English I Freshman Year
Nutley High School
Ms. Hamden
Welcome! As a member of my class,
you are asked to follow a number of
guidelines.
I value the following points in my
students and in myself:
• Integrity
• Hard Work
• Respect
Integrity:
the adherence to moral and ethical principles;
soundness of moral character; honesty.
• HONESTY
– Tell me the truth! I can only help you when you let
me know what is going on.
– I will respect you more for your honesty, which is
more valuable than 5 or 10 points on an
assignment.
• Cheating is a form of lying.
– Do your own work and don’t rely on websites or
copying other student’s work.
– You won’t learn the material and will not be
successful on tests.
Hard Work
• Complete the assignments.
– You will have plenty of notice and detailed instructions
about all assignments.
– Homework is always written on the left side of the
whiteboard AND on my website. Check it out!
– Incomplete homework is an easy way to fail this course.
• Papers and projects
– Stay on task with your reading/writing and come to the
computer lab prepared!
– Printer access will NOT be granted during class time unless
I have scheduled us in the library. Papers are expected to
be ready at the beginning of your class period, all others
are considered late.
– Turnitin.com is always expected.
• See me in advance with any issues (ASAP)! I cannot
help you if you come to me the day the assignment is
due.
Respect
• Respect yourself and others in the classroom.
This time belongs to everyone and I will not
tolerate students that take time away from the
rest of the class.
– Enter the classroom BEFORE the bell rings. I will send
you down for a late pass if you are late more than
once.
– Sit in your assigned seat and quietly take out your
materials—books, notebook, pencils/pens. Backpacks
and handbags must be removed from desks. (Cell
Phone Issues)
– Do not touch anything that does not belong to you,
including belongings of other students, the AIR
CONDITIONING or FAN.
• I will have you removed from this class if this occurs and the
fan or air conditioning will be shut off.
• This classroom is used by over 175 students
during the day, please clean up after yourself!
– No water bottles, wrappers, gum, etc should
be left on the ground.
– Do not write on the desk!
• Bathroom breaks are acceptable at the
beginning and end of the periods.
– If you ask me at any other time, I will say no
(but in a nice way).
– Please sign out the pass before and after you
leave.
– If you abuse this privilege, disciplinary actions
will be taken.
• Check the whiteboard for homework when you enter the
classroom and write it down! Updates should also be on
my website.
• Also check the whiteboard for any “Do Now”
assignments that I will expect you to work on during the
first 10 minutes of class.
• Class participation is an important component in my
class. You MUST raise your hand to ask or answer a
question.
– Please be respectful toward other students’ ideas and
thoughts.
– When students are presenting projects etc, please
clap for those students.
• Do not get up for any reason. Raise your hand if you have
a question, a problem, or need a tissue.
– Do not get up to throw anything away. Wait for the
end of the period.
• I will be assigning and/or asking for volunteers
to be Student Assistants every two weeks.
– This is worth a quiz grade.
– Every student will have a turn each marking
period.
– Rubric/guidelines to come next week
• Student assistants will help run the classroom
by:
– Passing out/collecting assignments and books
– Taking notes/working PowerPoint presentations
– Informing absent students what they missed
– Other tasks and running errands
• Please understand that these guidelines help
me to provide all students with a clean
environment and fair/equal opportunities and
expectations for all.
• Feel free to speak with me anytime before or
after class with personal questions/issues. I
am available in the morning by 7:30.
• I look forward to getting to know you and
having a great year!