Basics & Supplies
The room number where Mrs. Roberts teaches 9th Grade ELA.
What is Room 2312?
This assessment category makes up 10% of the final semester grade.
What is the Final Exam?
Personal electronic devices must be turned off and unused during these daily school hours.
What is 8:20 am to 3:20 pm?
The acronym framework used in Narrative & Expository Techniques to evaluate text context.
What is F+SOAPT?
Classroom Agreement #1 asks students to treat others with kindness and lead with this quality.
What is respect?
The required writing items used specifically for annotating text in class.
What are multicolored pens/highlighters & pencils?
The percentage weight assigned to daily classwork.
What is 20%?
What unused bathroom passes convert into at the end of the semester.
What is extra credit?
The practice of fact-checking and evaluating online source credibility to avoid plagiarism.
What is lateral reading?
The Parent Agreement notes that these unrefined writing steps are a normal, necessary part of the learning process.
What are "messy drafts"?
The high school where this English course takes place.
What is Brunswick High School?
The percentage weight given to writing assignments.
What is 35%?
The maximum number of unexcused absences allowed across the school year to maintain excellent attendance.
What is five (5)?
The three baseline persuasive appeals students identify in media under Foundations & Routines.
What are ethos, pathos, and logos?
Agreement #4 asks students to collaborate generously by offering this type of feedback during peer reviews.
What is constructive feedback?
The specific notebook paper ruling required for daily ELA work.
What is a single subject, college-ruled notebook?
Equal in weight to writing, this assessment category is also worth 35%.
What are Tests?
The action students take at the start of class to record daily attendance.
What is placing my phone in its designated slot in the phone caddy?
The required citation and document formatting standard for analytical written claims.
What is MLA formatting?
In an emergency, parents should contact this location instead of texting their teen directly during class.
What is the main school office?
The communication app parents must use to notify the teacher if a student does not bring a cell phone to school.
What is ParentSquare?
The total combined weight of Writing and Tests in the grading scheme.
What is 70%?
The total number of bathroom passes provided on a student's punch card per semester.
What is 10 passes?
Spotting logical fallacies, recognizing author bias, and weighing conflicting sources fall under this curriculum area.
What is Argumentative Techniques & Rhetoric?
Classroom Agreement #2 asks students to "guard my focus" by keeping their silenced phone stored here in the hall & at lunch during school hours.
What is in my personal bag?
(will take bookbag)