3. What does an Honors Student look like? An honors English class requires higher-order thinking by self- motivated students who plan to take college- level courses in high school. It is faster-paced with less scaffolding, review, and practice.

4. C-level percent of points = Minimal/little understanding of standards is evident in all classwork and writing assignments. There is little evidence of progress in writing.

5. B-level percent of points = Basic understanding of the standards discussed in class is evident in the classroom and in written work. Quality of work shows effort. Writing pieces show a minimal effort to use the good writing traits to improve writing skills.

6. A-level percent of points = Strong understanding of the standards is readily apparent in the classroom and in written work. Student shows an improvement in writing skills as the year progresses. As a standard is discussed, an understanding of that standard is not only apparent in one writing assignments, but in all successive writing assignments.

7. Honors English Independent Reading Requirement Students will read a minimum of 800 pages each term. Four hundred of those pages must be from books found on the book list. Students will receive a copy of the book list, and the list will be posted on Mrs. Udy’s web page. Students will be accountable for the pages each term – the form will be posted on Mrs. Udy’s web page.

8. Students will often be expected to complete the reading assignments and the first-draft of writing assignments at home as well as weekly sentence-combining activities. Students will need to come to each class prepared to move on to the next level. HOMEWORK

9.  ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS  1 st Term: Is change progress?  2 nd Term: What is success?  3 rd Term: When is it right and just to challenge authority?  4 th Term: What are the limits of relationships?

10.  ANCHOR TEXTS  1 st Term: Fahrenheit 451  2 nd Term: A Tale of Two Cities  3 rd Term: The Odyssey  4 th Term: Romeo and Juliet

11.  WRITING Narrative Explanatory Argumentative – the focus will be on argumentative writing, using literary and informational texts as evidence sources

12.  LANGUAGE  Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English  Use knowledge of language to conform to appropriate guidelines  Accurately use and interpret academic words and phrases; independently gather vocabulary knowledge for words or phrases important to comprehension.

13. Being in Honors English is a privilege earned by showing appropriate classroom behavior and academic skills. If a student is not able to manage his/her behavior, he/she may be asked to transfer to a different English class. Parents will be notified in time to help the student correct his/her behavior before such a drastic measure would be taken.