Policies and Procedures s7

August 2017

Dear Parent/Guardian:

Your son or daughter has enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) English IV. This literature and composition course provides students with enriching challenges in reading, thinking, and writing that will offer them an opportunity to succeed beyond our campus and foster a lifelong learning relationship with books and the world of ideas.

Successful AP students must become task-oriented, proficient readers who set priorities regarding time and responsibility. Parental support plays a key role in the continued success of these students. AP courses involve greater content immersion and faster-paced activity than other academic classes and require performance assessed at the higher-order thinking levels of analysis and synthesis. Students must expect to complete additional preparation (assigned readings, essays, projects) outside of class and possibly at times when school is not in session, such as summer and Christmas breaks. Becoming familiar with as many novels as possible is particularly important because students must have read a large variety of texts in order to succeed on placement tests, and there is simply not enough time while school is in session to cover such a wide range of reading material.

It is important that students make a personal commitment to the challenges of this course. While HHS has been very successful in working with students who come with positive attitudes, ready to work and learn, we have experienced little success in working with students who are not committed to taking an AP course and to doing the extra reading and writing involved in this study.

I hope this year will be challenging and rewarding, providing each student with a sense of accomplishment and an appreciation of literature, art, history and rhetoric. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me via e-mail or by calling the school at (936) 435-6100. I look forward to working with your son/daughter, hearing from you, and having a productive, positive year!

Sincerely,

Kelly Jordan, M.A. AP English IV Dual Credit 1301 & 1302 Huntsville High School [email protected] AP English IV Student Information Sheet Complete and Return to Class

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Student’s Name: ______

Mailing Address: ______

Home Phone #: ______

Guardian’s Name: ______

Cell Phone #: ______Work Phone #: ______

Guardian Email: ______

Student Email: ______

Acknowledgement of AP English IV Policies and Procedures

I have read the AP English IV Syllabus and Policies/Procedures information and understand the challenges involved with this class.

I understand that student grades may be checked at any time online with the parent viewer program or by contacting the instructor.

**Student Signature ______

**Guardian Signature ______AP English IV COURSE SYLLABUS – Policies & Procedures Huntsville High School

Instructor: Mrs. Kelly Jordan, M.A. Room Number: 1509 E-Mail: [email protected] (see also teacher webpage) School Phone Number: (936) 435-6100 ext. 1509 School Address: Huntsville High School 441 FM 2821 East Huntsville, TX 77320

Conference Times: Each week day: ______Period

Tutorial Times: Mornings 7am to first period bell. Also by appointment.

Remind 101: (207) 518-7596 Code: ______

Supplies:  Divider section in notebook/folder marked English  notebook paper  highlighter pack (optional)  black and/or blue pens (NO other accepted colors!)  functioning email account & electronic storage  selected novels for class discussion (as needed)

Course Description:

AP® English Literature and Composition is designed to be a college/university level course, thus the “AP” designation on a transcript rather than “H” (Honors) or “CP” (College Prep). This course will provide you with the intellectual challenges and workload consistent with a typical undergraduate university English literature/Humanities course. As a culmination of the course, you will take the AP English Literature and Composition Exam given in May. A grade of 4 or 5 on this exam is considered equivalent to a 3.3–4.0 for comparable courses at the college or university level. A student who earns a grade of 3 or above on the exam may be granted college credit at many colleges and universities throughout the United States.

Course Goals:

1. To carefully read and critically analyze imaginative literature. 2. To understand the way writers use language to provide meaning and pleasure. 3. To consider a work’s structure, style, and themes as well as such smaller scale elements as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone. 4. To study representative works from various genres and periods (from the sixteenth to the twentieth century) but to know a few works extremely well. 5. To understand a work’s complexity, to absorb richness of meaning, and to analyze how meaning is embodied in literary form. 6. To consider the social and historical values a work reflects and embodies. 7. To write focusing on critical analysis of literature including expository, analytical, and argumentative essays as well as creative writing to sharpen understanding of writers’ accomplishments and deepen appreciation of literary artistry. 8. To become aware of, through speaking, listening, reading, and chiefly writing, the resources of language: connotation, metaphor, irony, syntax, and tone. Scope and Sequence: Course work may consist of but not be limited to the following:

The Picture of Dorian Gray Oedipus the King Frankenstein Pride & Prejudice Hamlet Brave New World Heart of Darkness Rime of the Ancient Mariner Death of a Salesman Dante’s Inferno

various novels, short fiction and plays non- fiction selections/essays poetry practice in vocabulary, spelling and grammar the writing/research process practice AP tests

Writing assignments will include journals, essays, narratives, and timed writings.

Note: Grammar, spelling, and punctuation will be taught/reviewed in context along with editing and revision. This schedule is subject to change.

Grade Scale:  Major Assignments 50% (essays, timed writings, research projects, tests, journal, projects)

 Daily Assignments 50%

In compliance with Huntsville ISD’s grading policy, grades will be tabulated every six weeks. The approved grade scale is as follows:

A = 90-100 B = 80-89 C = 75-79 D = 70-74 F = 0-69

***Grades can be checked at any time during the year by contacting an AP, the teacher or by using PIV. Anything recorded as a “0” is not allowed to be made up. Grading rubrics will be given for all major projects. ***

Homework: Homework for this course is mainly the completing of and studying for: quizzes, tests, projects, writings and speeches/presentations. There will be no specifically assigned “homework grading”. All recorded grades will be reserved for scheduled assignments and assessments.

Late Work: Major assignments will have a 10 point per day deduction, with a four day limit. All serious (documented) cases will be considered by the instructor. Absences: If absent, it is the student’s responsibility to find out what was missed. Upon returning to class, check with a classmate for each day’s agenda. Check for any missed readings/handouts. If, after checking, the student still has questions, they may ask the instructor. If the student is absent for a day, they must be prepared to make up work and turn in assignments the day of their return; if absent two or more days, the student has the number of days missed to complete tests, quizzes, and turn in make up work. Otherwise, the student will receive zeros for incomplete work. It is the student’s responsibility to schedule a time to take missed quizzes and tests.

Plagiarism: Any instances of plagiarism/cheating will result in failure of the assignment (without make up) and the adherence to discipline measures in accordance with school policies.

Discipline: Any/All instances of improper behavior will NOT be tolerated. Discipline measures will be taken on the first offense and every one thereafter in accordance with school policies. This includes dress code infractions, inappropriate media usage, disruptive behaviors, etc.

Jordan’s Classroom R.U.L.E.S.

1. Respect your teacher, peers, and self.

2. Unused time is lost forever, use your time productively – remain on task!

3. Listen when your teacher or another student is speaking.

4. Expect to be working in class when the bell rings, and continue to work until dismissed by the teacher.

5. Students must come to class with all required materials.