Homework

Please Check the Planner!

Brook Haven students are issued Planners on the first day of school. Teachers expect students to write ALL assignnments in this spiral notebook and keep it in their binders.

In Language Arts I am especially diligent about this. In fact, students receive extra credit points for regularly using this organizational planner. Every Monday in class, we spend ten to fifteen minutes writing down all assignments in all classes for the week. We include long-term project due dates as well.

In addition to writing assignments, students are expected to read at least ONE novel each month at home.

Class Material

The Quotations

The Poems

Independent Writing

Recommended reading in three formats (pick one): html, Word or PDF.

Old Photographs

Forms (coming soon!)

How to Succeed in Room 3

Educational Expectations

• Be ready to work!  Have your binder stocked with everything you need to learn today.  Assignments, books, and supplies are essential.
• Plan your time wisely; think ahead; use your planner.
• Be an active participant in your education.  Listen to your teacher and classmates, think about what they are saying, and do classroom activities to the best of your abilities.
• School work should be neat and complete.  The standard heading, as proscribed by your teachers, must be used on all work!
• First drafts, outlines, worksheets, and study guides will often be stamped not collected.  They are worth points, however, and will be collected with the final drafts, completed projects, unit tests, etc.  DO NOT THROW OUT STAMPED PAPERS!
• Final drafts of major writing assignments should be typed in a common 12 point font or handwritten with dark ink.  PENCILS may only be used for notes, worksheets, and drafting.
• When absent, YOU are responsible for obtaining, completing and returning missed assignments on time.
• Please submit Independent Study contracts at least a week before your departure.
• Use the Internet with discretion.  Do not reveal personal information about yourself or your friends to people you meet on the Internet.  To use school Internet access, you must have an Internet Permit on file.
• Do not rely on the efforts of others; do your own work, please!
  

Behavioral Expectations

• Be in your assigned seat when the bell rings.
• Stash backpacks and gym bags under the desks and out of the aisles, please.
• Do not talk when teacher or classmates are speaking.
• No food, not liquids, no gum in class.
• Use appropriate behavior.  Do not use coarse language or gestures; no hats or hoods, no personal grooming, please.
• Pushing, shoving, hitting, kicking, biting, screeching, wrestling, running, spitting, etc. will not be tolerated.
• Please ask before using drinking fountain, pencil sharpeners, waste baskets.
• Stay in your desks until you are dismissed.  Do not congregate by the door; do not leave the room without permission.
• Please respect the property of thers.  Do not write on books, desks, or binders.  Do not lift, hold, smell, spindle, sharpen, borrow, test, try, taste, open, examine, or use the personal property of other without their consent.
• DO NOT LITTER!  Use the appropriate recycle bins and trash containers.
• In general, co-operate with the teacher and show respect for each other.

Language Arts Resources

• Language Arts Handbook
• Punctuation Practice
• Source Citations
• Barlett's Book of Quotations
• Homophones
• Complete Works of Shakespeare
• Scholastic Write-It - Students who would like to publish their writing on-line should visit this site.
• Guide to Grammar and Writing