Sheldon High School
Visit the school web site at www.sheldonhuskies.com
Instructors: Joy Donny, Royea Fox, Lindsay Hamilton, Laura Kahrs-Emigh, Adam Shupe, Steve Whitted.
Please join us for Back to School Night, Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 6:30-8:00 pm
Vision/Mission Statement
The mission of Sheldon High School is to empower students to meet standards of excellence that foster intellectual curiosity and ready them to be responsible, productive, employable citizens in a culturally diverse society.
Elk Grove Unified School District will provide a learning community that challenges ALL students to realize their greatest potential.
College Preparatory English 9, which incorporates reading, writing, speaking, listening, and higher-order thinking skills, reflect the integrated language arts approach. Instruction will include reference skills, study and test-taking skills, writing, reading comprehension, language mechanics and usage, and vocabulary development in meaningful contexts. This class will study various literary genres including the short story, novel, drama, poetry, essay, and various informational texts in the context thematic units. Writing instruction will include a variety of modes and will focus on writing as a process. The course meets UC and CSU English requirements.
Students will be expected to complete a minimum of 1000 pages of outside reading (reading beyond class assignments) of teacher-approved literature.
COURSE PRACTICES AND EXPECTATIONS
At-Home Reference Materials:
All students should have access to a college-level dictionary and a thesaurus.
Homework:
The four-period school day means that a student should expect an increased workload in each class. However, the workload is offset by fewer classes each day. High school students should expect to average between 45-60 minutes of daily homework in English in addition to their outside reading requirement.
Tardy Policy:
All tardies will result in discipline per the Sheldon Tardy Policy. Parents wishing to excuse their student’s tardy for a medical or dental reason must provide written proof to the Attendance Office from the doctor of the appointment which includes doctor’s name, date, time, and doctor’s phone number. All other tardies are unexcused. A detention will be assigned for the third tardy and Saturday School for the fourth.
Plagiarism:
Texts:
Neither teachers nor the English department assume any financial responsibility for books left behind in the classroom.
SHELDON TEXTBOOK POLICY: Please be advised that students are financially responsible for all textbooks and library books they check out from the library. This means that students must pay for all books that are lost or stolen from their possession. Students keep textbooks in their classrooms at their own risk. Many times a student gets a textbook mixed up with another classmate. When this happens, the student is still responsible for the book he/she checked out. If a student needs to pay for a book, payment plans can be arranged with the library. Call 681-7500 ext. 8088 if you have questions regarding the textbook policy.
SESSION 1/3 Diagnostic Tests
· Agreement
· Punctuation (apostrophes, italics, quotation marks)
Speaking and Listening
SHS E-Grades: E Grades is a communication tool that allows parents/guardians/students to access student grades. Go to Sheldonhuskies.com for the E-grade link and grade reports posting schedule. Students must have a person pin number to access E-Grades.
Standards to be Addressed: Reading Standard 1 – Fluency · The program prepares students of all ages and levels of English development to become fluent readers by focusing on various stages of the reading process.
Standard 2 – Vocabulary · The students will apply their knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues to determine the meaning of new words encountered in reading materials and use those words correctly.
Standard 3 – Informational Material · The students will read and understand grade-level appropriate material, and analyze organizational patterns, arguments, and positions advanced. The students should read a variety of texts including magazines, newspapers, and on-line information.
Standard 4 – Literary Response and Analysis · The students will read and respond to historically, socially, or culturally significant works of literature. They will conduct in depth analyses of recurrent patterns and themes.
Writing Standard 1 · The students will write coherent and focused essays that convey well-defined perspectives and tightly reasoned arguments. The writing demonstrates student awareness of audience and purpose. The students progress through the stages of writing as needed.
Standard 2 · The students will combine the rhetorical strategies of narration, exposition, persuasion, and description to produce texts of at least 700-1000 words each. Student writing demonstrates a command of Standard American English and the research, organizational, and drafting strategies outlined in Standard 1.0.
Standard 3 · The students will write and speak with a command of Standard American English conventions.
Complete Course Standards: Can be found by visiting the Elk Grove School District web site at www.egusd.net
I acknowledge that I have read the course description and standards for English 9. I understand the academic and behavior standards contained in this description.
