Expository Reading and Writing Course Syllabus 2016-2017

Centennial High School 1820 Rimpau Avenue, Corona, CA 92881 Phone: (951) 739-5670 Fax: (951) 739-5693

Instructor: Mr. Lang Office Hours: Monday thru Friday 7AM – 7:35AM Room 431 (or by appointment) Phone (951) 739-5670 ext.20431 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @mrlanguagearts

Required Supplemental Novels: Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer 1984 – George Orwell (Although it is not required, it is recommended that students purchase their own copy of the novel to take notes in).

Course Description: CSU Expository Reading and Writing The goal of the Expository Reading and Writing Course is to prepare college-bound seniors for the literacy demands of higher education. The ERWC emphasizes expository, analytical, and argumentative reading and writing. Students are expected to increase their awareness of the rhetorical strategies employed by authors and to apply those strategies in their own writing. They will read closely to examine the relationship between an author’s argument or theme and his or her audience and purpose to analyze the impact of structural and rhetorical strategies and to examine the social, political, and philosophical assumptions that underlie the text. The majority of readings are non-fiction, reflecting the smooth transition to college studies. The ERWC aligns with the California English-Language Arts Content Standards, addresses critical reading and writing problems identified by the CSU English Placement Test Committee, and prepares students to meet the expectations of college and university faculty. The course meets college preparatory requirements for both the UC and CSU systems. A-G Subject Area: English (B) Open to: Grade 12

ED. CODE SECTION 48205 AND 48014 – EXCUSED ABSENCES Corona Norco Unified School District urges parents to make sure their children attend school regularly and to schedule medical and other appointments so that a student misses none or only a small portion of the school day. The district also asks that travel or other absences be avoided during the time school is in session.

ATTENDANCE POLICY: The English Department has a rather strict attendance policy, based on the fact that our classes are not lecture-based, but involve a large amount of discussion and in- class writing. A student missing a significant portion of class time will not be experiencing the course in its entirety. In-class writing assignments might take any of the following forms: journal entry, quiz, peer review, responses to prompt either before or after an in-class discussion/activity, and group work. All students must bring their Centennial High School student ID card to be excused to the restroom, office, or other location. Students without their ID card will not be permitted to leave the classroom without proper protocol; this is a safety measure for the instructor. 1 Tardiness They are expected to be at school on time. If a child is late, the child should bring an excuse from home to the school office. Frequent tardiness without a valid excuse may be considered truancy under state law. Pupils, with the written consent of their parents or guardians, may be excused from school in order to participate in religious exercises or to receive moral or religious instruction. No pupil shall have his or her grade reduced or lose academic credit for any excused absence or absences, if missed assignments and tests that can reasonably be provided are satisfactorily completed within a reasonable period of time. (a) Notwithstanding Section 48200, a pupil shall be excused from school when the absence is: (1) Due to his or her illness. (2) Due to quarantine under the direction of a county or city health officer. (3) For the purpose of having medical, dental, optometrical, or chiropractic services rendered. (4) For the purpose of attending the funeral services of a member of his or her immediate family, so long as the absence is not more than one day if the service is conducted in California and not more than three days if the service is conducted outside California. (5) For the purpose of jury duty in the manner provided for by law. (6) Due to the illness or medical appointment during school hours of a child of whom the pupil is the custodial parent. (7) For justifiable personal reasons, including, but not limited to, an appearance in court, attendance at a funeral service, observance of a holiday or ceremony of his or her religion, attendance at religious retreats, attendance at an employment conference, or attendance at an educational conference on the legislative or judicial process offered by a nonprofit organization when the pupil’s absence is requested in writing by the parent or guardian and approved by the principal or a designated representative pursuant to uniform standards established by the governing board.

All students will adhere to Centennial High School attendance policies and procedures as implemented by administration. Participation points will be deducted at teacher discretion if students are not in attendance for class participation, quizzes, activities, etc.

GRADING POLICY: The following grading policy will be according to the below scale and percentages in each category: 25% Essays 20% Test/Quizzes 30% Homework/Projects 25% Class Participation

Grading Scale 100 – 90 A = Outstanding work 89 – 80 B = Above average work 79 – 70 C = Average work 69 – 59.5 D = Below average, barely passing, 59.4 – 0 F = Failure, NO CREDIT

Students and their parents/guardians can check the student’s academic progress throughout the year on the student portal and parent portal once the student has received their login and password. It is requested that parents log into the parent portal and send an email directly to the instructor, this will count as a grade for the student.

