1. American Lit
Class Set Up
Camarena

2. Office Hours Tue-Thurs 8:00-8:20 Tues- Wed 3:30-4:15
Room E 114 ASE SPACE

3. SPECIAL EDUCATION GRADING SCALE
NORMAL GRADING SCALE
A – 90 – 100%
B – 80-89%
C – 70-79%
F – 0 – 69%
SPECIAL EDUCATION GRADING SCALE
A – %
C – 65-79%
D – 50-64%
F – 0-49%

4. Student Academic Honesty Policy:
ASE students are expected to demonstrate integrity in all aspects of life, including all schoolwork. If plagiarism or cheating of any kind (which includes, but is not limited to: allowing others to copy work,
copying of another's work, use of unapproved technology on
assignments, tests, or quizzes, or other use of work that is not the
original work of the student) is suspected, a teacher will review the
work turned in with others in their department. If the department
decides that the assignment has been plagiarized in any way, the
assignment will receive an automatic zero without the
opportunity to make-up the assignment

5. Electronic Policy USE OF ELECTRONICS IN CLASS IS NOT PERMITTED.
USE OF PHONE WITHOUT PERMISSION WILL LEAD TO TEACHER REQUEST FOR PHONE/DEVICE
1ST WARNING
2ND HAND THE PHONE OVER –GET IT BACK AT THE END OF CLASS
3RD OFFENSE- GET IT BACK THE NEXT DAY FROM OFFICE
4TH CONFERENCE WITH PARENTS IN OFFICE

6. ASE School Wide Late Work Policy
Student Late Work Policy:
Students will only be allowed to make up missing work within a given five-week grading period. Students who have missing assignments at the end of the grading period may be offered an alternative assignment to replace the missing work.
However, the alternative assignment will only receive partial credit, based on the teacher's discretion. Once the five-week grading period has ended, missing assignments from that period will become a zero, and can no longer be made up. All alternative and make-up assignments must be discussed and turned in during office hours. Extra credit will only be offered at the discretion of the individual teacher.

7. Notebook Set Up - Write NAME ON FRONT COVER NAME CAMARENA
(AMERICAN LIT )
FIRST THREE FULL PAGES TITLE TABLE OF CONTENTS

8. TABLE OF CONTENTS
LEFT PG #
DUE DATE
RIGHT PG #

9. American Lit Class Website

10. Send all final drafts to this email account for grading.
Explorease account
Teacher
Send all final drafts to this account for grading.

11. CUBS Annotations C- Circle U- Underline B- Box words you do not know
S- Side Comments
?- Quotations
Cubs Notes to be used when reading texts or handouts

12. ASE NOTE-TAKING STRATEGY
Vocab/ Questions/ Writing Prompts on Left
Notes/ Flyers/ Handouts on the Right.

13. Depth of Knowledge Notes
Left Column- Create 3Tiered Questions based on the text.
Take Notes on Significant or important parts of the text/ Headings, Main Events, Important Facts/Dates/
Create a Summary in your own words on your comprehension of the material.

14. Achieve 3000
Review Handout: Achieve 3000 Web Article Analysis and Assignments
Achieve 3000 Rubric
Thought Questions Due by Thursday Night of each week.
Log your progress on your Agenda

15. Achieve 3000 Log Copy this table in your notebook
18 Rows down/ 4 rows across on the Right Side
Title
Assignment Due
Date Given
Total Points

16. What is the point of American Lit?
The purpose of American Lit is to study the main or significant texts throughout US History.
We study American Lit to make connections from the past to what is happening in our current culture.

17. Do Now
Writing Prompt
- What is one thing that you hope to achieve this school year?
What is one thing that you want to do differently
If you could have your perfect year what would it include?
8 Sentences minimum 5 pts.

18. My Influences On the Coat of Arms
Create a Shield of a few items that make up your Identity.
Draw (Color in)
Then describe in a short response how these items influenced you as a person. ( 6 sentences minimum)

19. American Culture Do Now
In your opinion, what do you think makes up culture?
How would you define American Culture?
Why do you think American Culture is so popular among youth in other countries?
If you could pick 5 top influencers from our culture what would they be?
-Share for participation pts.

20. American Influence On your Flag
Draw a collection of Influences that define Being American to you.

21. Symbols

22. Notes
PPT on American Genres
On Left

23. Do Now What did you learn about yourself from this activity?
Do you follow the popular trends like most of your peers?
What do these symbols mean to you?
( 8 Sentences)

24. Notebook Check
Make sure to complete all work for notebook check