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Hawthorne High School English 11 LEP/B

Hawthorne High School English 11 LEP/B. Instructor: Mr. Nick Candelas Meeting Days: Odd and All Room: Bungalow 8-E Email: mrnickcandelas@gmail.com Phone: 310-263-4400 Ext:. Welcome.

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Hawthorne High School English 11 LEP/B

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  1. Hawthorne High School English 11 LEP/B • Instructor: Mr. Nick Candelas • Meeting Days: Odd and All • Room: Bungalow 8-E • Email: mrnickcandelas@gmail.com • Phone: 310-263-4400 Ext:

  2. Welcome This is a new semester and a new beginning. In order to insure your success in this course we must work as a team where I am your coach in encouraging to learn. I can only teach you if you want to learn. Keep a positive outlook and remember only you can earn your grade, I can only evaluate your effort and product.

  3. Course Description 3 In this course we will develop and perfect our command of the English language through bettering our reading, writing, and speaking skills. We will further our understanding of the written language and American history and culture through a study of the vast and diverse literary works of our country. The genres covered include the short story and novel, as well as poetry, non-fiction, and drama.

  4. Course Description Students will complete various types of writing assignments • Imaginative/Narrative • Sensory/Descriptive • Practical/Informative • Analytical/Expository (ONE PER MONTH—DETAILS WILL FOLLOW), Students will compose five-paragraph essays and write an MLA-style research paper.

  5. Course Description Writing assignments will also emphasize critical response to and analysis of the literary selections. There are numerous and varied components to learning a language and studying literature. Therefore, proper and meaningful participation in all aspects of the class is crucial and will affect your grade. Being on time and prepared for class is a major part of proper participation.

  6. REQUIRED TEXTS • The Language of Literature: American Literature (McDougal, Littell) • Language Network (McDougal, Littell (We will be visiting the library for you to pick up). • CVUHSD Writers Handbook • The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)

  7. Course Assignments 7 • Textbook Work (Elaborated in Handout) • Interactive Reader • Vocabulary CST Top 100 (!0 per week) • Vocabulary (Flash Cards) 10 words per week. • Vocabulary (Sentences) 10 per week • Vocabulary Quizzes (1 per week) • Grammar Book (Homework) minimum of three assignments per week.

  8. Course Assignments • Vocabulary CST Top 100 (!0 per week) • Textbook/Interactive Reader Assignments • Thinking Through the Literature • Vocabulary in Action • Respond to questions and directions in Interactive Reader

  9. Course Assignments • Writing Assignments (Quickwrites, and a monthly essay) • Class Meeting Agendas (Copy them as soon as class begins into a section of your binder that should be labeled “Agenda”) • MLA Term Paper (5 pages) Begin in May and Due on Friday, June 5, 2009.

  10. Course Assignments PowerPoints/Cornell Notes Teacher will occasionally distribute PowerPoints which students will be required to transfer into their own words into Cornell Note format. Teacher will also require daily Cornell Notes when blank or Pre-filled Cornell Forms are distributed for reviewing the lesson.

  11. Units to be Covered During 2nd Semester 11 • Unit 3: Spirit of Individualism • Unit 4: Conflict and Expansion • Unit 5: The Changing Face of America • Unit 6: The Modern Age • Unit 7: War Abroad and Conflict at Home Consult Monthly Reading Assignments on Calendar (Handouts and Online)

  12. Supplies 12 • Random checks of Supplies will be conducted for class points. Forget your supplies lose out on points. Remembering your supplies demonstrates your responsibility. • Pens and pencils • Highlighters • College ruled paper • A 3-ring binder with dividers

  13. Supplies Divider Sections/Tabs • Calendar • Daily Agendas • Classwork/Homework • Today I learned…(You are to use the last five minutes of every class meeting to write a summary of what you leaned/or a list of five questions minimum on the days’ lesson.)

  14. Classroom Rules/Policies 14 Attendance There are approximately 80 hours/periods in the semester. You will receive 10 points for every hour/period of participation. If you are absent you are not participating.

  15. Classroom Rules/Policies On block schedule days you earn 20 participation points and on regular days (all classes meet) you can earn 10 participation points, no matter how long the period. This also applies to minimum days.

  16. Classroom Rules/Policies For every 20 class periods missed (200 points, and approximately ¼--Yes 25 percent of the semester) your final grade will be lowered one letter grade. Your participation is essential to your passing the course. Show up!

  17. Classroom Rules/Policies • Punctuality Students are to be seated and ready to work before the tardy bell rings. • Zero ToleranceCell Phones that are being used for any purpose during class will be confiscated by security for parental pick up, no exceptions.

  18. Classroom Procedures 18 • Students will be silent and listen attentively when the teacher speaks. • Students will remain in their assigned seats and only get up with teacher permission. • Teacher dismisses class after the school dismissal bell. If the bell is not working teacher will dismiss class two minutes after scheduled release.

  19. Classroom Procedures • Students will raise hand and wait for permission to speak. • Students will remain quiet if one of their peers is speaking with permission. • Students will only use appropriate classroom language. • Students will abstain from all vulgar, obscene, and profane language. • Students will show respect to the class, to their peers and to the process.

  20. Consequences for Violating Classroom Rules and Procedures One example of violating class rules and procedures could be having side conversations during Teacher Directed Instruction. If you violate it will lead to • One verbal warning. • Thirty minutes detention. • Phone call to home. • Referral for parent/guardian conference and suspension.

  21. Be Advised…. In addition to having to complete all course work and adhere to classroom procedures, students are subject to additional assignments not mentioned in this presentation. Further assignments will be listed in Course Outline and/or in monthly class calendar available online and in hardcopy by this Friday.

  22. Parent/Student Acknowledgement of Academic and Social Expectations Please sign below to acknowledge that your child has reviewed this PowerPoint as their first REQUIRED homework assignment. Parent/Guardian_____________________ Student_____________________ Dated: _________________________

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