• Course Syllabus/Outline

    Mr. K.L. Zollicoffer

    kzollico@southampton.k12.va.us

     

    Goals:

    • To do our part in ensuring that Southampton Middle School remains fully accretided
    • To equip students with the skills and knowledge needed to attain a minimum score of 400 on the Virginia Standards of Learning Assessment.
    • To foster an atmosphere of learning in an effort to prodluce well-rounded students.

    Overview: This year we will focus on the following:

    • The elements of writing sentences, paragraphs, and essays.
    • Various works and styles of fiction and nonfiction.
    • Elements of reading and figurative language

    Rules and Expectations:

    1. Respect is mutual (it goes both ways). I will respect you and you are expected to respect me.
    2. Respect your classmates, their property and their right to be educaterd.
    3. You should be in class, seated, and ready to begin work before the tardy rings.
    4. Always follow directions, both verbal and written.
    5. Hall pass must be used in order to be excused from class. Use spaces wisely.
    6. Gum-chewing or eating of any kind is absolutely, unquestionably forbidden in the classroom.
    7. Assignments are to be turned in on loose-leaf paper (unless otherwise specified) and headed properly.
    SUPPLIES:
    1. Ink pens...black or navy blue for work...red for peer editing
    2. Pencils
    3. Loose-leaf paper
    4. 3-ring binder with six dividers (Warm Up Activities, English, Reading, Miscellaneous, Graded Papers, and Vocabulary)
    5. Textbooks will be used as a classroom resource.
    6. Flash drive for writing workshop.
    7. Highlighters (optional)

     WEIGHTS OF GRADES

    1. Classwork                      35%
    2. Quizzes/Checkpoints       25%
    3. Homework                     10%
    4. Formal Assessments       30%
    • Unit Tests/Benchmarks
    • Notebook Check (Warm Up Activity checked daily and weekly)
    • Project/Book Report
    ABBREVIATED PACING GUIDE
    *NOTE - BENCHMARK TESTING SCHEDULE WILL BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND SOL TESTING AT THE DISCRETION OF THE STATE'S TESTING WINDOW. THE WEEKS LISTED BELOW ARE A PART OF A PLAN NOT WRITTEN IN STONE.
    • The Writing SOL test will be given in the early part of March. The Reading SOL test will be given in the latter part of May. As a result, pacing of instruction will be administered in the following manner for this class:
    • Weeks 1-4a, we will cover Language and Grammar objectives relating to sentence type and construction, punctuation, verb tense, and degrees of verbs and adverbs.
    • Weeks 4b-7, we will comver Reading and Literature objectives relating to plot, conflicxt, author's styles, foreshadowing, and flashback.
    • Weeks 8 and 9 will be review and benchmark.
    • Weeks 10-16, we will cover Language and Writing objectives relating to quotations, spelling, audience in writing, and types of paragraphs and essays. During this time frame, we will also cover Reading and Literature objectives relating to inference and drawing conclusions, organizational patterns, author's use of transition, and cuase and effect relationships.
    • Weeks 17 and 18 will be review and benchmark.
    • Weeks 19-24, we will cover the technology objectives as well as our writing workshop.
    • Week 25 (or somewhere there-about) - Writing SOL Test
    • Weeks 26-28, we will cover REading and Literature objectives relating to poetic devices, author's viewpoint, relevance and accuracy of details, fact and opinion and figurative language.
    • Weeks 29-30, we will cover Reading and Communication objectives relating to propaganda and persuasive techniques.
    • Weeks 31-32 review and benchmarks
    • Weeks 33-35 (or somewhere there-about) SOL Tests
    • Weeks 36-38, Intro to English 9

    An AR goal will be set for each student at the beginning of each nine weeks. The student will be expected to reach a certain percentge by certain "cut off" or bencmark dates.