LATE WORK & ABSENCES
ACADEMIC HONESTY
GRADING & WEIGHTING
ROOM 1205 SPECIFICS
DECKER & HER SYSTEMS
100
How much credit can you get on a late assignment? (careful of your wording)
What is 50% of the score you earn
100
What is the most serious error you can commit in this class/most serious act of disrespect to Decker?
What is Academic dishonesty
100
Q: Writing is what percentage of your grade?
What is 25%
100
What is not allowed in 1205?
What is Food and gum
100
If you are tardy to class, what do you owe Decker as you walk in the door?
What is a coffee (preferably an iced coffee or almond milk latte) and/or some kind of breakfast pastry product (donut/muffin/bagel/etc.)…just kidding…kinda. Definitely a tardy pass.
200
An essay is assigned Oct. 5 with a due date Oct. 25. You have “test flu” on Oct. 25. When is your essay due?
What is Oct 25 (no exceptions!!!)
200
True or false: “looking at another student’s HW/essay for “help” on your HW/essay" is not cheating.
What is FALSE: DO YOUR OWN WORK
200
Q: The DVHS grading scale has changed this year. What is the lowest percentage you can achieve to be awarded a B?
What is 83%
200
What’s the policy on electronics, in your own words?
What is you can use them only when Ms. Decker says you can
200
Where do you find work you missed? Where do you turn in work to be graded?
What is missed work: folders next to the agenda; work to turn in: plastic inbox on the window (blue and purple are your periods)
300
You have been absent for a few days. Whose responsibility is it to find out what you missed/get caught up? What are some resources to help you do this?
YOU; GC, SL, Decker, friends, email
300
True or False: talking with someone in the other class about how you should know “what happens to Huck and Jim in the fog” is not cheating.
What is FALSE (Note: this is some of the worst kind of cheating to Decker...)
300
What do you notice has changed about the DVHS grading scale?
What is no more decimal points
300
What would be an example of improper etiquette in an email?
What is: Example: “Yo Decks, you said you were going to fix my grade and you didn’t”
300
Where can you find what we’re doing in class and what you should have accomplished/learned by the end of class?
What is Front board (agenda, objective)
400
When you should you make up quizzes and tests (rare in this class, but occasionally)? And by when?
What is ACCESS or ask Ms. Decker; you should do it within the week but you have until the end of the unit
400
Provide an example of a first, second, and third degree academic honesty offense.
What is FIRST OFFENSE: copy someone’s HW/give someone HW to copy, cheat on quiz SECOND OFFENSE: cheat/plagiarize on a test/essay THIRD OFFENSE: stealing test key, give answers to kids
400
What three categories are all weighted the same in your grade? What is the weight?
What is Speaking/Listening; reading; performance tasks (20%)
400
True or False: a change or update isn’t made on Google Classroom or SchoolLoop, so you don’t have to do the assignment discussed and assigned in class
What is FALSE
400
What two parts of the room are completely off limits to kids?
What is 1) Newspaper corner with computers and 2) Decker’s desk area/supplies
500
Per the DVHS handbook… You have been absent for two days, one of which was a day an article annotated was due, and then a set of reading questions was assigned. When are both of those things due?
What is the article is due when you return to class; the reading questions are on the second day.
500
What happens to you if you violate the academic honesty policy?
What is it depends on the degree, but generally: really sad, disappointing conversation with Decker, parent email/call, referral to admin, zero on assignment…..you can also be suspended or dropped from course depending on how bad it is.
500
What is one example assignment you might do in each of the different categories of your grade?
What is (examples): Writing: an essay; S/L: discussion; reading: reading quiz; PT: project; Final Assess: the final for the class
500
What 5 supplies are “suggested” and when do you need them?
What is notebook, folder/section, writing utensils and paper, highlighters, planner by Monday
500
What values/ideals does Decker value above all else in her classroom? (you need at least two from this list to get the points)
What is tolerance; empathy; open-mindedness; acceptance; value of learning; hard work; taking risks; respect