All About English 10 Honors: Periods 3 and 6

COURSE INFORMATION

            *Instructors:               Nathan Goodrich

            *Email:                       nathan.goodrich@sausdlearns.net and nathan.goodrich@sausd.us

            *Term:                        Fall 2022-Spring 2023

            *Location:                   Room 424 (English) and Room 331 (Broadcast TV Studio)

JOB DESCRIPTION

This year, rather than being a student in a traditional classroom with desks in a row and a teacher standing in the front talking to the class, you will be participating in English 10 as a collaborative partner with your surrounding classmates. In this rigorous course, you are responsible for mastering the English 10 Honors content in the areas of reading, writing, and speaking and listening in public. You will demonstrate your mastery in these areas by working throughout the entire year on a variety of project based assessments and reading and writing assignments.

TEXTS

In this class, you get to choose, from a list, the books, short stories, and articles you will read throughout the year. This year, you will be reading some of the following pieces of writing:

            *Macbeth by William Shakespeare

            *Animal Farm or 1984 by George Orwell

            *Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

            *Night by Eli Wiesel

            *Various Online Fiction and Nonfiction Readings and Videos

JOB POLICIES AND REQUIREMENTS

            *CHROMEBOOKS:      YOU MUST BRING YOUR CHROMEBOOK TO CLASS EVERYDAY. NO EXCEPTIONS.

            *Work Participation:   Failure to actively participate will lead to incomplete assignments.

            *Late work:                 Late work is accepted, but only after the student has notified the teacher that an assignment will be late.

            *Cellphones:              Cellphones are not permitted inside this classroom.

            *Attendance:              Show up ready to work everyday unless you are actually sick.

            *Tardies:                    Do not be late for class. Tardies demonstrate you are not committed.

            *Courtesy:                  Students will be respectful to everyone in and out of the classroom.

GRADING

90-100=A                    (This means you mastered the content and demonstrated critical thinking.)

80-89=B                      (This means you completed course requirements with some critical thinking.)

70-79=C                      (This means you completed all course requirements.)

60-69=D                      (This means you demonstrated an inconsistent level of participation.)

59 and lower=F            (You were consistently not engaged in the course.)

ASSIGNMENTS: The following percentages are estimates and are not exact.

            *Reading: 20%

                        +Annotations

                        +Discussions

                        +Vocabulary

            *Writing: 20%

                        +Daily Journal Writing

                        +Planning

                        +Drafting

                        +Final Drafts

            *Presentations/Projects: 20%

            *Group Participation and Responsibilities: 15%

            *Final Assessments: 25%