Sixth Grade Reading
Course Syllabus
Instructor: Shelley Plum
Plan: 3rd Hour 10:10 - 11:00
Email: [email protected]
WEB Address: http://www.geocities.com/plum_teacher/Orbit1.html
Materials Required: spiral, pencils, 3-pronged folder w/pockets (left
in class)
Grading Scale: A: 100-90 B: 80-89 C: 70-79 D: 60-69 F:
59-0
Homework: Work that is not completed in class is due
the next school day. Assignments missed due to absences will have the
amount of days missed to turn in completed. No late work will be accepted.Most
work should be finished in class.
Extra Credit: Students who bring their pencil and library book to class
EVERY day will earn 5 pts. per day.
Tests: Students will be given comprehensive tests
on specific reading skills and on books read in class. Tests will count as
two grades.
Course Outline: We will be using a variety of resources to
develop reading skills. This will include the Internet. Please return
the Internet use form ASAP. We will use
trade books and the Reader's Choice Textbook along with newspapers, magazines
and other resources to develop reading skills.
Special Projects: The students will be doing a variety of
projects at the end of a novel or for research. They will receive a test grade(200 pts.)
on these projects. The project due dates will be posted in class and on my web
site with specific details. They will have 2 book reports due each nine weeks
that must come from the Reading Counts list in our media. (200 pts.)
Plagiarism Policy
Deliberate plagiarism is claiming, indicating, or implying that the ideas, sentences, or words of another writer are your own; it includes having another writer do work claimed to be your own, copying the work of another and presenting it as your own, or following the work of another as a guide to ideas and expression that are then presented as your own. This includes copying information from the Web.
Accidental plagiarism is the handling of quotations and paraphrases without a deliberate attempt to deceive; it includes failing to mark the beginning of paraphrases, failing to get away from the language of the original text when paraphrasing, failing to mark quotations with properly placed quotation marks, and failing to properly identify the source of a quotation or paraphrase. At the instructor's discretion, a student whose paper contains accidental plagiarism may have the opportunity to rewrite the paper with a reduction in grade.
1st Book
Report due: Sept. 13th!