______________________________________________ ________________
Parent Signature Date
______________________________________________ ___________________________
Parent Name (please print) Parent E-mail
____________________________________________ _____________________________
Student Signature Student Name (print)
Please review the video list for CP English 9 at SHS. All videos are directly tied to curriculum and most are already approved by the district. If there is a video you do not want your student to view, please cross it out on the grid, and an alternative assignment will be given to your child. Any videos not crossed-off the list will be an indication of your consent for your child to watch said videos.
A Raisin in the Sun (Petrie)
Release Date: 1961
Rating: Not-Rated
Content Advisory: None
A Raisin in the Sun (Leon)
Release Date: 2008
Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Situational Language
The Odyssey
Release Date: 2001
Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Action violence, suggest sexual content.
Romeo & Juliet(Zeffirelli)
Release Date: 1968
Rating: PG
Content Advisory: very brief nudity (less than 10 seconds- female front, male from back-covered up by teacher)
Romeo & Juliet (Luhrmann)
Release Date: 1997
Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Violence and suicide.
Visit the school web site at www.sheldonhuskies.com
Instructors: Joy Donny, Royea Fox, Lindsay Hamilton, Laura Kahrs-Emigh, Adam Shupe, Steve Whitted.
Please join us for Back to School Night, Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 6:30-8:00 pm
Vision/Mission Statement
The mission of Sheldon High School is to empower students to meet standards of excellence that foster intellectual curiosity and ready them to be responsible, productive, employable citizens in a culturally diverse society.
Elk Grove Unified School District will provide a learning community that challenges ALL students to realize their greatest potential.
College Preparatory English 9, which incorporates reading, writing, speaking, listening, and higher-order thinking skills, reflect the integrated language arts approach. Instruction will include reference skills, study and test-taking skills, writing, reading comprehension, language mechanics and usage, and vocabulary development in meaningful contexts. This class will study various literary genres including the short story, novel, drama, poetry, essay, and various informational texts in the context thematic units. Writing instruction will include a variety of modes and will focus on writing as a process. The course meets UC and CSU English requirements.
Students will be expected to complete a minimum of 1000 pages of outside reading (reading beyond class assignments) of teacher-approved literature.
COURSE PRACTICES AND EXPECTATIONS
At-Home Reference Materials:
All students should have access to a college-level dictionary and a thesaurus.
Homework:
The four-period school day means that a student should expect an increased workload in each class. However, the workload is offset by fewer classes each day. High school students should expect to average between 45-60 minutes of daily homework in English in addition to their outside reading requirement.
Tardy Policy:
All tardies will result in discipline per the Sheldon Tardy Policy. Parents wishing to excuse their student’s tardy for a medical or dental reason must provide written proof to the Attendance Office from the doctor of the appointment which includes doctor’s name, date, time, and doctor’s phone number. All other tardies are unexcused. A detention will be assigned for the third tardy and Saturday School for the fourth.
Plagiarism:
- Plagiarism is when a student copies someone else’s words or ideas without giving credit to the original author/speaker. If a student plagiarizes a homework assignment, an essay, or a formal research paper, the student will receive a zero on the assignment and also consequences from the administration (see student handbook).
Texts:
- Holt Literature and Language Arts, Third Course (textbook for course)
- Holt Interactive Reading, Third Course (workbook that corresponds with course textbook)
- A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (play)
- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (play included in textbook)
- Sheldon’s Reading and Writing Resource Handbook (bring receipt of purchase and teacher will distribute one to you)
Neither teachers nor the English department assume any financial responsibility for books left behind in the classroom.
SHELDON TEXTBOOK POLICY: Please be advised that students are financially responsible for all textbooks and library books they check out from the library. This means that students must pay for all books that are lost or stolen from their possession. Students keep textbooks in their classrooms at their own risk. Many times a student gets a textbook mixed up with another classmate. When this happens, the student is still responsible for the book he/she checked out. If a student needs to pay for a book, payment plans can be arranged with the library. Call 681-7500 ext. 8088 if you have questions regarding the textbook policy.
SESSION 1/3 Diagnostic Tests
- Reading comprehension, language and mechanics, vocabulary, and writing diagnostic pre-tests will be given during the first week of school to help students, parents, and teachers understand the strengths and needs of each student
- Diagnostic tests will also be given at the ends of the quarter and the session.
- Several selections from Holt Literature and Language, Third Course including short stories, informational texts, and essays.
- A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and selected companion pieces, possibly including short stories, poems, essays, and informational texts.
