MRS. FERRYMAN’S SPANISH I (H) POLICIES
GRADING
*Students will receive grades each quarter for class participation, class activities or assignments, tests, quizzes, projects, compositions, oral presentations, and various other assessments. Tests and quizzes are posted on the chalkboard well in advance. I grade using a total point system. Point examples, subject to change, include: daily practice, 10; participation, listening, or reading, 10-20; quiz, 50 (NSE quizzes are 20); test, 100; project, 50 to 100. I reserve the right to drop any grades deemed appropriate at the end of the quarter.
SUPPLIES
*The following items will be needed: three-ring binder, college-ruled paper (preferred), composition notebook for bell work, manila folder, pen/pencil, book/workbook/dictionary daily, and designated supply for each class period. No spiral paper will be accepted. Do not submit any work/tests in red ink.
CLASS PARTICIPATION POLICY
*When I take points for class participation and class activities or assignments, all students are expected to participate and give their best effort. If a student refuses to participate, there will be consequences.
*All I (H) students are required to take the National Spanish Exam in the spring. The cost is typically around $5.
*Board work/bell work is posted daily on the chalkboard and is to be completed each day at the first of class. Students MUST use a composition notebook. I will take it up randomly for completion or correctness; these activities are not optional. Date and correct all bell work activities. When absent, please get bell work from a classmate.
DAILY PRACTICE
*Students will frequently be provided with daily practice. Students are responsible for choosing to complete the daily practice and should choose to do so in order to master the material and be successful on quizzes and tests. The daily practice will reinforce the grammar and vocabulary being studied in class. Students must take responsibility for and ownership of their own learning. The daily practice, when provided, will be checked, stamped/initialed, then reviewed in class. Students who complete the practice will be allowed to correct their work; students who choose not to will not be allowed to fill in or copy down the answers. Daily practice must be completed before students enter the classroom. No late work will be accepted. Partial credit may be given at my discretion.
*Academic honesty is expected on all assignments, including daily practice. Translation services are strictly prohibited and are considered academic dishonesty on all assignments. Both parties involved in copying daily practice will receive a zero.
MAKE-UP POLICY
*It is the student’s responsibility to get his/her makeup work after an absence. A zero will be recorded if the work is not made up according to my guidelines.
After an EXCUSED absence, the following guidelines apply:
*If a student misses a test or a quiz, he or she has 3 days to make up the test or quiz, including the first day he or she returns to school. I reserve the right to make make-up tests or quizzes different than the original test or quiz. Students are responsible for checking the assignment sheet for missed work.
*Students have the number of days they were absent to submit daily practice.
*Make-up tests or quizzes may not be taken during the student’s class time. Students must schedule a make-up with me.
*If a project is due on the day a student is absent, provided the absence IS excused, the project must be turned in the day he or she returns to school.
*If class participation points were taken on the day of an excused absence, the points will neither count for nor againstthe student.
After an UNEXCUSED absence, the following guidelines apply:
*No tests or quizzes may be made up that were given, and no projects that were due may be turned in.
*If class participation points were taken, the student will receive a zero.
*Please sign and fill out the acknowledgement statement form and return it.