ENGLISH III
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ENGLISH III
Hello parents, guardians and students!
Welcome to a very different beginning of the year at Ashley High School. As we embark on a new type of education, we will be using new tools and ideas to make sure that every student has access to curriculum. We will begin the semester in "Plan C" an will employ Canvas, a program available in PowerSchool, to present information and assignments, to collect assignments, and to provide feedback on student work. We will integrate Edgenuity, video chats, and digital texts into our curriculum.
Our goal is to educate each student to the same level that we would if we were face to face in a more traditional education setting. If we all work together to learn how to use these new tools, I know that this goal will be achieved. However, the key to this success is communication. If you need help, if you do not understand an assignment, if you are struggling with technology or a program, or if your circumstances change, please communicate that to me so we can addess those issues and work to overcome them.
WHAT TO EXPECT AND RIGGS' EXPECTATIONS
Our curriculum
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While the delivery method of our curriculum looks a bit different this year, the curriculum itself is unchanged.
The English III curriculum covers grammar, mechanics, syntax and composition as well as a myriad of literature from many different cultures, genre and time periods. We will utilize all of the literary devices and touch on rhetorical theory as it applies to the literature that we will be working with. This is an upperlevel class and we will rigorously follow the curriculum. We will read, we will write, and we will think about every piece of literature that we cover.
We will also complete a comprehensive research paper that will utilize MLA structure, organization, and citation. All research assignments will be submitted to turnitin.com. If a student plagiarizes any assignment (this includes copying an assignment from another student) then the student will receive a "0" on the assignment.
GRADING POLICY
Grade Breakdown
The overall grading system for this class is:
40% Practice of Skills
60% Performance of Skills
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This is broken down to:
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Quizzes (and writings that are weighted as a quiz) 15%
Classwork (including peer review and discussion) 20%
Homework (not including reader’s journals) 20%
Test and Major Writings 45%
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CLASSROOM TECH
Because the beginning of this semester is going to be digital we will be using your student email, Zoom, and Canvas for this first part of the year. If you do not know how to log in to any of those, please email me at shauna.riggs@nhcs.net and we will figure it out.
STUDENT'S DAILY SCHEDULE
All students are expected to conduct themselves according to the Ashley High School Student Handbook Code of Ethics even though you are not on campus.
This is the recommended Daily schedule for students at Ashley High School:
Monday and Wednesday
8:30-10 Teacher Office Hours
10- 11:30 1st Block Instruction
11:30- 12 Lunch
12:00- 1:30 2nd Block Instruction
1:30- 3:30 Teacher Office Hours
Tuesday and Thursday
8:30 -10 Office Hours
10-11:30 3rd Block Instruction
11:30- 12 Lunch
12- 1:30 4th Block Instruction
1:30- 3:30 Teacher Office Hours
Friday
8:30- 10 Teacher Office Hours
10- 10:45 1st Block Instruction
11- 11:45 2nd Block Instruction
11:45- 12:15 Lunch
12:15- 1 3rd Block Instruction
1:15- 2 4th Block Instruction
2:15- 3 Teacher Office hours
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Friday
8:30-10:00
Teacher’s Office Hours
10:00-10:45
1st Period
11:00-11:45
2nd Period
11:45-12:15
Lunch
12:15-1:00
3rd Period
1:15-2:00
4th Period
2:00-3:30
Teacher’s Office Hours
LITERARY WORKS
These are some of the major works that we will read this semester.
- The Crucible, Arthur Miller
- The Absolute True Diary of a Part Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
- The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien
- The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
For further information on these and other works, feel free to review the class interactive reader.
TUTORING HOURS
I am available during "Office Hours" from 8:30-10 am and from 1:30- 3:30 each day. I will be available by email during these times, however if you need to do a Zoom meeting you need to reserve that time at least 24 hours in advance so that I can make arrangements for tutoring.