English IV Common Course Syllabus
2020-2021
Nathan Crawford
Room C207
(512) 594-1289
[email protected]
Tues/Thurs 4:15-5:00
By appointment
Dustin White
Portable 08
(512) 594-1157
[email protected]
Monday/Tuesday After School
By appointment
John Hughes
Room E212
(512) 594-1314
[email protected]
Mon/Wed 8:20
By appointment
COURSE DESCRIPTION/OBJECTIVES
Course Requirements:
Course Texts:
The following pre-approved texts may be taught in English IV, either as a whole class, independent reading, or book clubs. Books may vary based on student and class interest. Parents who would like to purchase novels for their child can contact the teacher for specific reading selections.
HELPFUL SENIOR RESOURCES
Administrative Team
Daniel Garcia: Principal Michael Grebb: Associate Principal
Lisa Pasholk: 12th Grade Assistant Principal Scott Ford: Testing and Intervention Principal
Counselors are by Alpha
A. Harvey: A-Con Leigh Ann Spradlin: College & Career Counselor L. Howell: Coo-He Lori Carl: Social Worker
C. Jackson: Hi-Mor and Lead Counselor
A. Warner: Mos-Sa
C. Allgood: Sc-Z
STUDENT LOG-IN INFORMATION
PFISD Network ([email protected]) Holt Online Textbook (my.hrw.com)
Username: student ID number Username: 1st & last initial student ID #
Password: ******** Password: student ID number
Skydrive
Username: [email protected]
Password: student ID numberPf!
HENDRICKSON HIGH SCHOOL GRADING PROTOCOLS 2019-2020
Grading Per District Policy: Please read the PFISD student handbook
Absences
When returning from an absence, you are responsible for obtaining all missed assignments during tutoring hours not class time.
Students who have been absent are eligible to do make-up work. A student will be given three school days to make up the work. In the case of extended absences, one day will be allowed per day of absence for make-up work beyond the initial three days.
NOTE: Students must turn in major grade assignments on the due date - either digitally or electronically.
Plagiarism:
Do your own work! Plagiarism and sharing work is not permitted. All cases of plagiarism will be written up for academic dishonesty. Plagiarism consequences will be subject to the Student Handbook and district policy.
Hendrickson High School’s Procedure on Plagiarism:
Plagiarism as defined by the Modern Language Association Style Guide (1999) is the “false assumption of authorship: the wrongful act of taking the product of another person’s mind, and presenting it as one’s own….to use another person’s ideas or expressions in your writing without acknowledging the source” (p.30); “forms of include the failure to give appropriate acknowledgement when repeating another’s wording or particularly apt phrase, when paraphrasing another.., or when presenting another’s line of thinking” (p.30).
Teachers will file plagiarism issues in folders according to the levels indicated below and violations will be tracked.
Level I
Defined: In less than one fourth of the paper, the student failed to “distinguish between [his or her] thoughts and the material gathered” (Gibaldi, 1999, p.30).
Consequence: The student will be able to redo the assignment for full potential credit if this is the first offense, and if he or she completes the supplemental review on plagiarism.
Level II
Defined: In less than one fourth of the paper, the student used uncited material when paraphrasing or quoting from other sources.
Consequence: Upon the first offense, the student will be able to redo the assignment for a maximum of a 70 if he or she completes the supplemental review on plagiarism; the student will receive an administrative consequence.
Level III
Defined: Less than half of the paper includes material from other sources that is presented in the student’s paper without citations whether paraphrased or quoted.
Consequence: Upon the first offense, the student will be able to redo the assignment for maximum of a 50 if he or she completes the supplemental review on plagiarism; the student will receive an administrative consequence.
Level IV
Defined: More than half of the paper includes material from other sources that is presented in the student’s paper without citations whether paraphrased or quoted or 2nd offense of Level II or III plagiarism.
Consequence: The student receives a zero for the grade.
HENDRICKSON HIGH SCHOOL English IV EXPECTATIONS 2019-2020
HHS Tardy Policy Discipline
Cell Phone/MP3/Technology Devices
Locker and Bathroom Access
Classroom Expectations
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hendrickson High School
English III Syllabus
ELA III TEACHER CONTACT:
John Hughes
E212
(512) 594-1314
[email protected]
Monday & Wednesday 8:15 - 9:00
After school by appointment
Course Description:
As mandated by Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), ninth grade English will allow students to reinforce previously learned skills while they acquire new skills. By the end of this course, students will: demonstrate effective writing skills in a variety of forms. Writing will include: expository, personal, and literary analysis texts for various audiences. Students will comprehend literature selections using a multitude of strategies. Also, students will maintain control over grammatical elements including rules of grammar and usage to write clearly and effectively. Students will take a STAAR/EOC exam in the spring for English I, and students must show mastery on the exam to graduate high school.
