Course Overview
WIDA Rubric
Grades & Policies
Non-Negotiables
Class Expectations
100

THIS PLATFORM IS WHERE DAILY ASSIGNMENTS AND DIRECTIONS ARE POSTED.

What is Google Classroom?

100

THE RUBRIC ASSESSES THESE THREE MAIN SKILLS.

What are Linguistic Complexity, Vocabulary Usage, and Language Control?

100

EVIDENCE MAKES UP THIS PERCENTAGE OF YOUR FINAL GRADE.

What is 70%?

100

THIS IS WHERE PHONES AND EARBUDS MUST REMAIN FOR THE ENTIRE CLASS PERIOD.

Where is in your backpack?

100

THIS DEVICE MUST BE BROUGHT TO CLASS EVERY DAY.

What is my Chromebook?

200

STUDENTS READ THIS MANY ARTICLES PER WEEK IN ELD.

What is one?

200

THIS LEVEL ON THE RUBRIC REPRESENTS OUR CLASS’ GOALS.

P2 & P5: What is Level 3?

P4: What is Level 4?

200

LEARNING EXPERIENCES COUNT FOR THIS PERCENTAGE OF YOUR FINAL GRADE.

What is 30%?

200

THIS BEHAVIOR IS NOT TOLERATED BECAUSE IT CAN CAUSE SAFETY ISSUES IN THE CLASSROOM.

What is running / play fighting / throwing objects / misusing furniture?

200

YOU SHOULD DO THIS WITH YOUR CHROMEBOOK EACH EVENING.

What is shutting it down / charging it?

300

THESE ARE THE FOUR LANGUAGE DOMAINS WE PRACTICE IN ELD.

What are Listening, Reading, Writing, & Speaking?

300

DEMONSTRATING THIS SKILL MEANS USING COMPLETE SENTENCES, INCLUDING TRANSITIONS BETWEEN IDEAS, AND AVOIDING COPIED TEXT.

What is Linguistic Complexity?

300

STUDENTS GET THIS MANY DAYS TO MAKE UP WORK FROM AN EXCUSED ABSENCE.

What is one day per day absent?

300

THIS BEHAVIOR MAY RESULT IN LOSING PASS PRIVILEGES.

What is lying about where you are / having multiple extended passes of 10+ minutes?

300

YOU MAY USE YOUR PHONE DURING THESE PARTS OF THE DAY.

What are lunch and passing/off periods?

400

NAME TWO OUT OF THREE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ENTERED AS GRADES EACH WEEK.

What are Warm-Ups, Question Sets, and/or CERs?

400

IMPROVING THIS SKILL REQUIRES LEARNING AND USING SUBJECT-SPECIFIC, ACADEMIC WORDS TO COMMUNICATE IDEAS.

What is Vocabulary Usage?

400

COPYING WORK OR USING AI WITHOUT PERMISSION VIOLATES THIS POLICY.

What is the Academic Honesty Policy?

400

THIS BEHAVIOR IS NOT TOLERATED BECAUSE IT ROBS YOU OF OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE YOUR ACADEMIC ENGLISH.

What is copying work / using AI to do my writing?

400

YOU SHOULD DO THIS BEFORE TOUCHING OR BORROWING ANYONE ELSE’S BELONGINGS.

What is asking permission?

500

THE GOAL ACCURACY FOR VOCABULARY AND READING ASSIGNMENTS IS AT LEAST THIS PERCENT.

What is 70%?

500

FEWER GRAMMAR, SPELLING, AND PUNCTUATION ERRORS SHOW IMPROVEMENT IN THIS SKILL.

What is Language Control?

500

NAME ONE OF TWO POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES FOR PLAGIARISM / AI USE.

What is a referral and/or mandatory rewrite by hand during PLT?

500

THIS BEHAVIOR IS NOT TOLERATED BECAUSE IT STEALS LEARNING (YOURS AND/OR OTHERS’!)

What is ignoring instructions / talking over teacher / refusing to attempt assignments / using inappropriate language?

500

WHILE SNACKS AND DRINKS ARE USUALLY ALLOWED, THIS ITEM IS RARELY DISPOSED OF PROPERLY SO YOU MAY NOT HAVE IT IN CLASS.

What is gum?

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