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| Lumberton High School English III January, 2008 Dear Parent or Guardian, I am happy to welcome your child to English III this semester. My goal is to help my students become more perceptive readers, clearer writers and speakers, and more mature thinkers. The basis for the course will be a survey of American literature as prescribed in the state course of study. The major works that we study will be Thornton Wilder's Our Town, Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Olive Burns's Cold Sassy Tree. I will be giving grammar instruction, and working weekly on student writing and building vocabulary. Although there will be some short-term assignments such as a weekly vocabulary quiz, most work at home will be for longer term projects such as reading independent novels and writing polished essays. Quizzes, homework and classwork daily assignments will count half the grade each nine weeks. The other half will come from the writing assignments and tests as shown in the syllabus. This course does not have a state-mandated exam. I will make the exam cover the actual work done this semester, and every person must take it. There are no exemptions, and the county dictates that it will count one quarter of the semester grade. I am available almost every afternoon after school to give extra help. Please encourage your child to use this opportunity. My only request for materials is that each student have a loose-leaf notebook which he brings to class every day with a pen with black ink and a number two pencil. I look forward to meeting you at PTSA meetings. When we need to talk, please call me at school (671-6050) from about 3:15 to 4:00. If you have access to e-mail, you can write to me at [email protected]. If you have Internet access, I try to maintain helpful webpages at www.geocities.com/nck12.mcleanp. Students can, of course, access the website in the library before or after school. Working together, we can make this semester a worthwhile and enjoyable experience for our young people. Yours truly, Peggy McLean ***************************** I have read the parent letter and syllabus and agree to support and encourage my child as he completes this semester of work. __________________________________________ _____________________ Parent Signature Date I have read the syllabus and realize that my education is my responsibility. I will work and learn to the best of my ability. __________________________________________ _______________________ Student Signature Date |