2 NO LATE WORK will be accepted, unless under extreme circumstances. This means that students who are tardy or absent without a valid excuse will not be allowed to hand in late work. Students should plan accordingly; assignments may be handed in prior to a due date. Students may also email or send through a friend, parent, or peer assignments ON the due dates. Again, there are no excuses or extensions for homework or projects not handed in on time.

ACADEMIC SATURDAY SCHOOL Any student who has one full day of absence from the first day of the school year is eligible to make up class participation points and activities since the last Saturday school. Saturday school will be offered at least twice a month from 8AM to 12PM.

ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY The Corona Norco Unified School District believes that students must conduct themselves with integrity as they complete all schoolwork and assessments. Webster’s dictionary defines integrity as the adherence to a code of values. CHEATING: giving, receiving, taking, or purchasing of any information or written work not your own during exams or on any written assignments. PLAGIARISM: copying the ideas and/or language of any source without acknowledging that source, without proper quotation of any language (even single words or short phrases) taken directly from that source, and without citation of all paraphrased as well as quoted ideas from that source. Penalties: Those found to be guilty of cheating or plagiarism for the first offense will receive a 0 (zero) for the assignment; the second offense will require a parent-teacher conference, and the third offense will require disciplinary action involving administration, parents, teacher, and student. 1. Do not lend your work to anyone. If you wish to help a friend, go over the work together and do not leave any copies in his or her possession. 2. Any ideas, facts, or language taken from a source must be acknowledged. We acknowledge the work of others by providing a "Works Cited List" (bibliography) and by citing (providing author's name and relevant page numbers) all paraphrased ideas and quoted language. MLA methodology of parenthetical citation will be on all written work.

PEER REVIEW: Students will exchange papers in class by working in pairs or small groups. Students will also peer review other student work via electronic form once essays are uploaded into Turnitin.com. Every student will have a Turnitin.com account to submit their essay for this course, unless it is a timed essay to be written during the academic lecture period.

Class Period Class Enrollment Password Class Enrollment ID Period 1 Period1 13069644 Period 2 Period2 13069663 Period 3 Period3 13069680 Period 5 Period5 13069708 Period 6 Period6 13069737

For academic integrity, students will submit all essays in turnitin.com with a similarity not higher than 10% and quoted material not higher than 25% (even if cited correctly). The goal is to have students analyze, interpret, and synthesize information to use rhetorical devices to respond to an essay prompt. As always teacher discretion will be used in cases of plagiarism in determining a student’s merit for their grade.

3 COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS: Students during their senior year will be exposed to the admission process for two and four year universities, military academies, occupational colleges or programs, scholarships, and college testing. Supplies Needed: 1. 2 inch binder 2. Notebook paper 3. #2 pencils 4. Blue or Black Ink pen 5. Erasers 6. Correcting pens (red colored) 7. Highlighters (multiple color pack)

Planbook.com- this is the website I use primarily to put our daily/weekly schedule and activities. You can find the link to this from my teacher page on Centennial’s Website and from my @mrlanguagearts twitter account. You are always accountable for your work whether you are in class or not.

Remind 101- Your class will have a unique access code to sign up for your particular class and the information that is relevant directly to you. Parents and students can sign up for this. It is mandatory that you sign up and remain subscribed to this form of communication throughout the year. Only important information will be shared. This is not a forum for us to “chat”, but it is a tool to keep us connected as a class. Use it responsibly.

Here’s how to sign up:

1. Text

o Join directly via text: Participants text a class @code to a Remind Phone Number. For US teachers, the Remind number is 81010. For example, if the code is @math and the phone number is 81010, you would text @math to 81010 o Join online: Visit remind.com/join and enter the class code there along with your phone number. 2. Download the Remind app Remind is available on iOS and Android devices. Anyone can download Remind, create an account and join a class quickly(tap the + next to Classes Joined) by using a class @code or search for your teacher's class.

Here are the codes you will text to 81010 to sign up. Please sign up for your unique class to make sure you are getting the right info.

