The Syllabus Fine Print
How many days do you have to make up a missed assignment or test before it turns into a zero?
3 days
Under Alabama's FOCUS Act, cell phones and smartwatches must be kept turned completely off and stored away during which parts of the school day?
The entire instructional day (including breaks, lunch, and class transitions)
Written by Arthur Miller, this play set during the Salem Witch Trials is one of our major readings this semester.
The Crucible
This grammatical error occurs when two independent clauses are joined together with only a comma and no coordinating conjunction.
Comma splice
Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or humor—such as saying "I have a million hours of homework tonight"—is called this literary device.
Hyperbole
What percentage is deducted from an assignment's grade for each day it is submitted late?
10% per day
Before using any AI program like ChatGPT on a class assignment, what step must a student take first?
Ask for and receive prior approval/permission from the teacher
F. Scott Fitzgerald authored this famous novel about wealth, love, and the American Dream in the 1920s.
The Great Gatsby
In the sentence "The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald," the verb phrase is written in this voice (Active or Passive?).
Passive voice
An author’s attitude toward their subject is called Tone, whereas the feeling or atmosphere created for the reader is called this.
Mood
According to class expectations, where must all backpacks be kept during class?
On the designated rug in the back corner (with devices "Up and Off")
If you use AI to assist with an assignment without properly citing or acknowledging it, the school considers this action to be this major infraction.
Plagiarism
The Salem Witch Trials assignment includes both a presentation and this major formal writing type.
Research paper
You can use this punctuation mark to join two closely related independent clauses without using a conjunction like and or but.
Semicolon (;)
Giving human characteristics, emotions, or actions to non-human objects or animals (like "the wind whispered") is called this.
Personification
After how many tardies to class will an office referral be submitted?
4 tardies
To verify that work created with AI isn't replacing your learning, the teacher may ask you to do this to prove your understanding.
Verbally explain your work (and the extent of AI's role in it)
Name two famous American poets listed on the syllabus whose works we may read this term.
Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Frost, or Langston Hughes
Identify the error in this sentence: "Neither of the Crucible characters were willing to confess."
Subject-verb agreement? ("Neither... WAS willing")
Language that appeals to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) to create vivid mental pictures for the reader is called this.
Imagery
Formal assessments (tests, papers, projects, quizzes) account for this percentage of your overall term grade.
70%
Name two prohibited devices under the Focus Act other than a standard cell phone or smartwatch.
AirPods/wireless earbuds, smart glasses, Bluetooth headphones, tablets, or pagers
English 11 explores how authors convey ideas about identity, culture, and society through this specific genre focus.
American Literature
FANBOYS is an acronym used to remember these seven coordinating conjunctions. Name at least four.
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
The main central message, moral, or big idea about life that an author explores throughout a story or poem is called the what?
Theme