Yip Rules
1. Be prepared for class each day!
* Bring a pen or pencil
* Bring your notebook
* Bring your homework
* Bring your textbook (unless it is not required)
* Leave any toys or distracting objects (cell phones, ipods, mp3 players,
etc.) at home or in your bookbag – they will be confiscated and you will
``get detention!
* Cover your textbook and take good care of it – you will be responsible to
pay for damaged or lost books
2. Be respectful!
* Raise your hand if you want to say something or have a question
* Do not talk when I am talking
* Do not talk when your classmate is speaking
* Do not interrupt anyone who is speaking
* Listen to what is being said
* Do not fool around when class is in session
* Keep any wisecrack comments to yourself – all wisecracks are the
prerogative of the instructor. Refer to Bullying policy in handbook.
* Show patience to your fellow students
* Assume the comments of your peers are made with good intentions
* Do not try to deceive your peers by being ambiguous or “cute” when you are
discussing something
* Allow others (especially me) to play devil’s advocate
* Treat the classroom discussions as confidential and do not gossip
* Allow others to decline comments
* Speak in the first person; recognize that your opinions are your own
and that you do not speak for others
* Try to be accurate and be able to defend any claims you make
3. Do not bring food or drinks to class!
* Any food or drinks will be confiscated
* If you make a mess, you will be required to stay after school to clean it
up
4. Get to class on time!
* Excessive tardiness will result in detention
* You will not be allowed to take a quiz or test if you are late without a
legitimate excuse – quizzes cannot be made up and tests must be made up
after school
5. All missed tests, quizzes, homework, and other assignments must be made
up!
* You have five (5) days to make up missed tests due to absence – after five
days, you will lose 10 points per day.
* You have three (3) days to make up missed quizzes, homework, blogs, and
other assignments – after three days you will not be allowed to make up the
work
* All work must be made up after school – make arrangements with me
* All work that is not made up will receive a grade of zero
6. Any infraction of the rules will result in detention!
* Any assigned detention must be served that afternoon unless there is a
reasonable excuse
* If there is a reasonable excuse, detention must be served the next day
* A cut detention will result in additional detention and an administrative
referral
7. Ask questions when you do not understand something!
8. Study, study, study!
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is academic dishonesty. In other words, it is a big word for
cheating. If you are caught plagiarizing, or cheating in some other form,
then you will fail the assignment you are working on. The common form of
plagiarism is using someone else’s work as your own. That is, copying the
work and presenting that work as your own. To avoid plagiarism, you should
learn how to paraphrase and to use quotation marks. If you put the ideas of
someone else into your own words, you do not need to use quotation marks but
you must still cite the source from where the material came.
Under no circumstances should you ever use the work of a fellow student in
any of your written work. Consulting with other students is encouraged and
permissible, but when it comes to writing, the product must be your own.
Anything else is cheating!! Never let another student borrow an essay,
homework, etc. for the purpose of copying the work. Both students will
receive a zero and parents will be notified that cheating has taken place.