Period 5: @aplangcom5 Period 6: @aplangcom6

4 ERWC Outline 8/10 – 12: Welcome to Centennial Career Cluster Analysis Getting to know you exercise What is ERWC? Annotating a text power point Go over syllabus and class expectations

8/15 – 19: Vocabulary Unit 1 Packet Academic Terminology handout What is MLA and why do I have to write like this? ERWC module What’s Next, Life After High School introduction ERWC article: Want to get into college? Learn to Fail by Angel B. Perez ERWC article: Hidden Intellectualism by Gerald Graff Study for Vocabulary Unit 1 Test for Wednesday, August 24th. ERWC Diagnostic Test Friday, August 19th Senior Sunrise Brunch and Pajama Day 900 quad 5am – 7:30am

8/22 – 26: Vocabulary Unit 1 Test Wednesday ERWC article: 10 Rules for going to college when nobody really expected you to by Joe Rodriguez ERWC article: The 10 Most Common Excuses for Not Going to College and Why They’re All Wrong UC Writing Prompt or Letter of Introduction Career Poster assigned for What’s Next module Admission DVD

8/29 – 9/2: ERWC article: Not going to College is a Viable Option by Lawrence B. Schlack ERWC article: Why Go to College? How to choose, University of Texas Media Center for turnitin enrollment and type UC prompt/Letter of Introduction Vocabulary Unit 2 Packet Back to School Night from 5:30 – 8pm August 31st. Career Project due Thursday, September 1th.

9/5 – 9: Monday, September 5th Labor Day No School What is a Socratic Seminar power point? Media Center for turnitin.com Vocabulary Unit 2 Quiz, Wednesday September 7th Art of Persuasion power point ERWC module: The Rhetoric of the Op-Ed Page, Ethos, Logos, and Pathos ERWC article: Three Ways to Persuade by John Edlund ERWC article: A Change of Heart About Animals by Jeremy Rifkin 1st Quarter Progress Reports due

9/12 – 16: Vocabulary Unit 3 packet ERWC article: Letters to the Editor in response to “A change of heart about animals. ERWC article: Hook on a Myth by Victoria Braithwaite ERWC article: Of Primates and Personhood: Will according rights and “dignity” to nonhuman organisms halt research? By Ed Yong 5 Video link about Harambe Socratic Seminar Friday, September 12th. Letter to the Editor (essay) in class Study for Vocabulary 3 test on Wednesday College Fair Night September 13th from 5 – 7PM

9/19-23: Vocabulary Unit 3 Test Wednesday ERWC module: Racial Profiling ERWC article: Jim Crow Policing by Rob Herbert Video by ABC on racial profiling: http://www.upworthy.com/know-anyone-who- thinks-racial-profiling-is-exaggerated-watch-this-and-tell-me-when-your-jaw- drops September 20th 12th grade counseling sessions in PAC all day Homecoming Dance September 17th from 7 – 11PM 900 gym.

9/26 – 30: September 26, Student Free Day No School Racial profiling article: Latinos on the Receiving End of Racial Profiling and Police Brutality Black Lives Matter Article and video Socratic Seminar Vocabulary Unit 4 Packet

10/3 - 7: Vocabulary Unit 4 Quiz, Wednesday ERWC Module: Good Food, Bad Food ERWC article: Bad Food, Tax It, and Subsidize Vegetables by Mark Bittman ERWC article: Attacking the Obesity Epidemic by First Figuring out its cause by Jane E. Brody ERWC article: No Lunch Left Behind by Alice Waters and Katrina Heron Schoolwide Pink Out October 7th

10/10- 14: Vocabulary Unit 5 packet Place at the table DVD Good Food, Bad Food project due on October 14th

10/17 – 21: Vocabulary Unit 5 Quiz, Wednesday ERWC module: The Value of Life ERWC article: Roger Ebert: The Essential Man by Chris Jones Video segment of Roger Ebert http://www.ted.com/talks/roger_ebert_remaking_my_voice?language=en Discussion on Roger Ebert ERWC article: What is Life Worth? by Amanda Ripley ERWC article: Human Life Calculator PSAT schoolwide October 19th Great Shakeout Drill October 20th