- The Writing Process (pre-writing, drafting and revising, giving and receiving peer responses, editing, and publishing)
- Domains: Autobiographical Narrative, Analysis of Non-Fiction, Comparing Themes Across Genres, Writing a Persuasive Letter
- Journals and logs
- Parts of speech
- Parts and types of sentences
- Phrases and Clauses
- Punctuation: commas, semicolons
- Speaking skills, including organization and planning, voice, volume, posture, and gestures (with peer and instructor feedback)
- Selections for Holt Literature and Language Arts, Third Course videos
- Beginning Writing Groups, a video modeling the peer feedback process for writing
- A Raisin in the Sun
- Diagnostic tests will also be given at the ends of the quarter and the session.
- Several selections from Holt Literature and Language, Third Course including short stories, informational texts, essays, poems, an epic poem (The Odyssey) and a drama (Romeo and Juliet).
- The Writing Process (pre-writing, drafting and revising, giving and receiving peer responses, editing, and publishing)
- Domains: Analysis of Literature, Research Paper
- Journals and logs
· Agreement
· Punctuation (apostrophes, italics, quotation marks)
Speaking and Listening
- Speaking skills, including organization and planning, voice, volume, posture, and gestures (with peer and instructor feedback)
- Domains: Research Presentation (may be used to fulfill the E.G.U.S.D. Speech Proficiency requirement)
- Research essay incorporating primary and secondary sources. The final draft of your research paper will be worth 12% of your grade for Session 2.
- Research skills: planning and organizing primary and secondary research, citing sources, creating a Works Cited page
- Oral presentation skills: organizing and outlining a speech, voice, volume, eye contact, posture, gestures, incorporating audio and/or visual aids
- Selections for Holt Literature and Language Arts, Third Course videos
- Selected scenes from films of Romeo and Juliet (the Franco Zeffirelli version released in 1968 and/or the Baz Luhrmann version released in 1997)
SHS E-Grades: E Grades is a communication tool that allows parents/guardians/students to access student grades. Go to Sheldonhuskies.com for the E-grade link and grade reports posting schedule. Students must have a person pin number to access E-Grades.
Standards to be Addressed: Reading Standard 1 – Fluency · The program prepares students of all ages and levels of English development to become fluent readers by focusing on various stages of the reading process.
Standard 2 – Vocabulary · The students will apply their knowledge of word origins, word relationships, and context clues to determine the meaning of new words encountered in reading materials and use those words correctly.
Standard 3 – Informational Material · The students will read and understand grade-level appropriate material, and analyze organizational patterns, arguments, and positions advanced. The students should read a variety of texts including magazines, newspapers, and on-line information.
Standard 4 – Literary Response and Analysis · The students will read and respond to historically, socially, or culturally significant works of literature. They will conduct in depth analyses of recurrent patterns and themes.
Writing Standard 1 · The students will write coherent and focused essays that convey well-defined perspectives and tightly reasoned arguments. The writing demonstrates student awareness of audience and purpose. The students progress through the stages of writing as needed.
Standard 2 · The students will combine the rhetorical strategies of narration, exposition, persuasion, and description to produce texts of at least 700-1000 words each. Student writing demonstrates a command of Standard American English and the research, organizational, and drafting strategies outlined in Standard 1.0.
Standard 3 · The students will write and speak with a command of Standard American English conventions.
Complete Course Standards: Can be found by visiting the Elk Grove School District web site at www.egusd.net
I acknowledge that I have read the course description and standards for English 9. I understand the academic and behavior standards contained in this description.
______________________________________________ ________________
Parent Signature Date
______________________________________________ ___________________________
Parent Name (please print) Parent E-mail
____________________________________________ _____________________________
Student Signature Student Name (print)
Please review the video list for CP English 9 at SHS. All videos are directly tied to curriculum and most are already approved by the district. If there is a video you do not want your student to view, please cross it out on the grid, and an alternative assignment will be given to your child. Any videos not crossed-off the list will be an indication of your consent for your child to watch said videos.
A Raisin in the Sun (Petrie)
Release Date: 1961
Rating: Not-Rated
Content Advisory: None
A Raisin in the Sun (Leon)
Release Date: 2008
Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Situational Language
The Odyssey
Release Date: 2001
Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Action violence, suggest sexual content.
Romeo & Juliet(Zeffirelli)
Release Date: 1968
Rating: PG
Content Advisory: very brief nudity (less than 10 seconds- female front, male from back-covered up by teacher)
Romeo & Juliet (Luhrmann)
Release Date: 1997
Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Violence and suicide.
