Themed Units
In this unit we will read the class novel, PEAK.
What is "Game On?"
The daily outside-of-class independent reading requirement for this class will be approximately this long.
What is 10-15 minutes?
Assignments in this category are weighted to 20% of your grade.
What is "practice assignments?"
It is cheating to use this computer-based tool for writing.
What is AI?
This is where you can see the time when you sign in and out of the classroom.
What is the clock on the phone?
In this unit we will write an explanatory essay on a theme.
What is "Inspired by Nature?"
If your written homework takes you longer than 15 minutes of uninterrupted time to complete, you should do this.
What is email Ms. Austin and let her know?
This is the school policy on extra credit.
What is there are no extra credit assignments?
Homework group chats where you share answers are considered academically dishonest because of this reason.
What is the work is not your own?
This is what you should do if you have non-urgent information to tell Ms. Austin at the beginning of class (for example, that you forgot your homework or you will be absent next week).
What is write a note and put it in Ms. Austin's mailbox on the whiteboard at the front of the room?
Every unit has a theme. In this unit texts on topics like workplace safety and animal protection share a common idea of making the world a better place.
What is "Change Agents"?
The daily assignments and other materials are always available anytime in this place.
What is the google classroom?
This is what it means if there is a zero in the gradebook.
The assignment was not turned in the day it was collected (for any reason).
This is the official term for taking writing that someone else wrote and pretending that you wrote it.
What is plagiarism?
This is what you should do first to make up work after being absent.
What is check the google classroom?
Every unit has an essential question to which each text relates. This unit's essential question is: "What is the purpose of reading in the digital age?"
What is "Reading Workshop?"
This is the day that Ms. Austin has drop-in after-school help sessions each week.
What is Wednesday?
These are the two days Ms. Austin will check late work in class and IE.
Tuesdays and Fridays.
Students who are caught being academically dishonest will receive this final grade on their assignment.
What is a zero?
This is what you should do if you are feeling sick in the classroom.
What is tell Ms. Austin right away?