1. Rules, Routines and Procedures

2. Classroom Rules 1. Be on time and in your seat working on the Bellwork when the bell rings. 2. Be prepared for class everyday. This means bringing your books, notebooks, pens, completed homework and other supplies to class. 3. No gum, food, drink, or cell phones are permitted in the classroom. 4. Actively participate in all classroom discussions and activities. 5. Be respectful of others, yourself, and classroom materials at all times. 6. All Montgomery County school rules are applicable.

3. Tier of Consequences Warning Detention: 25 Detention: 50 Contact Referral

4. Bellwork  EVERYDAY  Will be graded  Must include date and the question  Save some trees

5. Tardy Procedure  Sign tardy sheet  Documentation Required  Don’t be a distraction  Consequences- See Tier of Consequences

6.  9 weeks= 1  Sign Sheet  Wear lanyard Restroom Procedure 10-10 Rule

7. Cheating  Not in here!  Totally unacceptable!  I will catch you!  I am watching!  No second chances!

8. Plagiarism According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means  to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own  to use (another's production) without crediting the source  to commit literary theft  to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.  In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward.

9. All of the following are considered plagiarism:  turning in someone else's work as your own  copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit  failing to put a quotation in quotation marks  giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation  changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit  copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_what_is_pla giarism.html

10. Visitors  Welcome!  Keep Working  Leave with a smile

11. Procedure for Absence  All work is on my school web page  Permission to email-Anytime  ?’s- Before or After Class Only  Alternate assignments  Days=Days  Due dates  Make up exams-Wednesdays

12. Assignments  Only Blue/Black ink  Name, date, class period  Types, 12 font, 1’’ margins  MLA format  Extra Credit????

13. Homework=Ownership  Academic Performance  Organizational/Time Management  Responsibility Consequences- See Tier of Consequences

14. How to get an A in this Class!  Points  Tests  Projects  Homework  Participation  Bellwork  Composition Notebook

15.  Any Questions?