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Con­duct Dur­ing Activ­i­ties and Class Time

At the start of class (before you do any­thing else), please put your bag on the floor, get your notes and a pen out and ready on your desk. have your home­work ready to be checked and, if there is any spare time at the begin­ning of class) take a moment to review your notes and dis­cuss any ques­tions you have with your class­mates. Dur­ing class, you are expected to record all notes given. Remem­ber that you are expected to know any­thing that comes up in class –includ­ing all words that come up in class. A big part of your course is learn­ing the lan­guage of the sub­ject, so ter­mi­nol­ogy is always impor­tant.

All stu­dents are expected to act respon­si­bil­ity and take an active role in all class activ­i­ties. You are expected to work on activ­i­ties dur­ing class time and not use it to social­ize, sleep, or any­thing else that is not pro­duc­tive.  You need to make sure you are in proper school uni­form with your ID vis­i­ble. Please be care­ful to not van­dal­ize school prop­erty or lean back on your chair, as this can also dam­age the chairs. 

Each stu­dent should ask at least one ques­tion and answer at least one ques­tion every les­son. (This Q and A can be with another stu­dent or with the teacher).

Atten­dance 

You are expected to attend every class.

If you are absent

It is your respon­si­bil­ity to make up all the work you missed. Get all notes and find out what hand­outs and assign­ments you missed from a class­mate. Ask a class­mate to explain notes and assign­ments. See me if you have any ques­tions about the mate­r­ial and/or assign­ments. Also, if you miss more than 10% of classes, you risk fail­ing the course.

Late­ness

You are expected to be on time for every class and to begin work imme­di­ately after the bell. If you were talk­ing to a teacher and that is why you were late, please get a signed note from them with the date and time on it. Oth­er­wise, tardies will be recorded as either less than five (5) min­utes late or more than five (5) min­utes late.

You are tardy if you enter the class after the bell has rung.

Prepa­ra­tion

You expected to be pre­pared for every les­son (to bring your binder, your notes, your pen and paper, your text book and your read­ings). Need­ing to bor­row mate­ri­als (i.e. paper, pen) from other stu­dents also means you were not prepared. 

Part of being pre­pared is not need­ing to leave class. We gen­er­ally don’t allow stu­dents to leave class to go to the bath­room, to their locker or to print out work. 

Aca­d­e­mic Hon­esty 

See school rules, as out­lined in the Stu­dent Handbook.

When Class is Over

Be sure you record the home­work given and tuck in your chair before you leave in an orderly man­ner. Make sure you attempt all parts of any home­work assign­ment. When you do not have assigned home­work, take some time to read ahead in your text­book, to review your notes, to work on your mnemon­ics and con­sider ques­tions you could ask dur­ing the next les­son. Of course, make sure to, not only do the read­ings, but to also take notes on them. 

When you find out about a test, I rec­om­mend com­pil­ing a sum­mary sheet to help you study. Keep these, along with your pink prac­tice sheets, as they will help you pre­pare for your exams.

I hope for the very best for you in this course. I con­sider it a priv­i­lege to work with you, as your teacher. You’ll find that I have very high expec­ta­tions of you. But, if you find I’m ask­ing a lot, that’s only because I think you’re capa­ble of a lot. And, as Seneca said, “Luck is what hap­pens when prepa­ra­tion meets oppor­tu­nity.” I know you’ll have some oppor­tu­ni­ties to do great things in your life and I want you to be pre­pared when those moments come up. 

Please feel free to speak with me any time about any­thing. I am a teacher because your suc­cess is impor­tant to me, so please make sure to seek help when you need it. 

Required Mate­ri­als: You must bring the mate­ri­als listed below to every class.

• Text­books and/or assigned readings.
• Two ring binder (specif­i­cally for this class) with notes kept in order
• In binder: 50 pages of lined paper for notes/set of dividers (being used)
• Pen or pencil.

Grad­ing Pol­icy: (Spe­cific val­ues for each will be determined.)

• Tests and Exams  
• Oral Pre­sen­ta­tions
• Home­work
• Project/Internal Assess­ment
• Quizzes
• Behavior/Attendance/Participation/Binder Check

Tests

• Tests will be given approx­i­mately every 2–3 weeks.
• If you miss a test, it is your respon­si­bil­ity to sched­ule a makeup within a max­i­mum of one (1) week of the orig­i­nal test, at a time spec­i­fied by the teacher.

Quizzes

• Quizzes will be given approx­i­mately every 1–2 weeks.
• Some quizzes might be unan­nounced to ver­ify stu­dents com­pleted assignments.
• Stu­dents late to class will not write the missed por­tion of the quiz.

Home­work

• Stu­dents are expected to record all home­work in some sort of diary.
• Stu­dents are expected to com­plete all assigned home­work to rein­force concepts.
• Assign­ments may or may not be graded or checked. Some assign­ments will be

1. checked for com­ple­tion (this will be done at the begin­ning of class);        
2. col­lected and graded (at begin­ning); 
3. ver­i­fied via quizzes (at beginning)

• Home­work incom­plete for spe­cial rea­sons require an accom­pa­ny­ing let­ter from a guardian.
• Home­work incom­plete for no rea­son means you will need to return to see me. It will also be recorded in a Record of Incomplete/Late Home­work form.
• Three (3) of these per term will result in a visit to the Deputy Principal.

Oral Pre­sen­ta­tions

- Stu­dents will do pre­sen­ta­tions in class on their assigned days.

- If absent dur­ing your pre­sen­ta­tion, you will need an accom­pa­ny­ing let­ter and you will need to do your pre­sen­ta­tion on the day you return.

Projects/Internal Assess­ment

- You will be required to do both indi­vid­ual and group projects.

- Projects will be assigned with extended dead­lines, use your time wisely. Late work (that is any­thing that is not ready to be handed in at the start of class) will be worth no more than a Level 2.

- Group marks will be amal­ga­mated with indi­vid­ual marks.

- All accepted aca­d­e­mic codes will be enforced (see Stu­dent Hand­book). Please pay par­tic­u­lar atten­tion to pla­gia­rism and late work earn­ing a max­i­mum of 2.

Note Taking/ Participation/ Behavior

- Note tak­ing is required and all agen­das must be recorded with notes.

- Binder checks are marked. Keep all sub­se­quent com­ment sheets.

- All notes must be kept in your binder in an orga­nized, chrono­log­i­cal fashion.

- All notes should be taken in blue or black ink. Dia­grams can be in pencil.

- Each mem­ber of class is expected to par­tic­i­pate in every class.

Note: There will be no indi­vid­ual extra credit projects given to stu­dents toward the end of mark­ing peri­ods to raise their grade.

Gen­eral Behav­ior Expec­ta­tions: The “3 R’s”

Respect– teacher (by rais­ing your hand to speak), stu­dents’ feel­ings (amongst other things not speak­ing when they are), prop­erty and class materials.

Rights– stu­dents have the right to feel happy, safe, learn, and be heard.

Respon­si­bil­ity:

Act Like A Stu­dent- come to class on time, pre­pared and ready to learn. So please: no cells, food, sun­glasses, hats, or apply­ing makeup.

Look Like A Stu­dent - in proper school uni­form worn smartly.

Put in your best effort