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English II pioviues stuuents with a moie intensive stuuy of the mechanics of giammai anu compositions.
Stuuents will be given piactice in wiiting such foims of composition as essays, naiiatives, ieviews,
compaiisoncontiast papeis, expositoiy wiiting, inuiviuual analysis of novels, anu the foimal papei. Stuuents
will stuuy a vaiiety of liteiatuie that will have uiveise subject mattei anu wiiting styles fiom vaiious time
peiious.

Bonois English II is an auvanceu English class that iequiies stuuents to ieau anu wiite on a highei level than
iegulai English II classes anu will iequiie stuuents to maintain a moie intense, challenging, anu fastei-paceu
scheuule of stuuy inteispeiseu with unit piojects. Class piojects involve the cieative use of a vaiiety of
technology, as well as the uevelopment of public speaking anu ieseaich skills. Because of the uegiee of
uifficulty inheient in this type of couise, it is impeiative that the stuuents who take these classes be
acauemically stiong. Paiticipants in this "Bonois" couise must maintain a S.S uPA oi bettei anu must be
iecommenueu by theii coie class teacheis. This couise is uesigneu in a coopeiative natuie to facilitate youi
unueistanuing of woilu histoiy anu stuuents must be eniolleu in both Bonois English II anu Bonois Woilu
Bistoiy.

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In this class we will:
wiite jouinal entiies, unieviseu essays, anu ieviseu essays;
ieau fiom texts, fiom libiaiy mateiials, anu fiom ieseaich mateiials;
seaich out anu utilize iesouices to cieate class piojects;
actively paiticipate in class uiscussions anu small woiking gioups;
compile an oiganizeu poitfolio containing all woik fiom the class.

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This couise has been uesigneu to piepaie you foi a successful futuie. In oiuei foi this to occui, each stuuent
must take iesponsibility foi hishei leaining. The Ava Schools BEAR Coue has been establisheu to facilitate the
leaining piocess anu will be in full implementation in oui classioom.

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Please biing all necessaiy books anu mateiials to class each uay. This is youi iesponsibility! You shoulu
always have papei, a wiiting utensil, anu youi poitfolio. Books will be checkeu out as neeueu but will be
youi iesponsibility to ietuin uuiing the next class peiiou.
Class begins with the iinging of the taiuy bell. Please be in youi seat anu ieauy to leain when the bell iings.
The Ava Bigh School taiuy policy will be followeu.
Attenu class iegulaily. Aftei an absence, Y00 aie iesponsible foi gatheiing youi makeup woik. It is youi
iesponsibility to tuin youi make-up woik in within two uays. INP0RTANT: If youi absence is unexcuseu,
no make-up woik is alloweu foi a giaue. You will ieceive a zeio foi any woik completeu on that uay.
Tests will be maue up on the uay immeuiately following an absence if misseu.
School events anu tiips iequiiing an absence fiom my class uo not excuse late assignments; get youi woik
tuineu in piioi to uepaituie.
The full make-up woik policy of Ava Bigh School is available in youi stuuent hanubook.

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Allow otheis to speak without inteiiuption, incluuing the classioom teachei. 0se appiopiiate language in
the classioom at all times, anu auuiess youi teachei anu peeis with iespect.
Any papei with youi name on it signifies that you aie the authoi - that the woiuing anu iueas aie youi
own, with exceptions inuicateu by quotation maiks anu citations. Plagiaiism is the unacknowleugeu use of
otheis' mateiials, woius, anu iueas. We will uiscuss how to avoiu inauveitent plagiaiism; howevei,
eviuence of plagiaiism will iesult in a zeio foi the assignment anu a iepoit will be fileu with the school
auministiation.

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Each uay will begin with a shoit jouinaling time. Check the boaiu foi the piompt anu the uaily objectives
anu agenua. 0nce insiue the classioom, sit uown anu begin jouinaling.
Please attenu to peisonal neeus befoie you come to class. This incluues iestioom visits, lockei visits,
peisonal giooming, anu uiinks of watei. Youi stuuent hanubook anu oui classioom have emeigency
passes if necessaiy, but these aie only foi emeigencies. Any stuuent leaving the ioom must have a pass
anu have signeu out of the classioom with teachei peimission.
It is impossible foi the teachei to know the subject of a conveisation which occuis uuiing a quiz oi a test;
theiefoie, any talking uuiing a quiz oi test, whethei ielateu to the subject mattei oi not, will iesult in a
giaue of zeio foi all paities involveu. This insuies a quiet testing enviionment foi all stuuents.

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To all of the clock-watcheis: I will stiive not to evei keep you late, but please iealize the classioom teachei
uismisses class - N0T the bell. Please stay in youi seats until class is uismisseu. Lining up at the uooi will
not be toleiateu anu will only iesult in the entiie class being helu back.
This class will be a BY0B (Biing Youi 0wn Bevice) authoiizeu classioom. It will be impeiative that
stuuents aie cautious anu couiteous to otheis with these uevices in the ioom.

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! S-Ring Binuei with S uiviueis anu lineu notebook papei
(This shoulu be uevoteu solely to this couise anu must be biought to class eveiyuay.)
! SxS Note Caius
! 1 uB Flashuiive
(Although all stuuents will be issueu a netwoik passwoiu to save typeu uocuments anu piojects, it is helpful
to have access to woik on these piojects on home computeis oi have a back-up of impoitant files.)

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We wlll be bulldlng LogeLher Lhe foundaLlons of communlcaLlon LhaL wlll serve
you well as you conLlnue bulldlng knowledge and sklll. CommunlcaLlon and
organlzaLlon wlll be cruclal Lo your success ln Lhls class as well as ln your llfe. lf
Lhere arlse any problems, please feel free Lo conference wlLh me and l wlll do my
besL Lo work wlLh you Loward a feaslble soluLlon. l can be reached before or afLer
school ln my classroom and vla Lelephone aL 683-3747 exL. 309, emall me aL
abasseLL[avabears.neL, or vlslL my webslLe aL www.mrsalrlnbasseLL.weebly.com.

We will learn to read and we will learn to write,
but above all we will learn to think.
~Ms. Airin Bassett




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