10/24-28: Vocabulary Unit 6 Packet ERWC article: What is the Value of Human Life? by Kenneth Feinberg ERWC article: You’ve got to find what you love by Steve Jobs Video Segment of Steve Jobs Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=UF8uR6Z6KLc 6 Sunday, November 1st Day Light Saving Time Set clock back one hour

10/31 – 11/4: Vocabulary Unit 6 Quiz Socratic Seminar Essay Due in turnitin.com: Write an essay that presents your opinion about how society should assign value to human life? November 1st Senior Pictures for Yearbook Only PAC gym foyer, 7:15AM – 3:00PM

11/7-11: Sunday, November 6th Daylight Savings Time Fall Back one hour Friday, November 11 Veterans Day NO SCHOOL ERWC module: Into the Wild Into the Wild novel read pages 3 – 14, 15 – 24, and 25 - 46

11/14 – 18: Into the Wild novel read pages 47 – 60, 61 – 85, and 87- 97

11/21 – 25: NO School Thanksgiving Break Into the Wild novel read pages 98 – 116, 117 – 126, and 127 – 144

11/28 – 12/2: Wednesday, November 30th last day to apply to CSU/UC schools! Into the Wild novel read pages 145 – 156

12/5 – 9: Into the Wild novel read pages 157 – 171

12/12 – 16: Final Exam Essay Final Exams December 13 – 15 December 16th Non Student Day

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Por Favor, marque una X si solo hablan espanol______ERWC Movie Consent Form

Dear Parents/Guardian,

8 Your son or daughter is currently enrolled in ERWC (Expository Reading and Writing Course) for the 2016 -2017 academic year. Various approaches to convey the true meaning of our society are done through the assistance of technology and film, the events are more than just learned they are an experience and felt by students.

Throughout the school year we will watch movies, documentaries, TED talks, political commentaries, and news reels that are not rated, rated PG, PG13, and R. These films give students a first hand perspective of the articles discussed in class.

Due to some of the graphic nature, language, religious/political beliefs, racial undertones, sexuality or sexual nature, and content this permission form is to allow your student to be able to view such forms of media. Below is a list of the potential media forms that will be used for this course.

Into the Wild (R): Rated R for language and some nudity. After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.

Alive (R): Rated R for crash scenes too intense for unaccompanied children. In 1972, the Uruguayan rugby team is flying to Chile to play a game. However, the plane from the Uruguayan Air Force with 45 people crashes on the Andes Mountains and after the search party, they are considered dead. Two months after the crash, the sixteen survivors are finally rescued. Along the days, the starved survivors decide to eat flesh from the bodies of their comrades to survive.

V for Vendetta (R): Rated R for strong violence and some language. Tells the story of Evey Hammond and her unlikely but instrumental part in bringing down the fascist government that has taken control of a futuristic Great Britain. Saved from a life-and-death situation by a man in a Guy Fawkes mask who calls himself V, she learns a general summary of V's past and, after a time, decides to help him bring down those who committed the atrocities that led to Britain being in the shape that it is in.

Admission (PG13): Rated PG-13 for language and some sexual material. Straitlaced Princeton University admissions officer Portia Nathan (Tina Fey) is caught off-guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by her former college classmate, the freewheeling John Pressman (Paul Rudd). Pressman has surmised that Jeremiah (Nat Wolff), his gifted yet very unconventional student, might well be the son that Portia secretly gave up for adoption many years ago. Soon, Portia finds herself bending the rules for Jeremiah, putting at risk the life she thought she always wanted -- but in the process finding her way to a surprising and exhilarating life and romance she never dreamed of having.

Young Kids, Hard Times (documentary): Young Kids, Hard Time shows kids entering prison for the first time and those making the transition to adult population. It’s genuinely frightening for them and for us — even more so when you think that they’ll be inside for years, they’ll be preyed upon by adult offenders and, eventually, they’ll be released.

Parent Permission Form for ERWC movies, documentaries, and other media to convey perspectives from the articles read in class.

Student Name______

Please check one of the following boxes. 9 _____I DO give permission for my son/daughter to view all of the films and media formats for instructional purposes.

_____I DO NOT give permission for my son/daughter to view all of the films and media formats for instructional purposes.

_____My son/daughter may not view any film rated R only, please remove my student from class during this time.

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