Mrs. Brown Room 205
English Syllabus 2011-2012
Room 205
Course Description:
This course focuses on the continued development of skills associated with reading, writing, speaking and listening (all skills needed to perform in daily life). While following guidelines established by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and each student's Individual Education Plan, lessons will engage each student to take learning to the next level which includes using the skills learned in their daily life.
The course will heighten student skills by accenting the skills already mastered and raising the learning bar for independent growth by each student. The course will challenge students to improve writing skills which will include persuasive and narrative writing along with enhancing much needed functional skills that allow them to meet with the world’s requests and employment requirements, as well as survival.
Textbook:
American Guidance Service, Basic English Composition
Teacher created handouts
Novels: (will be read in class)
Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations
Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe
Rudyard Kipling’s Captain Courageous
Grading:
Grades will be posted on the Skyward System that will allow students and parents the opportunity to review educational progress.
The grading system will include the designated homework assignments, in-class assignments, projects, tests and quizzes. Grades will be updated regularly.
Extra Credit:
Extra credit is available for students that are interested in improving their grade. Students who have failing grades because of no work being handed in will need to complete assigned work prior to being given the opportunity for extra credit. All you need to do is ask for the opportunity to do extra credit.
Cheating:
Cheating is not being truthful to yourself and others. If you are caught copying from another person or item, you will have earned the grade of zero for the assignments/test being taken.
Instructional Goal:
Student Improvement!