Jennifer+Whitton

Hello and welcome to 12th grade **World Literature**! I am very excited to meet all of you. A+ 98-100 A 93-97 A- 90-92 B+ 88-89 B 83-87 B- 80-82 C+ 78-79 C 73-77 C- 70-72 D+ 68-69 D 63-67 D- 60-62 F 59 or below Grades will be given out for class participation (tough one. how will you "grade" that? ), group work, writing assignments, semester projects, quizzes and tests. Students should take care of their bathroom needs between classes. I do understand that emergencies happen and I will deal with these on an individual basis. If a student must use the bathroom during class, please be respectful and courteous to the class in session and take a bathroom pass. I trust all of you until proven otherwise (Good! Give a certain number if the kids are younger. Middle schoolers, for example, will really take advantage of this--generally in a bad way. Give them clear boundaries .) Please see the student handbook for rules, policies and procedures. Black or blue pen Required textbook Required novels Notebook or paper for note taking Writing journal (Try to clearly define what you mean by this) Access to the internet I am really excited about this class and the opportunity to teach and learn from you. Please feel free to contact me for any suggestions or concerns.
 * World Literature **
 * Mrs. Jennifer Whitton **
 * Room 209 **
 * Phone Number: 414-555-5555 **
 * Email: jwhitton@englishclass.org **
 * Course Description: ** **World Literature** is a year long course that will require students to read, analyze and critique literature in a personal, community and global context. We will be reading and discussing many novels, short stories, poems and essays by minority writers from around the world. Students will be required to actively participate through class discussion, writing assignments, on-line journal entries, group work and project based learning. We will be covering a lot of ground in this class so I expect students to complete all of the assigned readings and assignments.
 * Expectations: ** Students are expected to attend class, participate in class discussions and group work, complete assigned reading, writing and homework and respect themselves, their classmates and their teacher.
 * Attendance and Tardiness: ** Students are expected to attend every class and be on time. Excessive (Be specific here. Give them a number ) unexcused absences will result in the involvement of higher administrators. If a student knows that they will be absent due to field trips, appointments or family functions, they will need to speak with me to make arrangements regarding homework, assignments and tests.
 * Homework: ** Homework is to be handed in at the beginning of class or submitted on-line by the due date. I will deal with excused absences (illness, field trips, or appointments) on an individual basis (May not want to say this. Opens up too many interpretations. State your policy and then deal with individual issues. Most teachers allow homework to be turned in late if the absence is excused ). Homework that is turned in late due to unexcused absences will be marked down one letter grade per day. Are you saying that they can turn it in two days late and still get a C (for example)? May want to reconsider this.
 * Grades: **Grades will be determined as follows:
 * Bathroom Policy **
 * Plagiarism **
 * Materials **
 * Final Thoughts **

Please return to me by Friday, August 29, 2009

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