Welcome to MYP ELA/ ELA 2
Ms. DeJesus
Ms. DeJesus
In addition to teaching, I am an avid reader and love almost every genre imaginable. I pair my love of literature with my passion for travel and exploring. This year I have been fortunate enough to travel overseas and visit four countries I had only dreamt of for so long. I love to visit places where i have either read about in books or the author is from. Aside from traveling and reading, I love to cook and try different recipes as much as possible and geeking out at the movies.
Email: anna.dejesus@ocps.net
Class Expectations
Class Rules
2. Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself. Do not get out of your seat without permission.
3. You should be in your seat and working before the tardy bell, if you are late you will need to get a late pass, no exceptions!
4. No eating or drinking in class, no exceptions.
5. No cellphones, no exceptions, if you have cellphone out for any reason it will be confiscated.
(Also see the student code of conduct for further district wide rules)
****FAILURE TO ADHERE TO THESE RULES WILL RESULT IN THE FOLLOWING***
1. Warning, this includes a notation in Progressbook (1st offense).
2. Phone call home with a notation in Progressbook (2nd offense).
3. You will receive a referral and be asked to leave my class, you will still be responsible for any work missed (3rd offense).
Classroom Policies and Procedures
2. Enter the classroom quietly and begin bellwork; you should be in your desk quietly working before the tardy bell.
3. You are late if you are not in my classroom by the second bell. If you are tardy please see instructions on the door as to where to report to for a tardy pass.
4. If you are absent you are still responsible for the assigned work. Book a time with me or check edmodo. Please understand that it is your responsibility to make up any missed assignments. Assignments turned in past the acceptable make up date will not be graded.
5. You will create and maintain a folder for this class titled for example, English 2 pd 1, and will have the following sub folders: Texts, Writing, Assessments, ReDo.
6. Make sure that everything you submit has your name included in the title, ex. A. DeJesus Practice Essay pd. 3.
Restroom Policy
***Never the first nor last TEN minutes of the period***
English 2 Course Description
Language is fundamental to learning, thinking and communicating, thus it is the foundation on which this course’s curriculum is built. Literature is the best route for exploring the power of language, and through reading a variety of literature and informational texts and exploring reactions to that literature, students will develop a proficiency in language that will serve them well throughout their lives. Literacy within the English and reading courses is academically rigorous and equips students with the communication skills that will enhance their study of other course subjects. The course challenges students to explore interdisciplinary essential questions, learning goals and academic vocabulary. This course embraces the four fundamental concepts of English language and literature through reading, writing, listening and speaking.
Standards We Will Cover
English and Reading Aims: creativity, reflection, learning, self-expression, and social interaction and representing different historical periods technology in order to explore language variety of real-life context English and Reading Objectives: Students should be able to: of both familiar and previously unseen oral, written, and visual texts an audience themes across and within genres response to literary and non-literary texts Students should be able to: throughout a variety of text types coherent, and logical manner citations, outlines, quotations, graphs) Students should be able to: Use correct grammar and syntax writing (character languages) Language Arts Florida Standards: Literary and Informational Cluster 1-Key Ideas and Details: Cluster 2-Craft and Structure: Cluster 3-Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Cluster 4-Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity: Writing Cluster 1-Text Types and Purposes Cluster 2-Production and Distribution of Writing Cluster 3-Research to Build and Present Knowledge Cluster 4-Range of Writing
Grading Policy
A - 90 to 100%
B - 80 to 89%
C - 70 to 79%
D - 60 to 69%
F - below 60%