This is the Pages course guide that I created to distribute on the first day of school. I have included all of my course information in this one document.

1. ENGLISH 10
COLLEGE PREP
MRS. HOUGH & MRS. CARROLL
Daily Journal entries
Each student must purchase a composition
major projects / assignments notebook and cover the outside of the notebook
with pictures, magazine clippings, words, etc. to
• Narrative/Introduction Podcast describe you and your personality.
• Narrative or Persuasive Essay (Student Choice) You will write a journal entry every day. You will
record the events of your sophomore year on
• Original Short Story Fridays at the beginning of class. During the other
• Huckleberry Finn Film: Racism in Today’s Society days of the week, you will use your journal to
answer a review question from the previous lesson
• Independent Reading and Research (Research or answer a question that pertains to the current
Paper) lesson. You will write for approximately five
minutes at the beginning of every class period. Each
• Research Paper Outline
student in class will be assigned days during the
• Research Paper Rough Draft semester. During your designated days, you will
provide appropriate music for the class to listen to
• Final Research Paper (Expository Writing) during journal time.
• Original Poem (Sidewalk Slam)
Grading: † COURSE GUIDE ¢
• Song Lyrics Explication (Keynote Presentation Journals will be collected at the end of the semester.
and Speech Practice) This is a major grade for the course. You are given This course guide will provide you with
FIVE excused days. If you are absent more than information about classroom rules, classroom
• Personal Essay (Nonfiction Piece) five days, you must borrow someone’s journal, copy procedures, homework policies, make-up work
• Class Journal the question, and answer the prompt. information, materials and texts that
will be studied during this semester,
KATE HOUGH and grading information. The
kate_hough@hempfieldsd.org major projects for the year are
outlined here as well. Please be
HEATHER CARROLL
familiar with the information in this
heather_carroll@hempfieldsd.org brochure.

2. MATERIALS
Each student needs to get the following items:
Classroom Rules and Procedures
Notebook OR Binder with Paper
Classroom Rules • S.U.R.R.E.A.L. Time--Every three weeks we
Composition Notebook (Journal) will read individually in class. This will take
• Be in your seat when the bell rings.
Writing Utensils place the last twenty minutes of class on
• Bring all books and materials to class. Mondays. Please see the attached handout.
You will be given each of the following books:
• Complete and turn in all assignments. • Homework--All homework assignments
• Adventures in Appreciation Literature textbook MUST be turned in when they are due in
(Please cover) • RESPECT EVERYONE in this room. order to receive full credit. We understand that
consequences sometimes circumstances come up that make it
• Vocabulary Workshop F
difficult to complete a homework assignment.
NOVELS / PLAYS • Loss of professionalism points We will give you ONE extra day to complete
an assignment, but you will only receive half
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn • Detention with us after school credit. Assignments turned in after class will
• The Crucible • Phone call or email home only receive half credit. It is your
responsibility to give the late assignment TO
• Discipline referral sent to principal US. **Students who abuse this privilege will
not be permitted to turn in late assignments.
CLASSROOM PROCEDURES • Make-up Work/Absences--Students who miss
class must SEE MRS. HOUGH or MRS.
• Tardiness--You are expected to arrive on time CARROLL immediately following their
to class. You need to be in your seat with ALL return. It is your responsibility to find out
of your materials ready when the bell rings. If what you missed. If you missed class, you
you do not have all of your materials, points missed work. This is extremely important
will be deducted from your professionalism with the block schedule. Missing work that is
grade. School policy will be followed regarding not made up within FIVE SCHOOL DAYS
tardiness. You will receive a detention after will receive a zero. This includes tests and
your 3rd tardy. quizzes.
Grade information • Class Participation/Group Work--Please
Your grade for the semester will raise your hand when you wish to speak
consist of the following: during class. If we are having a discussion,
please wait your turn to share. Do not
• Class Participation /
Professionalism interrupt your classmates. We will also be
doing a lot of work in groups. Please listen to
• Quiz Scores (Announced and your group members and work as a team. Your
Pop Quizzes)
grade will depend on the effort of the overall
• Test Scores group.
• Group Work • Journal Entries--You will have a journal
• Individual Work entry to complete at the beginning or end of
every class period. Please see the detailed
• Homework Assignments instructions on the the handout.