible.  After one week, homework and in-class assignments may not be made up. Formative and summative assessments may be made up with a loss of points to be minimum of 30%, but more may be deducted due to degree of tardiness and nature of the absence.  All reasonable effort will be made to allow students to demonstrate sufficient mastery of class concepts to receive at least a “D” in the class, regardless of the reason for missed classes.

IB/AP English 11- Major works read  Selected essays from The McGraw Hill Reader – Issues Across the Disciplines by Gilbert H. Muller – ISBN:  Selected short works of American Literature from Holt, Reinhart and Winston’s Elements of Literature – Fifth Course – ISBN:  Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer  The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne  Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry  A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams  The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald  The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck  Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton  Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

IB/AP English 11- major projects and endeavors  Extended essay: a 3,500-4,000 research project in a field of the student’s choosing  Individual Oral Presentation: a 10 minutes lesson the student will conduct with the class  AP test preparation on multiple choice items as well as the three different types of AP Language and Composition test essays  Weekly rhetorical journals designed to demystify the nature of rhetoric and the analysis of it.

IB/AP English 11 – Can my kid get college credit for this class?  Dual credit through Chandler Gilbert Community College is available and will include 3 credits for English 101 (1 st semester) and 3 credits for English 102 (2 nd semester). Credit is gained through earning a C or better in the class for the semester enrolled. Registration should be completed ASAP. When enrolling the course #s are for English 101 and for English 102. ***Note: Starting, next year Eng 101 and 102 will not be available the senior year in any class at CHS. If your student wants to earn dual credit for these classes now is the only year. Next year in IB/AP English 12 Credit for English 110 will be available***  AP Credit: University credit granted by whatever university your child attends may be awarded at the university’s discretion for scores on the AP test. Most schools require a 4 or 5 on the test but a few will give credit for a 3. Usually 6 credits are awarded, with some combination of Eng 101 and another course, but this varies greatly…check with prospective universities.  IB Credit: As IB courses for college credit take two years, there is no credit earning opportunity this year. Credits may be earned at the end of the senior year if student remains in IB English.

IB/AP English 12 – Major Works read  Siddhartha by Herman Hesse  Essays and poetry from The Norton Anthology of English Literature –  Oedipus Rex and Antigone by Sophocles  A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen  The Stranger by Albert Camus  Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett  The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde  Selected essays by James Baldwin  Selected poetry by John Donne  Hamlet by William Shakespeare  Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard

IB/AP English 12 – Can my kid get college credit for this class?  Dual credit through Chandler Gilbert Community College is available and will include 3 credits for English 110. Credit is gained through earning a C or better in the class. Registration should be completed ASAP. When enrolling the course #s are for students in 3 rd hour and for students in 4 th hour.  AP Credit: University credit granted by whatever university your child attends may be awarded at the university’s discretion for scores on the AP test. Most scores require a 4 or 5 on the test but a few will give credit for a 3. Usually 6 credits are awarded, with some combination of Eng 101 and another course, but this varies greatly…check with prospective universities.  IB Credit: University credit granted by whatever university your child attends may be awarded at the university’s discretion for scores on the IB test (which is actually 5 exams in one). Most schools require a 4 on the test. Usually 6 credits are awarded, with some combination of Eng 101 and another course, but this varies greatly…check with prospective universities.