Welcome to 10 th Grade Language Arts Instructors: Mrs. Diem and Mrs. Juchau

Necessary Supplies  One Folder (to stay in classroom)  Highlighters  Sticky notes (lots of them!)  Pens/pencils  Two notebooks (one to stay in classroom)

Classroom Guidelines All students will: 1. Bring necessary supplies to class. 2. Be prompt, prepared, and polite. Please review the district’s tardy and audit policies as absenteeism may result in loss of credit! Skipping results in loss of credit for day’s activities including assignments and quizzes or tests. 3. Leave all food and drink in their lockers. 4. Leave all electronics such as iPods and cell phones in lockers or backpacks in the “off” mode. Violations result in the item being taken and turned into the office at the teacher’s convenience. Items may not be retrieved for a period of 24 hours. In addition, a discipline referral will be written if student refuses to give up the item or argues with the teacher.

Guidelines cont. All students will: 5. Leave coats and hats in their lockers. No hoods or hats may be worn in class or hallways. Hats may NOT be carried to class in hand! 6. Use passing time wisely! Three emergency passes may be used via the student planner. Requests may be denied upon discretion of the teacher. 7. Assume responsibility of their own education by checking the assignment calendar, iBlog, or teacher for missing work due to absence. Get notes from a classmate immediately. If the absence occurs on a test day, the student should be prepared to make up the test upon return. Unit tests have only one scheduled make- up day for all students. These dates will be posted, and students must attend or receive a zero. If a student is on a school-related function, work must be submitted before the student leaves the building.

All students will: 8. Complete all work NEATLY. Essays must be typed using MLA standards. 9. Exhibit HONESTY and INTEGRITY by doing their own work. The plagiarism policy is stated on a separate slide. 10. Exhibit appropriate behavior, language, and respect for the teacher as well as other students.

Syllabus Vocabulary  Weekly vocabulary from literature selections  Presented on Monday, due on Wednesday, Quiz on Friday

Warm-up’s  You will need to get a folder to keep in class everyday for this  When you come into class each day there will be a sheet of paper under the warmup sign. You will take one and fill it out. After, you will place it in your folder.  You will have 5-10 minutes to complete this, then we will discuss as a class  There will be random folder checks.  You will need to number all warm-ups!!!!!!!  If you are absent you must get the warm- ups you missed from the tray.

Writing  Analysis essays  Argumentative  Writer’s Notebook (W.N.)  A.O.W.’s (Article of the Week) *Posted on the blog by Wednesday of each week, and due the following Monday YOU ARE EXPECTED TO PRINT OFF THE ARTICLE, AND BRING IT TO CLASS. *Writing prompts are done in class on Wednesdays in W.N.

Literature  Unit 1 Heroism (Journey of the Hero)  Unit 2 Drama-Julius Caesar  Unit 3 Argumentative Writing Unit

Unit 1 Overview  Multi-cultural view of heroes  Legends and Myths  Parody  Non-fiction (movie reviews)  Analysis using the Hero’s Journey (Campbell) and common archetypes

Unit 2 Overview Drama-- Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (Tragic Hero) Revenge and Retribution Structure of a Tragedy Personality types/ character study Paraphrasing Shakespearean language

Unit 3 Overview  Identifying claims in an argument  Warrant, data  Writing an argumentative paper

Speech  Group Presentations  Individual Presentations  Formal Speech

Reading  SSR on Fridays after quizzes (bring your novel)  Book Talks- Presentations on outside novels

Grading Policy  80% Summative; 20% Formative  Summative= Quizzes, Unit Tests, Final Exam, Formal Writing  Formative= Vocabulary lessons, class work homework, notebook work ***Re-take requests must be submitted on time and only apply to tests, not quizzes. Final Exams are exempt from this policy.

Plagiarism Policy All forms of plagiarism/cheating result in a disciplinary referral to the student office. The incident is placed on the student’s permanent record. Consequences:  zero or half credit on assignment, paper, quiz or test; rewrite  Multiple offenses may result in loss of credit  Reported to administration and placed in student’s record.

Missing Work Policy  Three missing assignments= A write up on the PBIS form  One missing AOW=A write up on the PBIS form  The only exception to this is if you turn it in a day late, which means it wont count for a write up, however missing work that is a day late is ½ credit.