Required Materials:
Please bring the following materials to class every day:
Email Policy
Hendrickson High School provides every student an email address. All communication and sharing of documents between students and teacher must utilize the student’s school email address. Communication from personal email addresses often gets caught in Hendrickson’s spam filter and does not arrive in the teacher’s email inbox quickly or at all. In order to avoid this, no communication from students’ personal email addresses will be read or counted for credit.
Course Textbook:
Holt McDougal: Literature. Grade 9. Students will not be issued an English I textbook. We will utilize a class set of books kept in the classroom.
English I classes will read novels throughout the year. Below is a tentative list of reading for the year. Students are not required to provide their own copy, but may if they choose to do so.
Four 9-Week Grading Periods:
8.15 - 10.10
10.15 - 12.20
1.7.2020 – 3.12
3.23 – 5.28
100%
Grading Criteria: Major Grades 70%, Minor Grades 30%
70% = tests, projects, formal writing assignments
30% = independent practice, quizzes, daily assignments, homework
(at least four major grades per 9 week period)
EOC / STAAR Information:
Students will take the End of Course (EOC) / State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) in the spring
of the calendar year. The English EOC/STAAR consists of one five-hour test. Each student is required to pass the English I EOC/STAAR assessment. For more information, please refer to the HHS and/or PfISD websites or ask your child’s English I teacher for details. English I teachers do not teach students how to pass a test. English I teachers guide students to become more accomplished writers and teach them techniques for greater reading comprehension. These skills in critical thinking and application provide students with many beneficial and cross-curriculum strategies, as well as help them to prepare for the EOC/STAAR assessment.
Retest Policy:
Students scoring below mastery of “70” on a major grade (assessment) shall be allowed to redo the assignment after completing prerequisite work. Prerequisite work may include re-teach, corrections, tutorials, or intervention work. Prerequisite work should be completed within 5 days of the date the student received the original grade. The higher grade, with a maximum of “70”, will be recorded. All prerequisite work and reassessments MUST be completed in the presence of the teacher.
Make-up Work:
In order to provide multiple opportunities for students to demonstrate mastery of learning, students who have been absent are eligible to do make-up work, regardless of the reason for the absence or school related activity. A student should be given three school days to make up the work. In the case of extended absences, one day will be allowed per day of absence for make-up work beyond the initial three days. For example, a student who is absent on Monday, would have 3 schools days (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) to make up the work, and the work would be due on Friday.
Late Work:
In order to provide multiple opportunities for students to demonstrate mastery of learning, students who have not turned in work on time will be allowed five school days, from the date the assignment was due, to complete and submit any late work . A maximum of a 20% penalty may be applied to late work. Extenuating circumstances may occur that are out of the control of the student and which prevent him/her from completing and returning homework assignments. The student is responsible for informing the teacher of any such circumstances that prevented the completion of the assignment. Teachers may grant exceptions to this policy as appropriate.
Timeliness of Posting Grades:
Teacher will refresh on-line grade books weekly.
Academic Dishonesty:
Academic dishonesty includes cheating or copying the work of another student, plagiarism, and unauthorized communication between students during an assignment or examination. The determination that a student has engaged in academic dishonesty shall be based on the judgment of the classroom teacher or another supervising professional employee, taking into consideration written materials, observations, or information from students. Students found to have engaged in academic dishonesty will be subject to disciplinary penalties. HHS has a zero-tolerance policy for academic dishonesty and plagiarism. Working with another student on an assignment that was not explicitly assigned as group work will be considered an act of academic dishonesty.
Code of Conduct/Academic Integrity:
Each student will abide by the Pflugerville ISD Code of Conduct and Student Handbook. Refer to the Pflugerville ISD Code of Conduct and Student Handbook for expectations and regulations (including dress code, cell phone use, etc.).
Talon Time:
Talon Time will take place during 25 minutes of the day after 1st or 5th period. During this time, students work on homework, tutorials, or interventions as deemed necessary by the teacher, school, or request of student.
