Course+Syllabus

=Course Syllabus English 10 = **Course Focus** The 10th grade course is genre based. We will be focusing on the following five genres of literature: the short story, the nonfiction essay, the novel, poetry, and drama. In addition to literary genres we will be focusing much of our attention on grammar, vocabulary, and writing.

BE NICE. WORK HARD. While the class motto may seem elementary, these two concepts, being nice and working hard, are often taken for granted in the secondary classroom. If you as the student live up to this motto you will not only find academic success but personal success as well.
 * Class Motto**

As a class we have three common goals for this school year: 1. Improve metacognition and reading comprehension 2. Improve research and writing skills 3. Prepare for the next step
 * Year Long Goals**

From the beginning of the school year we will identify our personal academic strengths and weaknesses. We will then work to improve upon our weaknesses and further bolster our strengths. We will train ourselves, much like an athlete trains for a competition, to be hard workers. This academic “conditioning” will only benefit us in our future endeavors.
 * How We Will Achieve Our Goals**

You textbook is a wonderful tool that we will utilize throughout the year. You will have the opportunity to not only work with the hard copy of the book but also with the online version. The textbook can be accessed at www.glencoe.com. On this website there are resources such as professional actors reading the literature aloud as well as practice tests for study purposes. You will be provided with more detailed instructions for the use of this online resource during the first week of school.
 * The Textbook**

Being a sophomore, you have proved that you can be successful in the school environment. You have gone through 10 years of schooling (including kindergarten) to make it to where you sit today. Therefore, I will be treating you with the respect someone with 10 years of job experience deserves. However, I expect that with your experience comes the maturity to properly conduct yourself in the classroom. I fully anticipate that you will behave appropriately and adhere to all classroom rules. These specific rules are outlined for you in the “Rules for Room 205” sheet you will receive. Please thoroughly review this sheet.
 * My Expectations**


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