Use Clever to access any assignments in Schoology or navigate to rcschools.schoology.com and use your student email and password to log in. 

You can access your Office 365 account by clicking here, the username and password are the same as your computer login at school. You should also use Clever to access all the other course supplements and resources we will draw from throughout the year (Padlet, Readworks, CommonLit, NewsELA, etc). 

This Year: ELA III Course Info:

 Class Overview:

The main focus of English III ESL is to build English literacy, equip you with the language and thinking skills you’ll need to be successful at work or in college, to boost your performance on the ACT, and to provide you every opportunity to pursue any or as many potential futures as possible!  We will learn vocabulary, grammar, and reading comprehension strategies that will help prepare you for the ACT.  In addition to ACT skills, we will be reading and analyzing works from American Literature including prose, poetry, and drama beginning with the early settlement period through the twentieth century. This is where most of your opportunities to practice and demonstrate your deep thinking, creative writing, and your growing powers of literacy!

Required Supplies:                                                                                          Optional Supplies:                  

1. Notebook to take notes in.

1. Laptop
2. Box of crayons or markers

1. Folder to hold handouts
2. Loose-leaf paper, pens, and pencils.
3. Highlighter(s)
4. A fantastic attitude each day!

Tardy Consequences:                                                 Classroom and Cell Phone Misconduct:

1^st offense- Warning                                                     1^st offense:  Warning

2^nd offense- Teacher Conference                                    2^nd offense:  Focus Chair

3^rd offense- Hallway Restriction                                                 3^rd offense:  Automatic call for a Dean to remove student

4^th offense- Intervention                                                **Removal by Dean will result in restriction for the rest of the

5^th offense- Dean Referral                                                  day.

***Attendance and punctuality are extremely important in this class.      **Parental contact will be made each time           

There are two categories for LHS grades:  Daily (40%) and Tests (60%).

Tests grades will consist of:                                                     Daily grades will consist of:

CFA’s                                                                                       Daily in-class assignments

Word Wall Tests                                                                       Daily quizzes ()

Projects                                                                                    Homework  

Text-based Test                                                                        Bell Work/ Ticket out the Door

Finally:

**THIS CLASS WILL BE CHALLENGING!  It will not be easy, but it will be worth it.  Remember, I am here to help. 

Just remember, if you follow these basic expectations, YOU WILL SUCCEED:

• BE HERE EVERYDAY.
• Come to class on time, prepared to learn, and prepared with ALL materials.
• Keep up with the outside reading.
• Complete all assignments ON TIME.
• Participate!!!
• Reflect on your learning, your attitude/behavior, and your academic and literacy goals.