*Contact your child’s English I teacher if you would like to meet for a face-to-face conference. Please make sure that your contact information, including cell/home phone numbers and email addresses are up-to-date in the front office in case a classroom teacher or the front office needs to get in touch with you for any reason. Thank you.
The English I teachers of Hendrickson High School welcome you and your student to Hawk Nation! We welcome parents and community leaders to support and encourage the educational process by being active in the classroom and school. Let us know of any special skills that you are willing to share with us. We are committed to providing your child with a professional, academically challenging experience at HHS that will prepare your student for success in and out of school. Thank you!
2020-2021
Nathan Crawford
Room C207
(512) 594-1289
[email protected]
Tues/Thurs 4:15-5:00
By appointment
Dustin White
Portable 08
(512) 594-1157
[email protected]
Monday/Tuesday After School
By appointment
John Hughes
Room E212
(512) 594-1314
[email protected]
Mon/Wed 8:20
By appointment
COURSE DESCRIPTION/OBJECTIVES
- Students enrolled in English IV will increase and refine their communication skills.
- Students are expected to plan, draft, and complete written compositions on a regular basis.
- Students will edit their papers for clarity, engaging language, and the correct use of the conventions and mechanics of written English and produce final, error-free drafts.
- Students are expected to write in a variety of forms, including business, personal, literary, and persuasive texts.
- Students will read extensively in multiple genres from British literature and other world literature.
- Students will learn literary forms and terms associated with selections read.
- Students will interpret the possible influences of historical context on a literary work.
- Students will complete an intensive research essay project in the Fall semester.
- Students will refine college readiness skills, including TSI preparation and college admissions essays.
- Students will read independently, both during and outside of class.
Course Requirements:
- Class attendance and participation are required for English IV.
- Course textbook: Holt McDougal Literature Grade 12. Students will not be issued a hard copy textbook but an online textbook is available. (See Student Log-In Information for details.) We will utilize a class set of books that remain in classroom.
- REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- Journal/ College Rule Notebook
- 1” Binder with at least 5 dividers
- Pen/Pencil for daily use
Course Texts:
The following pre-approved texts may be taught in English IV, either as a whole class, independent reading, or book clubs. Books may vary based on student and class interest. Parents who would like to purchase novels for their child can contact the teacher for specific reading selections.
- Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, 1984, Frankenstein, The Metamorphosis, The Canterbury Tales, Medea, Heart of Darkness, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man, Rosencrantz and Guilenstern are Dead, Waiting for Godot, The Quiet American, The Once and Future King.
HELPFUL SENIOR RESOURCES
Administrative Team
Daniel Garcia: Principal Michael Grebb: Associate Principal
Lisa Pasholk: 12th Grade Assistant Principal Scott Ford: Testing and Intervention Principal
Counselors are by Alpha
A. Harvey: A-Con Leigh Ann Spradlin: College & Career Counselor L. Howell: Coo-He Lori Carl: Social Worker
C. Jackson: Hi-Mor and Lead Counselor
A. Warner: Mos-Sa
C. Allgood: Sc-Z
STUDENT LOG-IN INFORMATION
PFISD Network ([email protected]) Holt Online Textbook (my.hrw.com)
Username: student ID number Username: 1st & last initial student ID #
Password: ******** Password: student ID number
Skydrive
Username: [email protected]
Password: student ID numberPf!
HENDRICKSON HIGH SCHOOL GRADING PROTOCOLS 2019-2020
Grading Per District Policy: Please read the PFISD student handbook
- Students must attend reteach tutorials before retesting for a major grade. Students may retest for a score up to 70%.
- A Student has five (5) consecutive schools days (not A/B days) after receiving the graded Major assignment to attend a tutorial session and retest for a passing grade.
- It is the student’s responsibility to make arrangements with the teacher for tutorials and retesting.
- Students may not resubmit minor assignments for a higher grade.
- If a major assignment is not turned in on its due date or when called on time in class, it is an immediate zero in the grade book. This makes the assignment missing not late. Missing major assignments must be completed within five (5) consecutive days (not A/B days) .
- If a daily or minor assignment is not turned in on its due date or when called on time in class, it is an immediate zero in the grade book. This makes the assignment late. Late work may be turned in within 5 consecutive days (not A/B days) for a maximum score of 80%.
