Please find your seat!! At your desk, you will find a piece of cardstock.
Please create a name tent. On your name tent, please write your name
BIG, BOLD, and with COLOR. In each of the corners, please answer
the following questions:
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Favorite Food?
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Dream Place to Visit?
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Where do you want to go to college? Major?
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What is your passion?
1.
On your desk, you will find a student information sheet.
2.
Please fill out the student information sheet entirely.
3.
Once this is completed, please fill out the Student Interest Survey on the back
entirely.
4.
Also, on your desk, you have a manila folder. Please use one of the markers
provided (in the box in the middle of the desks) and write down your last name,
first name. For example: Nash – Blasingame, Kylene
5.
Please place your Student Information Sheet in your folder once you have
completed it and raise your hand.
6.
Once I have received your folder, please begin reading over your course
syllabus.
 My favorite food is chicken fettuccini alfredo.
 I would love to visit Venice.
 I attended Louisiana Tech University. Then, I went to Louisiana State University in
Shreveport. I studied Technical Writing and English Literature.
 My passion cannot be boiled down into one thing. I am passionate about my family,
literature, teaching, and the pursuit of knowledge.
 Today, I will gain understanding of the course expectations and requirements by
reading and discussing my course syllabus.
 Today, I will gain clarification of the student expectations held by the course
instructor by asking questions over information I do not understand or need more
specifics about.
 You are required to keep a copy of this document.
 Please refer back to this document when you have a course related question. The
information outlined within this document is your responsibility.
 I have posted this document online for you on my website as well as on Canvas.
 flash drive (min. 4 gb) – may be
used for all classes – MARK
YOUR NAME ON IT!
 One 2” binder
 Dividers (8)
 One 100 page black marble
composition notebook
 Notebook paper (college rule)
 Post-it Notes
 Pens (blue or black ink)
 Highlighters
 #2 pencils (may be mechanical
if desired)
 Index cards
1. R-E-S-P-E-C-T
2. Responsibility
3. Attendance
4. Attention
 Class time will be a combination of direct
instruction, independent practice, class
discussion, and group activities.
 Writing assignments at least every fifth class.
 Vocabulary Quizzes (bi-weekly)
 AP Literature Exam Prep
 Most reading will be completed OUTSIDE of
class. Discussion of the reading will mostly
occur INSIDE of class (The exception will be
when I assign you a Canvas discussion.).
 ALL TESTS & ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE POSTED
IN CANVAS & IN THE CLASSROOM WEEKLY.
 Designed to prepare students for class assignments, lectures, discussions
and/or extend learning beyond the classroom.
 Students should expect out-of-class work in the form of larger projects or
assignments to assess skills and knowledge over long-range time period.
In addition, much of your reading will be done OUTSIDE of class.
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Students must turn in a “Missing Work”
handout in lieu of the assignment.
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EMS-ISD Grading Policy will strictly be
followed.
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Parents contacted on major assignments
OR when missing work equals or
exceeds three assignments.
 Responsibility of the student to check Canvas &/or
Absent Work bin when he/she has been absent.
 Work should be made up according to EMS-ISD
Grading Policy.
 Grades will be based on the following
percentages:
 Minor Grades (30%): Untimed Compositions,
Homework, Quizzes, Group Work, & class
discussions:
 Major Grades (70%): Timed Writing/Essay
Tests/ Cumulative Tests/Socratic Seminars
 Extra Credit: Extra credit is available each six
weeks and must be completed by the listed
date. If a student elects to complete the extra
credit assignment, he/she must critically read
and annotate the novel assigned for that
grading period. Then, the student will schedule
an appointment prior to the due date to
complete the assessment for that novel. The
assessment will be in the form of an AP Open –
Ended Response essay.
 1st Six Weeks: Their Eyes Were Watching God by
Zora Neale Hurston
 2nd Six Weeks: King Lear by William
Shakespeare
 3rd Six Weeks: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are
Dead by Tom Stoppard
 4th Six Weeks: The Awakening by Kate Chopin
 5th Six Weeks: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara
Kingsolver
 6th Six Weeks: The Road House by Louise
Erdrich
Period:
TO:
Message:
3rd
81010
@nashb3
4th
81010
@nashb4
7th
81010
@nashb7
8th
81010
@nashb8
1.
On your desk, you have a sticky note.
2.
You will be assigned a letter of the alphabet.
3.
On your sticky note, you are to write the name of a “famous” person (current
celebrity, author, or character) that has a first or last name that begins with your
assigned letter. For example, if I was assigned the letter F, I could write down:
Frankenstein, or Will Ferrell, or Fergie.
4.
Please write down your “famous” person SECRETLY.
5.
Once you have completed this, please raise your hand, and I will come collect
your sticky note.