Pinecrest Preparatory Middle - Mater Academy Charter School



7th Grade Creative Writing Syllabus

2019-2020

Instructor: Mrs. Antonio

Room Number: 13

Email: gantonio@

Office Hours: By appointment only

Course Description:

This course is designed as reinforcement to your Language Arts Class. We will be working on strengthening your reading skills, enhancing your vocabulary and improving your writing abilities. We will be using several workbooks/textbooks in class as well as additional reinforcement at home with online reading programs such as Reading Plus.

We will be reading four novels throughout the school year. These novels will be read in class as well as at home. I encourage all students to purchase the books to be able to have their own copy to write, highlight, and mark important text. I believe it helps the student to better understand the text.

Course Standards:

Common Core State Standards

Florida Standards Assessment

Course Text:

Collections

Required Novels:

1st Quarter: Anything But Typical by Noral Raleigh Baskin

2nd Quarter: The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

3rd Quarter: White Lilacs by Carolyn Meyer

4th Quarter: The Wednesday Wars by Gary D Schmidt

Methods of Assessment

Tests 40%

Quizzes 30%

Classwork 20%

Homework 10%

Grading Scale

90-100% A 3.50-4.00

80-89% B 2.50-3.49

70-79% C 1.50-2.49

60-69% D 1.00-1.49

0-59% F 0-.99

Classroom Expectations:

1. Respect Others – Listen when others are talking; keep hands, feet, objects, and negative comments to yourself.

2. Follow directions

3. Raise your hand to be recognized before speaking or standing up from your seat.

4. Bring required materials to class every day.

5. Follow the Mater Academy Middle/ High School Code of Conduct

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6. Turn in completed assignments on time.

Academic Dishonesty:

Students are expected to be honest and ethical in their academic work. Academic dishonesty is defined as an intentional act of deception in one of the following areas. Academic dishonesty is an infraction of the MDCPS Code of Student Conduct and disciplinary action will ensue.

• Cheating – the use or attempted use of unauthorized materials, information or study aids

• Fabrication – falsification or invention of any information

• Assisting – helping another commit an act of academic dishonesty

• Tampering – altering or interfering with evaluation instruments and documents

• Plagiarism – representing the words or ideas of another person as one’s own.

As a condition of taking this course, all required papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to . Turnitin is the global leader in evaluating and improving student learning. The company’s cloud-based service for originality checking.

Attendance Policy

In case of absence, make-up assignments will be given to all students, but only the students with excused absences will receive an academic grade without penalty. The assignment will remain with a letter grade of a “Z” until absence is excused. Students are required to be on time to class and tardies to class will entail disciplinary consequences.

Required Materials

 1 Agenda (all classes) 1 sharpener

 1  5 Subject Notebook (150 pages) 3 Highlighters (5 different colors)

 3  Packs of college-ruled lined paper  3 Self-stick notes 3M (3 different colors)

 1  Box of markers (8) 1 White-out

 3  1 Red pen, 2 blue or black pens  2 Plastic Folder w/ packets (black/white)

 2  # 2 Pencils  1 packet of index cards

1 eraser

Parents and Students,

Please sign and return to Mrs. Antonio by August 22 or 23, 2019. It is a required document for student files.

Thank you,

Mrs. Antonio

We the parent/guardian(s) and the student, have fully read, understood, and agree to abide by these expectations.

Period _______

Print Student name Student’s signature Date

Print Parent/Guardian name Parent/Guardian’s signature Date

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