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Welcome to Language Arts 2/3 ET.
You will find information about the course, links to homework and helpful resources, the syllabus, and announcements on this page!

Welcome to Language Arts 2/3 ET.
You will find information about the course, links to homework and helpful resources, the syllabus, and announcements on this page!

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Welcome to Script Frenzy!
{ScriptFrenzyWorkbook.pdf}

{LA2ETSyllabus.pdf}
Mrs. Jennifer White
Room 1103
E-Mail: __jwhite@sd129.org__
Phone: (630) 301-5752
Website: http://languagearts2and3et.wikispaces.com/
Homework is also updated weekly on the district teacher webpage
Materials Needed:
Binder or Folder with looseleaf paper
Composition book or notebook
Pencils, Pens, Highlighters
Index Cards-Lined (any size, color)
Post-It Notes
Textbooks and Novels:
Elements of Literature, Prentice Hall Writing and Grammar-Grade Eight, Glencoe Speech, Basic Drama Projects
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and the play, “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Students may want to purchase their own copy of the novel if they wish to highlight and mark.
Expectations:
Come to class prepared
Mentally (plenty of rest, ready to strain your brain, utilize your talents!)
Physically (check the materials board before you come in, bring silent reading book, planner, classwork, and a bottle of water if you want.)
Emotionally (stay positive, leave the drama at the door, be open to learning and different perspectives)
Units of Study:
Quarter 1
PLT #12Sentence Structure
PLT #16Quotation Marks
PLT #5Summaries
PLT’s #4 & 6Cause and Effect
Main Focus: Grammar and Short Stories
Quarter 2
PLT #10Characterization
PLT #11Irony
PLT #9Literary Elements
Main Focus: Poetry and The Outsiders
Quarter 3
PLT #26Elements of Drama
PLT #27Acting and Communication Techniques
PLT #25Communicating Meaning
Main Focus: Basics of Speech, Informational Speech, Persuasive Speech/Debate
Quarter 4
PLT #26Elements of Drama
PLT #27Acting and Communication Techniques
PLT #25Communicating Meaning
Main Focus: Basics of Acting, Script Frenzy, “The Diary of Anne Frank”
Assessment of Student Learning:
Students will be graded via portfolio this year in Language Arts. Portfolio grading is a unique and authentic assessment that is valuable in many ways. First, the student chooses from a selection of their work, between two and six learning samples they believe best represent how they answered the essential question over the quarter. This gives the student ownership of their work and the decision to put in what they feel best represents their performance in the course. Second, the student reflects on each piece of work they have done in a "Product Caption.” This product caption asks them to reflect on what they learned specifically and explain how they felt about it and why it might have been easy or challenging.
Each piece of work in their portfolio directly correlates to West Aurora School District's Priority Learning Targets (PLT's), which are aligned to Illinois State Standards for Education. The essential questions were developed alongside the PLT's and are a restatement that the students find easier to understand. Students are "answering" the essential question with their Learning Samples and Product Captions.
Grading Scale: 90% - 100 % =A
80% - 89% =B
70% - 79% =C
60% - 69 % =D
0% - 59% =F
Homework Policy
Homework must be turned in on time for full credit. Late work will be deducted by 2 pts. per day. Each assignment is worth 10 pts. Example: Noun Worksheet that would have earned 10 pts. but is 2 days late would be worth 6 pts.
If a student does not have homework ready to go on the due date, they must fill out a "No Assignment Form" for the assignment, even if they are planning to turn it in late. If a student forgets to bring work to class, they can turn it in later that day for 2 pts. off.
As a policy and due to the rising costs of paper, I do not make extra copies of assignments but many are available for download on the wikispace.
In the case of an excused absence, students will have the equivalent of the time they were absent to complete assignments for full credit. It is the student's responsibility to find out what work was missed by checking the bin for their work. Folders are labeled for each day of the week. Students will have work in there with their name on it.

What is Portfolio Grading?
Portfolio grading is a unique and authentic assessment that is valuable in many ways. First, the student chooses from a selection of their work, four learning samples they believe best represent how they answered the essential question over the quarter. This gives the student ownership of their work and the decision to put in what they feel best represents their performance in the course. Second, the student reflects on each piece of work they have done in a "Product Caption". This product caption asks them to reflect on what they learned specifically and explain how they felt about it and why it might have been easy or challenging.
Each piece of work in their portfolio directly correlates to West Aurora School District's Priority Learning Targets (PLT's), which are aligned to Illinois State Standards for Education. The essential questions were developed alongside the PLT's and are a restatement that the students find easier to understand. Students are "answering" the essential question with their Learning Samples and Product Captions.
How Portfolio Grading works:
Students complete work over the course of the quarter.
They earn an "effort" grade for this work that goes into the gradebook.
The "Effort" grade section will eventually be worth 20% of their grade.
Towards the end of the quarter, the class reviews the PLT's covered in that quarter.
Students are given their options for what they can include as Learning Samples for each PLT.
Students complete a PLT Portfolio Page for each PLT covered that quarter.
On the portfolio page, students identify which assignments, tests, quizzes, projects, etc... they will use as Learning Samples. Some assignments are required, and this is made known to students.
Each PLT has 4 learning samples total.
For each Learning Sample, students must fill out a Product Caption (as discussed earlier).
Students then submit their portfolios for review to the teacher.
The teacher fills out a Portfolio Rubric that is stapled to the inside cover of their portfolio.
This Portfolio then accounts for 80% of the final grade.
The breakdown for grading each PLT is as follows:
PLT Portfolio Page (20 points)
Product Captions (20 points)
Learning Sample 1 (15 points)
Learning Sample 2 (15 points)
Learning Sample 3 (15 points)
Learning Sample 4 (15 points)
Total for each PLT: 100 Points
Components to the Portfolio:
PLT Portfolio Page
Product Caption
Learning Sample
Portfolio Rubric

{LA2ETSyllabus.pdf}