Class Expectations and Rules:

I expect you to treat others the way you want to be treated.  Literature teaches us how to improve ourselves constantly, and writing gives us the opportunity to express ourselves.  The best learning is achieved in a comfortable environment.  We are different and no one is perfect.  Keep an open mind.  You will encounter many ideas that are different from yours.  These ideas may not be bad or wrong just different.  We all should work together to improve ourselves, after all this is our class.  We make of it what we choose.

The following rules are to ensure that student conduct is in alignment with the before mentioned expectations.  If not, student reprimand will be ensued.  I have zero tolerance for disrespect of any kind.

1. Cell phones are NOT permitted to be on and will be placed in the box by my desk.
2. Cheating and plagiarism are serious offenses.
3. Defacing of school property or anyone else’s will not be tolerated.
4. My desk and anything on it or belonging to me is strictly off limits—no one is ever allowed behind my desk without permission!!!
5. The computers are off limits unless given permission by me.
6. Restroom breaks are to happen before class not during my instruction time.

Grading Policy:

Projects, essays, research papers, and tests     60    %

Vocabulary, grammar, daily assignments           25    %

Quizzes                                                          15     %

Total                                                              100    %