Junior Honors Language Arts

Honors Junior Language Arts Syllabus

 Summer Reading Options:
Cold Sassy Tree ÂOlive Ann Burns (Honors/Gifted) 
Alas, Babylon  Pat Frank (Honors/Gifted) 
My Antonia  Willa Cather (Honors/Gifted)

Helpful Links:
Purdue Writing Lab 
MLA Formatting
Citation Machine
Persuasive Speech thesis maker
Elements of Style
Grammar Help

Grading Scale:
A=100-90
B=89-80
C=79-74
D= 73-70
F=69 and Below

Grading Rules: 
Major Grades=45%
Daily Grades=30%
Midterm=5%
Performance Exam=5%
EOCT=15%

Late Policy:
5 days with an excused absence
1 day late= 50
Any day after the first day it is late=25

AP Language and Composition

Summer Reading Essays
Summer Reading Book choices:
An Hour before Daylight Jimmy Carter
A Walk in the Woods Bryson
Under the Tuscan Sun Mayes
My Losing Season Conroy
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass  Douglass
Angela's Ashes McCourt
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Angelou
The Way to Rainy Mountain Momaday
Summer Reading (Everyone reads):
Eats, Shoots and Leaves Lynne Truss
Elements of Style Strunk and White

Grading Scale:
A=100-90
B=89-80
C=79-74
D= 73-70
F=69 and Below

Grading Rules: 
Major Grades=45%
Daily Grades=30%
Midterm=5%
Performance Exam=10%
Final=10% 

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CREDENTIALS

Education Background

B.A in English- Brenau Women's College 2003

M.Ed. in English Education- Georgia State University 2006

AP Certification 2009

Pursuing Ph.D in Language and Literacy 

Teaching Experience

Brookwood High School since 2006

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