Expectations
Text book: EN ESPAÑOL II , WORKBOOK and a notebook are required.
A Spanish-English dictionary is recommended.
Your grade for each semester in this course will be based on the following:
quiz 15% homework 10% essays 25%
tests 25% oral participation 25%
Semester 90% final exam 10% (Grading outlined in the handbook)
This course is a partnership between the student and the teacher. I will be prepared and you are expected to be as well. To facilitate this, please read and sign the following contract:
--Bring all books and materials to class every day (including kleenex ).**
In your notebook, you will whatever the teacher asks you to. It will be collected andgraded at any time.
--There will be no make-ups for quizzes (even due to illness).
--In the event of a planned absence (i.e. field trip), work must be turned in before you leave. If you would miss a quiz due to a planned absence, you must take it before you
leave to receive credit.
-- Unit exams may be made up except the oral sections of test.
--One quiz and one homework assignment will be dropped per quarter.
--Be ready to start on time with pen, pencil, notebook, book when class starts and not having any of these will lower your class participation.
--If you are absent, it is your responsibility to find out what you missed.
--Late work due to absence will be accepted no later than 2 days after your return.
--Fifteen or more absences per semester will result in failure; if you will be absent for several days, please call the school to arrange for your assignments to be sent to you.
--Homework will be assigned every night.
--NO LATE HOMEWORK WILL BE ACCEPTED!!
--Written work must follow the writing format with the following exceptions: pencil may be used at any time and you may use both sides of the paper
--Please save all handouts unless otherwise instructed.
--Please save all corrected assignments and tests.
--Spanish is to be spoken at all possible times.
BEHAVIOR:
All students will receive a citizenship grade of S (satisfactory, N (needs improvement), or U (unsatisfactory). The following actions are considered unsatisfactory:
--talking, sleeping, drinking, eating, chewing gum in class
--not bringing books or materials to class
--rudeness or disrespect toward others or the teacher
-- grooming, or putting on make-up
--cheating, reading or working on other class work
--no cell phones, ipods, radios, etc. are allowed in the classroom, they are to be confiscated.
****Students who violate these policies will be warned via disciplinary referrals and/or calls to their parents
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Your grade for each semester in thiscourse will be based on the following:
QUIZES 15% HOMEWORK 10% ESSAYS 25%
TESTS 25% ORAL PARTICIPATION 25%
Semester 90% and final semester exam 10%
*****Extra help may be arranged before or after school, or at lunch time. The student is asked to make an appointment as soon as possible if she is having difficulty in the subject.
If you need to contact me, please leave me a message using the following number: 450-1110 231#. I usually check my voice mail messages before and after school and will try to
return your call by the next day. You can e-mail me at pemexolito@att.net or rgutierrez@hnhsoakland.org
