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English
mbeck@conejo.k12.ca.us
805 495-7429 x1129
English Course description
Student responsibilities.
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About Ms. Beck
Ms. Beck began teaching in 1994. She graduated from Westlake High School and got her bachelor's from UCSB and her Master's from California Lutheran University. Besides spending time with her son, she enjoys hiking, running, gardening, rollerblading and traveling.
.....Ms. Beck's Policies.....
Homework Grades Report Cards Makeup Work Late Work
To find out the daily homework, upcoming tests and long-term assignments...
To find out the student's grades on assignments and tests...
Regarding the student's mid-tri Progress Report and end-of-tri Report Card...
To make up work after absence...
Regarding turning in late homework...
...go to Zangle ParentConnect.
Log on with the PIN & Password*; to find out your student's homework, click News (NOT Assignments) in the upper left. Zangle PIN and Password info are mailed home within the first few weeks of the year.
...go to Zangle ParentConnect

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Log on with the PIN & Password*; to find out your student's homework, click Assignments (NOT News) in the upper left. Zangle PIN and Password info are mailed home within the first few weeks of the year.

Very soon after the teacher grades a test or assignment, it is updated for parents and students on Zangle ParentConnect.
1. Find out the assignment:
a. Call a Study Buddy (at the start of the school year your student should exchange phone numbers with at least two students per class); or
b. Look up the assignment in Zangle ParentConnect (Parent needs to login with parent PIN/ Password.*)

2. Obtain any missed handouts:
From the teacher when you return to school.

3. Get any explanation you need:
a. Ask a study Buddy; or b) see teacher after school.
Late work goes down a letter grade for each day late until ultimately half credit is received.
* Letters with Zangle PIN/Password and with My Own Grades Password are mailed home within the first few weeks of the start of the school year. For Zangle, if you had a PIN/Password last year, it's the same this year.
Expectations for Success

Student Responsibilities
A. Calendar all work daily in your Assignment Notebook.
B. Study on average for about 1.5 hours per weeknight.*
1) Do Homework that's due tomorrow.
2) Work on Long-Term Assignments.
3) Quiz yourself for upcoming Tests.
4) Review back work on your own.
*cumulative time for all subjects combined; of course, the actual time on any given day will vary.

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Parent Recommendations
A. Check your student's Assignment Notebook.
B. Check the actual completed work. (Don't just ask "Did you do it?" Instead say, "Show me.")

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