Teacher Website: Find Due Dates, Absent Work, and Other Class Information

Eighth Grade English Syllabus

2015-2016 Mrs. Davis Room 116 Phone: (253) 566-5670 ext. 1116 Curtis Junior Email: [email protected] High School School Website:www.upsd.wednet.edu/cjhs

Teacher Website: Find due dates, absent work, and other class information Go to the school website (www.upsd.wednet.edu/cjhs) Click on “Staff Pages” and choose “Davis, Stephanie”

Online Grades and Teacher Contact: We use Skyward, an online grade book to stay in touch with home. Please make sure all your information is entered and updated.

Accessing Skyward 1. Go to the school website ( www.upsd.wednet.edu /cjhs) 2. Click on Quick Links – Family Access and Food Service Payments or Grades in the upper right-hand corner 3. Enter your Login and Password (if you don’t know these, they are available through the Curtis Junior High main office 566-5670) 4. Click on Login

Updating Parent information (email, address, phone number, student information) 5. Under General Information, click Student Information 6. Choose Account Information 7. Select what updates you need (ie: Change my Email) 8. Add your new or updated information

English 8 Grade Book 30% Writing Assessment (Final Writing Assignments) 20% Reading Assessment (Unit Finals, Reading Quizzes) 20% Vocabulary Assessment (5 40-point vocabulary quizzes per semester) 30% Assessment Prep. (all assigned and graded work other than assessments)

Units of Study First Semester Second Semester Non-Fiction “The Diary of Anne Frank” by Goodrich and Hackett Short Stories The Giver by Lois Lowry Persuasive Reading and Writing Persuasive, Narrative and Expository Writing The Pearl by John Steinbeck Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech Hall Passes: Mrs. Davis will sign your agenda so you can use a hall pass during appropriate class times (Not during class lectures, discussions or during the 15/10 rule).

Attendance: It is very important for you to be present in class as often as possible because it is difficult to make up in-class work such as discussions and group work.

Late Assignments : Assessment Prep. assignments turned in late will receive no more than 50% credit. All late work must be turned in before the end of the current unit of study.

Missing Tests, Quizzes, and Essays: Due to the high emphasis of points for these assignments, you will still be required to turn them to get credit for the class. However, if it is late, you will be required to come in after school or at lunch to work with Mrs. Davis until your assignment is completed to the best of your ability. Absences: If you are absent, you will NOT get an extension on your work unless you follow these steps: 1. Make sure your absence is excused in the office or by parent contacting the teacher (no late work will be accepted for full points without an excused absence) 2. Ask another student what activities and due dates you missed while you were gone. Find any extra handouts on the table under the window. You can also check the website. 3. Complete all assignments within a week of the day you return. The assignment will be considered late after a week. If you were gone longer than a week, you can arrange for longer time. * If you are absent on the day of a test or quiz, you must make arrangements with the teacher to make up the test or quiz immediately upon your return. The test/quiz will stay a zero in the grade book until you make it up.

Tardy Policy: Every day, you must be in the room when the first bell rings and completing the directions on the board by the time the second bell rings. If you fail to meet this standard, you will be marked tardy on the Skyward for parents to see. Tardy 1-2, the student will be issued a warning. Tardy 3-5, the student will receive a lunch detention. Tardy 6+, the student will be given an after school detention and parents will be called. At the beginning of second semester, all the students will start back at 0 with their tardy count.

Moving around the classroom The drinking fountain, books, tissues, pencil sharpeners and other materials are available to you to use quietly and respectfully at times that do not interrupt instruction.

Class Expectations Beginning of Period (By Second Bell)  Come prepared End of Period  Read the board  Complete the end of class activity  Get materials and self ready for class  Check agenda and write down homework  Turn in any due assignments  Stay in seat until directed to move  Start the Entry Task  Leave your During Class (RULES) (posted on the board) space clean 1. Give Full Attention to Teacher or Speaker 2. Use Appropriate Voice and Language 3. Keep Body and Materials to Self 4. Stay On Task Curtis Junior High rules will be followed in our classroom at all times. Please know them – check your agenda.

Discipline Policy When Rules are Broken 1. Verbal Warning 2. Change of seat, Teacher-student discussion, Parent notification, and/or Lunch detention 3. Referral to Vice-Principal

English Materials Refer to the CJHS website and make sure you have all the materials listed there. Bring the following to English class every day:  3 ring binder with English section clearly marked Directions:  Lined, college-rule notebook paper Students, please  Pencils (and a sharpener or lead) 1. Ask your parents to read the  Blue or black ball point pens syllabus with you.  Erasers 2. Keep this copy of your syllabus in  Binder pouch for pens, pencils and other supplies the English section of your 3-ring  Highlighters binder.  Several red correcting pens 3. Have your parents fill out and sign Recommended: the Parent Contact Form and  One package of 3x5 notecards Dear Mrs. Davis letters. Return  Colored pencils to Mrs. Davis on or before this  Tissues (Get extra credit if give to class) date: Tuesday, Sept. 15th.  Flash Drive/Thumb Drive