Absences
When returning from an absence, you are responsible for obtaining all missed assignments during tutoring hours not class time.
Students who have been absent are eligible to do make-up work. A student will be given three school days to make up the work. In the case of extended absences, one day will be allowed per day of absence for make-up work beyond the initial three days.
NOTE: Students must turn in major grade assignments on the due date - either digitally or electronically.
Plagiarism:
Do your own work! Plagiarism and sharing work is not permitted. All cases of plagiarism will be written up for academic dishonesty. Plagiarism consequences will be subject to the Student Handbook and district policy.
Hendrickson High School’s Procedure on Plagiarism:
Plagiarism as defined by the Modern Language Association Style Guide (1999) is the “false assumption of authorship: the wrongful act of taking the product of another person’s mind, and presenting it as one’s own….to use another person’s ideas or expressions in your writing without acknowledging the source” (p.30); “forms of include the failure to give appropriate acknowledgement when repeating another’s wording or particularly apt phrase, when paraphrasing another.., or when presenting another’s line of thinking” (p.30).
Teachers will file plagiarism issues in folders according to the levels indicated below and violations will be tracked.
Level I
Defined: In less than one fourth of the paper, the student failed to “distinguish between [his or her] thoughts and the material gathered” (Gibaldi, 1999, p.30).
Consequence: The student will be able to redo the assignment for full potential credit if this is the first offense, and if he or she completes the supplemental review on plagiarism.
Level II
Defined: In less than one fourth of the paper, the student used uncited material when paraphrasing or quoting from other sources.
Consequence: Upon the first offense, the student will be able to redo the assignment for a maximum of a 70 if he or she completes the supplemental review on plagiarism; the student will receive an administrative consequence.
Level III
Defined: Less than half of the paper includes material from other sources that is presented in the student’s paper without citations whether paraphrased or quoted.
Consequence: Upon the first offense, the student will be able to redo the assignment for maximum of a 50 if he or she completes the supplemental review on plagiarism; the student will receive an administrative consequence.
Level IV
Defined: More than half of the paper includes material from other sources that is presented in the student’s paper without citations whether paraphrased or quoted or 2nd offense of Level II or III plagiarism.
Consequence: The student receives a zero for the grade.
HENDRICKSON HIGH SCHOOL English IV EXPECTATIONS 2019-2020
HHS Tardy Policy Discipline
- A student is tardy if not inside the classroom when tardy bell rings.
- Once tardy bell rings, students must acquire pass to enter into classroom by administration.
Cell Phone/MP3/Technology Devices
- Please refer to HHS Student Handbook
- Cell Phones should be out of sight at all times unless instructor has designated the use of phones in a particular class period.
Locker and Bathroom Access
- Students may not access the hallway in the first 15 minutes and last 15 minutes of any period.
- Students are allowed 5 Hall Passes per Nine Week Grading Period. A school/teacher hall pass must be used every time a student leaves the classroom. No exceptions. Abuse of this privilege will result in the loss of restroom freedom.
Classroom Expectations
- Have paper and a writing utensil every day.
- Be in the classroom ready to work as soon as tardy bell rings.
- Show respect at all times to the teacher, your classmates and substitute teachers.
- Be an active participant.
- Turn in all assignments completed and on time.
- Only one student at a time may leave class.
- No food or drinks allowed in classroom.
- No phone charging during class.
- Students should remain actively engaged and seated from bell to bell.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hendrickson High School
English III Syllabus
ELA III TEACHER CONTACT:
John Hughes
E212
(512) 594-1314
[email protected]
Monday & Wednesday 8:15 - 9:00
After school by appointment
Course Description:
As mandated by Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), ninth grade English will allow students to reinforce previously learned skills while they acquire new skills. By the end of this course, students will: demonstrate effective writing skills in a variety of forms. Writing will include: expository, personal, and literary analysis texts for various audiences. Students will comprehend literature selections using a multitude of strategies. Also, students will maintain control over grammatical elements including rules of grammar and usage to write clearly and effectively. Students will take a STAAR/EOC exam in the spring for English I, and students must show mastery on the exam to graduate high school.
Required Materials:
Please bring the following materials to class every day:
- Composition or Spiral notebook (for English class only)
- Text we are reading
- Writing Utensils
- Other requests of the teacher
Email Policy
Hendrickson High School provides every student an email address. All communication and sharing of documents between students and teacher must utilize the student’s school email address. Communication from personal email addresses often gets caught in Hendrickson’s spam filter and does not arrive in the teacher’s email inbox quickly or at all. In order to avoid this, no communication from students’ personal email addresses will be read or counted for credit.
