MS. SHERIDAN HONORS LANGUAGE A RTS Room A4 * WELCOME TO CLASS

1. MS. SHERIDANHONORSLANGUAGE ARTS Room A4*WELCOME TO CLASS

2. Welcome to willis!

3. Syllabus – Give to your parent/guardian and ask them to sign the form saying they received the syllabus.

4. A Little About Me

5. A Little About Me - Education • Graduated from Hauppauge High School in 1978 in Long Island, NY

6. Me - Education

7. Me - Education • Graduated from New York University

8. Graduated Brooklyn Law School in 1988

9. Same Year

10. Then,

11. Finally,

12. More recently,

13. My Summer Sedona, AZ Cave Creek, AZ Billy Joel San Diego, CA Sea World

14. Favorite things

15. Language Arts

16. What will we be doing?

17. What will we be doing? • Focusing on: • Reading • Comprehension • Strategies • Higher Order Thinking (evaluation & analysis) • Vocabulary • Roots, prefixes, suffixes • Strategies to understand unfamiliar words • Writing • Stages of Writing • Six Traits

18. STRUGGLE IS GOOD http://youtu.be/ObD0F0vJSJA

19. SHERIDAN CLASSROOM RULES & PROCEDURES

20. Big Picture • Think about a time you felt disrespected. • What happened? • How did you react?

21. Big Picture • My main rule: • Treat everyone with respect, including yourself.

22. Big Idea #1: What is respect? Should you have to earn it or does everyone deserve it?

23. The Point: • How does treating each other with respect help us learn?

24. Responsibility – A way to show respect for yourself • Come prepared. • Own your learning. • Earn grades that make you proud. • Do your best. • Know that your future is in your hands and no one else’s.

25. Big Idea #2: What does “limit outside distractions” mean? Why is that important for a classroom? How harmful are distractions? http://mix1065fm.cbslocal.com/2013/05/09/you-become-20-dumber-every-time-a-coworker-talks-to-you/

26. RULES & PROCEDURES All rules and procedures are based on the two basic principles: Everyone in this room deserves to be treated with respect, and Everyone is entitled to learn in an environment that is free from distractions. What RULES & PROCEDURES would you suggest to achieve these goals?

27. Follow All School Rules

28. Come to class prepared to work: • Bring binder with paper, dividers, pen or pencil. • Alwayshave a book to read in case you finish your work before other students. • We will be focusing on note-taking this semester, so it is crucial that you have your binder every day. • The final exam will cover the whole semester’s work SO, DON’T THROW YOUR NOTES AWAY. • Cornell notes will be used.

29. How to walk into the room: • Go to the restroom or for water before you enter the room. • Line up outside the classroom (girls by the wall and boys by the edge of the cement. Girls walk in first. • Go straight to your assigned desk and start on your bellwork. • Sharpen your pencil if needed (one person at the sharpener at a time).

30. TARDIES: • You must be sitting at your desk and started on your bellwork when the final bell rings. • Tardies will be tallied.

31. What to do after you enter the room: • Please hold any questions that you have for me for the first 5 minutes of class and complete your bellwork independently. • All bellwork is graded! • What is “bellwork?”

32. What to do after you enter the room: • Complete your bellwork independently: • Reading Comprehension – Read the passage and answer the questions. • You earn one point for each correct answer.

33. What to do when you enter the room: • Take care of your bellwork. • Journal - The journal prompt will be on the board. Enter the date and answer the questions including all requirements in your journal. • NOT PRIVATE – Other people will edit your journal entry. Also, we may share. • If you write something that makes me concerned about your safety or the safety of others, I WILL report it.

34. What to do when you enter the room: • Take care of your bellwork. • Grammar Practice – Daily Grams • Usually 3-5 points

35. Put your backpack on the floor: • Do not keep you backpack on your lap • Keep all electronics in your backpack.

36. Water bottles are Permitted: • No other drinks • No food • No gum

37. How to pass in papers: • Tests or classwork – Place in appropriate basket when you are finished. Baskets are in the back or side of the room. • Read or work quietly at your desk until other students have finished. • Keep Returned Papers in Case of Grade Disputes and to study for Final Exams.

38. What to do when you need a pencil sharpened: • Sharpen pencils before class begins. • If you need the sharpener on a rare occasion, raise your hand and ask me. • One person at a time at the sharpener.

39. Respect other’s property: • Don’t go in other people’s backpacks, bags or purses without permission. • Don’t go in or behind a teacher’s desk without permission. • That’s like someone going in your purse or wallet without permission.

40. How to ask for permission to ask or answer a question/make a comment/ or get out of your seat: • Be polite. • Raise your hand and wait to be called. • Do not shout out. • Do not speak when other people are speaking.

41. How to exit the classroom: • Stay in your seat until you’re dismissed. The class will only be dismissed when everyone is seated. • Students will be dismissed by rows. • Teachers dismiss classes, not bells.

42. What to do when you have paper to throw away: • Wait until the end of class. Place in the can. • Please don’t ever throw anything in class (automatic consequence).

43. What to do when you're taking a test: • Take your test without talking. Turn it in when complete. Read or work silently at your desk until other students have finished. • If you talk, it is assumed you are cheating. • Cheating results in a zero and disciplinary action. • If it’s clear to me that you are not cheating, but you did talk, you will lose points from your test score as a consequence for disturbing others. A C

44. When I need the class to be quiet: • I’ll ask or flash the lights.

45. YOU MAY NOT WRITE ON THE DESKS • If you choose to break this rule, you will clean all the desks during your lunch.

46. YOU MAY NOT WRITE ON THE WALLS (or paper on the walls) • This will result in a call home and possibly a referral.

47. If you are absent: • You have as many days as you were absent to make up work. • Make-up work is located in the folders on the wall and in the “while you were out” bin in the back of the room. • It is organized by days and then by weeks. So, if you were out on Tuesday, look in the Tuesday folder. Take out handouts or worksheets. • Assignments

48. WEBSITE • http://www.cusd80.com/site/default.aspx?PageID=1

49. If you are NOT absent but have late work: • Late projects receive partial credit. • See me. • I do not accept late homework even if you did it and forgot it at home. • You will receive a weekly homework grade. Your lowest score will be dropped.

50. Restroom - Only go to Bldg. C • You will need a restroom pass. • Fill out the pass, give it to me. • I will keep half and give the other half to you to bring with you. • If you use up your passes, wait for the class to be over. • You may submit unused passes for extra credit at the end of the quarter.