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=**Welcome to 7th Grade Language Arts! ** = My name is Ms. Wrightson and I am extremely excited about this upcoming school year. Below you will find the basic policies, rules and requirements for my class, as well as best practices for effectively using this wikispace. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about anything! You can reach me a **t cwrightson@ccps.org **

Also, if you need any additional information about Cecil County Public Schools policies, please visit the CCPS website at [|www.ccps.org]

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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">__Classroom Rules__:
===<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">In order to make this year a success, students will be asked to follow several rules and procedures to allow the classroom to run smoothly. ** === ====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 1. Students will show ** //__**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">respect **__//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> at all times in the classroom. This applies to their peers, staff members, administration, and the property and materials in the classroom. ** ==== <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 2. Students will come prepared to class everyday. They will bring all the materials they are asked to in order to ensure their highest level of success. ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 3. Students will be asked to complete all assignments on time. Students will be given ample time to complete all assignments and they will be required to turn them in on an assigned date. ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 4. ** **<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Students will listen and participate throughout each class period. **

__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Expectations: __
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> · Keep food and drinks in the cafeteria- Gum is not permitted in school ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> · Keep jackets, hats/head coverings, and backpacks in lockers ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> · Keep hands and feet to yourself ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">** · ** **<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Always try your best! **

__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Behavioral Consequences: __
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 1. Verbal Warning ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 2. Conference with student ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 3. Parent Contact (phone call, email, letter home) ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">** 4. ** **<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Detention/MIR or Office Referral **

=__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Required Materials for 7th grade Language Arts: __=
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">A //McDougal Littel Literature// textbook has been assigned to each student and must be brought to class each day. Students may store them in their lockers __or__ in the classroom. Regardless of where they chose to store them, students are responsible for the textbook assigned to them and for returning them in good condition at the end of the year. **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Pencils are preferred. Pens (blue and black ink only) are acceptable. **
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**1 ½ ‘’ hard binder (with six dividers and loose leaf paper) is required**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Assignment Planner – distributed to each student- __please check this each evening for homework__ **

__ Grading Policy: __
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Grades are a way that students and parents can measure how well students have mastered a specific skill or content. Grades also help the teacher, student, or the parents keep track of a student’s progress. Students in Miss Wrightson’s class will be challenged to learn in a variety of different styles. Grades will be divided into two areas; summative and formative. Summative grades test a student’s knowledge and formative grades let a teacher know if students understand processes. **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Summative grades: 70% of a student’s grade (quizzes, tests, projects, writing pieces, presentations, research assignments) **
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Formative grades: 30% of a student’s grade (homework, class work, participation, warm-ups)**

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Grades will be recorded as percentages and converted to letter grades for the report cards. This is the grading scale that will be applied to the work completed in the classroom.**

__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">EMS ‘re-do’ policy: __

 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> In order to encourage students to revise/edit and continually improve their work, any major reading or writing assignment receiving a grade of 69% or lower may be re-done. The assignment will be graded again and averaged with the first grade for a final grade for the assignment. Each student is allowed five school days to return the corrected work. This policy does not apply to cheating or plagiarism. **

__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Make Up Work: __

 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Students are expected to make up all missing assignments due to being absent from class. Absent **
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> students will have a grace period of two days for each day missed to turn in the assignment(s). If the assignment is not turned in by this deadline, the student’s grade will be lowered by 9% after two days, and an additional 9% each day thereafter. Homework will not be accepted after the grace period has passed. **

__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Late Work: __

 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Students are expected to hand in all work on time. Students will have only three days to turn in work that is late. That grade will be based on county policy. **


 * __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Cheating and Plagiarism: __**
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Students who cheat and plagiarize work are not demonstrating their knowledge of the skills or content they have learned. A failing grade may be assigned by the teacher for the assignment. Parents or guardians will be notified of the consequences. **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;"> This year we will be covering several different units in seventh grade. They are as follows: ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> · Unit One: Weaving A Story ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> · Unit Two: Personality Tests ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> · Unit Three: Lessons to Learn ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> · Unit Four/Five: Mood, Tone, and Style & ****<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Appreciating Poetry ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> · Unit Six: Sharing Our Stories ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> · Unit Eight: Face the Facts ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> · Reader’s Workshop **
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<span style="color: #ff00ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">//If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please contact Miss Wrightson at// //410-996-5010// //or// //cwrightson@ccps.org//

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