Course Textbook:
Holt McDougal: Literature. Grade 9. Students will not be issued an English I textbook. We will utilize a class set of books kept in the classroom.
English I classes will read novels throughout the year. Below is a tentative list of reading for the year. Students are not required to provide their own copy, but may if they choose to do so.
- House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
- The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Four 9-Week Grading Periods:
8.15 - 10.10
10.15 - 12.20
1.7.2020 – 3.12
3.23 – 5.28
100%
Grading Criteria: Major Grades 70%, Minor Grades 30%
70% = tests, projects, formal writing assignments
30% = independent practice, quizzes, daily assignments, homework
(at least four major grades per 9 week period)
EOC / STAAR Information:
Students will take the End of Course (EOC) / State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) in the spring
of the calendar year. The English EOC/STAAR consists of one five-hour test. Each student is required to pass the English I EOC/STAAR assessment. For more information, please refer to the HHS and/or PfISD websites or ask your child’s English I teacher for details. English I teachers do not teach students how to pass a test. English I teachers guide students to become more accomplished writers and teach them techniques for greater reading comprehension. These skills in critical thinking and application provide students with many beneficial and cross-curriculum strategies, as well as help them to prepare for the EOC/STAAR assessment.
Retest Policy:
Students scoring below mastery of “70” on a major grade (assessment) shall be allowed to redo the assignment after completing prerequisite work. Prerequisite work may include re-teach, corrections, tutorials, or intervention work. Prerequisite work should be completed within 5 days of the date the student received the original grade. The higher grade, with a maximum of “70”, will be recorded. All prerequisite work and reassessments MUST be completed in the presence of the teacher.
Make-up Work:
In order to provide multiple opportunities for students to demonstrate mastery of learning, students who have been absent are eligible to do make-up work, regardless of the reason for the absence or school related activity. A student should be given three school days to make up the work. In the case of extended absences, one day will be allowed per day of absence for make-up work beyond the initial three days. For example, a student who is absent on Monday, would have 3 schools days (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) to make up the work, and the work would be due on Friday.
Late Work:
In order to provide multiple opportunities for students to demonstrate mastery of learning, students who have not turned in work on time will be allowed five school days, from the date the assignment was due, to complete and submit any late work . A maximum of a 20% penalty may be applied to late work. Extenuating circumstances may occur that are out of the control of the student and which prevent him/her from completing and returning homework assignments. The student is responsible for informing the teacher of any such circumstances that prevented the completion of the assignment. Teachers may grant exceptions to this policy as appropriate.
Timeliness of Posting Grades:
Teacher will refresh on-line grade books weekly.
Academic Dishonesty:
Academic dishonesty includes cheating or copying the work of another student, plagiarism, and unauthorized communication between students during an assignment or examination. The determination that a student has engaged in academic dishonesty shall be based on the judgment of the classroom teacher or another supervising professional employee, taking into consideration written materials, observations, or information from students. Students found to have engaged in academic dishonesty will be subject to disciplinary penalties. HHS has a zero-tolerance policy for academic dishonesty and plagiarism. Working with another student on an assignment that was not explicitly assigned as group work will be considered an act of academic dishonesty.
Code of Conduct/Academic Integrity:
Each student will abide by the Pflugerville ISD Code of Conduct and Student Handbook. Refer to the Pflugerville ISD Code of Conduct and Student Handbook for expectations and regulations (including dress code, cell phone use, etc.).
Talon Time:
Talon Time will take place during 25 minutes of the day after 1st or 5th period. During this time, students work on homework, tutorials, or interventions as deemed necessary by the teacher, school, or request of student.
*Contact your child’s English I teacher if you would like to meet for a face-to-face conference. Please make sure that your contact information, including cell/home phone numbers and email addresses are up-to-date in the front office in case a classroom teacher or the front office needs to get in touch with you for any reason. Thank you.
The English I teachers of Hendrickson High School welcome you and your student to Hawk Nation! We welcome parents and community leaders to support and encourage the educational process by being active in the classroom and school. Let us know of any special skills that you are willing to share with us. We are committed to providing your child with a professional, academically challenging experience at HHS that will prepare your student for success in and out of school. Thank you!