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English 3

Salcido
2019-2020

Welcome Parents and Students:

My name is, Ms. Salcido and I will be your English 3 teacher. I am a Native El Pasoan and graduate of
UTEP. This will be my eighth-year teaching, and I’m excited to get to know you all throughout the year.

Let’s get down to business!

English 3 is a big year. Students will learn to refine their writing and argumentative skills, improve on
their reading comprehension, and be creative. We will be reading novels, some with serious themes
such as The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, writing argument, debating, and understand how to be
effective communicators.

Recipe for Success

Student’s success is dependent on their ability complete work in a timely manner, and show
understanding and mastery of a given skill.

I. Attendance/Tardiness/Discipline: School policies will be enforced


II. Responsibilities and Late Work: You are responsible for the materials needed in this
course. You will be responsible for any and all work missed dues to absences. Late work
will be penalized 10 points each day it is late and will not be accepted after a week from
assigned date. Some assignments will not be scored at all since their purpose is to be used
in class for group work, such as peer-review etc, and activity cannot be replicated.
III. Preparation: Completion of homework and readings is essential. Being prepared gives you
the opportunity to succeed on tests and quizzes. As an upper level student, you must
understand that your studying is not finished until you have a thorough understanding of
the topics covered in each unit. Not being prepared leads to poor performance and missed
assignments.
IV. Organization: You will be responsible for collecting handouts, taking, notes, and keeping all
these materials organized.
V. Participation: You are expected to participate. This is vital to the success of the course.
VI. Respect: Respect the opinions and input of your classmates, their goals, and the goals of
the teacher. Respect yourself by taking ownership of the things you produce the knowledge
you acquire, and the skills you learn.

Students must come prepared to participate actively, both online and in class. Evaluation will be based
on how student’s participation (comments, ideas, and questions) helped to enhance and/or advance
our overall collective understanding through critical discussion and listening.

The following criteria will be used to assign the participation component of the student’s overall grade:

A: Highly effective Participant: Near perfect attendance; insightful questions and comments; clearly
completes. The reading and goes beyond by introducing other relevant material.

B: Consistent Participant: Good attendance; thoughtful questions and comments; clearly completes the
reading.
C: Occasional Participant: Regular attendance; sporadic involvement in discussions that is often based
on personal opinion, rather than analysis of class material.

D: Observer: Regular attendance but does not get involved in class discussions.

F: Occasional Observer: Sporadic attendance; no participation in class.

Materials:
- Students must bring:
o Charged laptop- I only have ONE ELECTRICAL OUTLET in my room. You can’t charge devices
in my room so bring them charged please!
o Paper and writing tools (pen or pencil)
o Documents, or books needed for the day
o Headphones- We sometimes watch videos, listen to podcasts
Procedures
- Please come in with a good attitude and be ready to work
- Treat others with kindness and understanding
- I will do my best to treat all students with the same kindness and understanding.
- Restroom- All I ask is that you are reasonable. You MUST ask for permission to leave the room.
- Restroom- There are exceptions to asking for permission!!! If you feel physically ill notify me as
you enter the class. If you have an emergency that requires you to hurry to the restroom because
of stomach issues or something similar, GO!!! AND EXPLAIN LATER!!!! I am a reasonable person.

Rules:
- No eating is allowed in class. If there are extenuating circumstances, come talk to me to make
arrangements if needed
- No cell phone use- On occasional I will allow you to use them. Otherwise your phone will be taken
away for the class period I see it out. Again, if you are dealing with an issue where you need to be
in contact with family, please speak with me to make arrangements BEFORE I take action!

Grading Policy:
- Mastery: 40% (tests, final drafts, projects)
- Understanding: 40% (quizzes, rough drafts, other)
- Engagement: 20% (daily assignments)
* Students have 5 school days after an assignment’s grade is posted to make-up the work if it is below
a 70.
** When absent, students still only have 3 days to turn in the missed assignment.

Sincerely,

Ms. Salcido

Conference hours: A Day (2:30pm - 3:30pm) B Day (1:00pm –2:00pm)


Tutoring hours: After school (4:00pm – 4:30pm) crsalcid@episd.org
I, _______________________________, have read and understood the expectations and policies.

Student’s signature: __________________________________ Date: _________________

Parent/Guardian signature: ___________________________________ Date: _________________

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