Class+guidelines

** Please review, respect and commit to the Red Riot Code of Honor. ** Cooperation and good will are necessary to create the positive climate to make our language learning experience together a positive one. To that end, come to class armed with a positive attitude, fully charged laptop, pen/pencil, notebook, planner, completed homework, and textbook. If you are not satisfied with a particular quiz grade, you may retake another quiz on that material after consultation and perhaps extra help. **You may retake 2 quizzes (per quarter) to full credit. You may retake as many quizzes as you wish to a grade of 85. You have one week to make up a quiz.** I am available most mornings alter 6:00AM and most afternoons for help. Please let me know if you are planning to come back. Please do not hesitate to share your ideas, frustrations, suggestions, criticisms, etc. ** Together, we can make this a year filled with great learning! ** Merci, // Madame Laplante // laplance@spsd.org 767-3266
 * 2009-2010 **
 * Grades ** are calculated as follows: quizzes and graded work count once, checked homework assignments as one or two grades (per quarter), oral participation points as three quiz grades, tests as three quiz grades. Projects, journals and essays will count as announced in advance. Some of the grading will be //standards based//, that is, scored on a 1-4 scale indicating the degree to which you are meeting that particular standard of the //Maine Learning Results//. Your grade average will be kept on the computer and will be available to you weekly. Keep track of it.
 * Oral Participation ** is essential in a foreign language class. “Points” are accumulated for oral communication. In upper level classes, oral participation may be graded on a weekly basis, using a rubric that will explain what is expected. The more you speak the language, the more skillful you will become, and consequently, your grade will climb accordingly. Be an active participant in your own learning. If you fall behind in points, you may come back after school to earn extra points.
 * Homework ** of some kind is assigned **every** class except over vacation. Written homework must be the correct assignment, complete, on time and in class in order to receive credit. From time to time, homework will be collected and graded. It will count as a graded paper. I do this to ensure that you are investing effort in doing assignments to the best of your ability. **You will have some studying/memorization homework to do every night. This is an ongoing assignment.** Do not save all your studying before an announced quiz.
 * Attendance ** in class is extremely important. If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to check with me or with a classmate to find out what you missed and to make up the work as quickly as possible. You have one week to pass in a homework missed due to an excused absence. Unexcused tardiness to class will result in detention.
 * DO NOT USE ONLINE TRANSLATORS FOR ANY ASSIGNMENT ** (including homework, projects, etc…)! This is cheating and you will receive a zero on the assignment with no opportunity for makeup. You learn nothing from using an online translator.