English 10 Pre-AP Welcome to Open House

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English 10 Pre-APWelcome to Open House

• Mr. Ward
• Room 207

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Introduction

• Las Vegas native
• Attended High School _at_ Eldorado
• Middle School _at_ Del H. Robison
• Born in Globe, AZ
• Attended college at UNLV (Bachelors and
  Masters)
• Bachelors English Literature
• Masters School Administration
• Eighth year in the District
• Four years at Liberty
• Four years at Silverado
• Email award1_at_interact.ccsd.net

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Course Goals

• Students in advanced courses are expected to
•  think critically and analyze, synthesize and
  manipulate knowledge
• develop successful study skills
• budget time effectively and efficiently and
  commit to a daily, academic action plan
• engage in scholarly research and employ
  technology as a tool of research and
  communication
• extend advanced content area vocabulary

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Course Goals Continued.

• utilize community, university and industry as
  resources when applicable
• maintain subject-specific portfolios/notebooks
  when applicable
• commit to this agreement supporting Advanced
  courses, Pre-AP Program and their expectations
• complete competition level projects and use
  higher-level skills when appropriate

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Required Texts (English 10 Pre-AP)

• To Kill a Mockingbird
• Julius Caesar
• Things Fall Apart
• Brave New World
• A Separate Peace
• There will be many other readings that we will
  focus on throughout the year that will help to
  enrich our anchor texts.
• For example, speeches, editorials, poetry, etc.
  

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Vocabulary Workshop

• Uses SAT words to prepare them for testing.
• Root words are utilized to aid in comprehension.
• Grammar in context
• Vocabulary for comprehension.
• http//www.sadlier-oxford.com/vocabulary/vocabular
  yworkshop.cfm

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ART Of Styling Sentences

• Mastering 20 basic sentence patterns
• Covers every effective way to write simple,
  compound, and complex sentences.
• Mini-lessons on improving style by varying
  syntax.
• Example essays and sentences from various
  well-known writers will be analyzed through the
  course of study.

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Jane Schaffer writing unit

• This unit entails a structured, organized, and
  logical method for struggling writers.
• The same method can then be transformed into
  sophisticated weaving and syntactical techniques.
• All essays will be written using the Jane
  Schaffer writing unit.
• This will prepare students for not only the
  writing proficiency, but it will also prepare
  them for writing Advanced Placement prompts.

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Applied Practice

• Applied Practice publishes supplemental,
  educational curriculum workbooks that enable
  teachers to integrate student preparation for
  standardized tests.
• These workbooks enrich instruction in class, and
  assist students with both reading proficiencies
  and Advanced Placement examinations.
• We will work on timed writings as well which will
  also mimic those found on the Advanced Placement
  test.

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Classroom Rules and Procedures

• All Liberty High School/CCSD policies will be
  followed in our classroom.
•  No portable CD players or radios of any kind
  will be allowed in the classroom.
• Cell phones will not be permitted to be out of
  the students book bag or pocket during class
• Instruction and class activities begin when the
  tardy bell rings and end when the dismissal bell
  rings. Avoid packing up before class ends.
•  Students are to remain in class the entire
  period. Passes will be given only for legitimate
  and necessary situations.

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Classroom Rules and Procedures Cont.

• Students are to remain in class the entire
  period. Passes will be given only for legitimate
  and necessary situations.
• Students are expected to actively participate in
  all class activities.
• Class Rules
• -No sleeping.
• -The 3 Rs
•  READINESS - be prepared for class!
• RESPECT - for other students right to learn, for
  my right to teach, and for property belonging to
  others.
• RESPONSIBILITY - for your own actions and
  decisions!

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Turnitin.com

• All major assignments will be submitted using
  Turnitin.com
• This is a website that checks for plagiarism.
• Plagiarism, the use of anothers ideas or words
  without properly crediting you source is
  unethical, academically dishonest, and illegal.
• If a student is found guilty of plagiarism it
  will result in a loss of points for the
  applicable assignment and a U for the quarter.

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Make Up work

• Make up work is available to students upon their
  return to class.
• Make up work will not be discussed once class has
  begun and the days activities are underway.
• The best time to come and see me for make up work
  is after school, so I may devote as much time as
  I need to catch you up.
• One class is an hour and 22 minutes therefore,
  it is tough to give make up assignments when only
  given the time before or after class. It is the
  students responsibility to obtain any and all
  work.

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Any Questions?