To ensure that we have the best possible experience and environment within which to learn, please follow the general rules and guidelines for a successful school year.
1. 1. You must be in your assigned seat before the bell rings Failure to be in your seat will result in a class tardy. Failure to be in your seat will result in a class tardy. You will receive 10 points off of citizenship for an unexcused tardy.
2. You must bring to class each day: (1) covered textbook; (2) pens (pencils are not permitted); (3) notebook. (You are required to buy or use an old three-ring binder fil1ed with 5 dividers and paper. It will be used for the storage of board work, cultural awareness, homework, oral practice and participation. It is used only for Spanish class). Each exercise in the notebook must be dated. Certain sections must also have the page written. It will be graded at the end of each semester. (4) You are also required to buy a workbook from the student store for $16. If you cannot afford to buy one, please tell me immediately and I will get you a loaner.
3. You may not leave your seat without permission at any time for any reason. You must stay in your seat until the bell rings or when I dismiss you. If you need to throw away a piece of paper or use the pencil sharpener, you must raise your hand and receive permission first.
4. Class begins each day with a warm-up. Each exercise must begin with the date. If you are absent, you must get the warm-up from another student.
Author: Galloway, et al
©1992 Glencoe Division of Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
3)unnecessary talking; 4)notes: writing, reading or passing; 5) desktop writing in class.
6. Homework will be assigned every night, including weekends. It is due the following day at the beginning of class. After the warm-up, homework should be taken out and passed to the first person in your row. If you are absent, you have as many days as you were absent to make up the work. NO LATE WORK IS ACCEPTED OTHERWISE. You must be responsible to show me the late work; I will not ask you to show it to me. Credit will be given for completion, not correctness. Homework accounts for 20% of your grade.
7. In order to benefit and progress in class, you must participate orally. Each time that you participate in class, you will receive a point (stamp) for your effort. A curve will be established at the end of each grading period in order to determine your grade. Participation accounts for 20% of your grade.
8. In order to assess you accurately, 60% of your grade will be based on tests and quizzes. They will include writing, speaking, reading and listening. Pop quizzes can be given at any given time; however, major tests will be announced ahead of time. Typically, there is one test/quiz per week. The following test protocol will be followed: (1) Do not get out of our seat at any time during a test. Please raise your hand if you have a problem or a question and I will come to you. (2) Keep your eyes down and on your own paper. You must have your test covered at all times. (3) Talking of any kind during a test will result in a fail on that test. (4) All tests will be given at one sitting. I will not allow you to come back to finish a test during lunch or after school. (5) There will be no re-testing due to poor performance. (6) If you are absent on the day of the tst, you must take the test the day you return during class. It is your responsibility to make up the test. If you do not make up the test, you will receive a 0. (7) There will be a cumulative final exam at the end of each semester.
9. When grades are averaged, they are based on a percentage of points:
100-90% A; 89-80% B; 79-70% C; 69-60% D; 59-0% F.
Grades are cumulative for each semester. We follow the high school calendar. Students receive high school credit for this course. You must have a C or higher at the end of the school year in order to progress to the next level of Spanish.
10. There is no extra-credit in this class. .
11. Citizenship/Work Habits:
E=Great behavior and/or 0-2 missing or late parent signatures for tests or grade sheets per semester (September-January/February-June)
S=Satisfactory behavior and/or 3-4 missing or late parent signatures for tests or grade sheets per semester
N=Behavior needs improving and/or 5-6 missing or late parent signatures for tests or grade sheets per semester
U=Behavior is unsatisfactory and/or 7 or more missing or late parent signatures for tests or grade sheets per semester.
12. Extra help is available by appointment.
•Textbook (always covered) and Workbook: (purchased at the student store )
•pencil or pen
•lined paper: This is for assignments that will be turned in. I will not accept work torn from a spiral notebook. Scratch paper will be provided.
•Notebook/organizational folder (no papers in books)
•Spiral notebook for Vocabulary and Notes
•Highlighters, colored pencils/pens, zip style bags
•Two ninety (90) minute blank cassettes: (laboratory exercises on one tape as homework; second tape for speaking) These are an essential part of learning to speak fluently and comprehend spoken French.
ATTENDANCE: (required every day) You are expected to be in your seat and ready when the bell rings or you will be marked tardy. Tardies will be excused only if you present a note from a school staff member. Remind your parents to phone the school when you have been absent so you will receive credit for make up work. Regular attendance is essential to learning a foreign language AND earning participation points.
PASSES: You are allowed out of class only for emergencies with a written pass signed by me. The passing periods are designed for using the "toilettes" and picking up books, notebooks, and homework from your "casier". If you forget any of these materials see above) you will not be allowed to retrieve them. Your homework will be marked late the next day.
Author: Bragger, et al
©1990 Heinle & Heinle Publishers
TESTS/QUIZZES: Tests will be given at the end of each chapter and will occur about every 8 - 10 days depending on the chapter. Test components will be reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary and culture. A variety of short quizzes (announced or POP) may also be used.
MAKEUP: Standard procedure is to give one day for each day of absence for making up homework and classwork. Tests must be made up AFTER SCHOOL within one week after your return. For each day thereafter your test score will be lowered by 10%. It is YOUR responsibility to make arrangements with me for your make-up tests. You may do so during the last three-five minutes of class (NOT during the passing period).
GRADING: Point system will be used. All points will be used. All points will be totaled and a letter grade assigned according to the following percentages: 90 -100% = A; 80 - 895 = B ; 70 - 79% = C; 60 - 69% = D; 0 - 59 % = F. The final exam will be 20% of the semester grade.
School Board policy mandates that your grade for second semester be 70% or higher to advance to French 2. Those students not qualifying have the right of academic petition to request advancement.
Important: You are not allowed to speak English in class without permission or you will lose points. Speak French to me when you see me around campus!! Speaking points will be given for doing so!!
CHEATING: You are expected to do your own work and to try your hardest. Notes or other outside help or communication with others during a test are not allowed. Any student not following the testing guidelines posted in the classroom or copying another student’s work will receive a zero on that test. I will contact your parents and a referral will be turned in to the office. Copying another student’s homework will be considered a violation or this policy. A second offence in ANY OTHER CLASS will result in a drop/fail from that class. This is in accordance with the District’s Academic Honesty policy.
SECRETAIRE: Each week a different student will be chosen to help with the following jobs: turning lights on/off for projectors; erasing the board; collecting/passing out papers; checking for litter, delivering items to the office; any others as needed. Students who serve will receive EXTRA CREDIT!!!
OTHER:
Please display courtesy, respect and support for each other
Gum, food and drinks are NOT ALLOWED in class
No writing in textbooks or on desks (fines will be assessed)
Please pick up after yourself and others to keep our room as neat as possible
Please see me if you have questions or need extra help