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BLOCK
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FALL SEMESTER, 2009:
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SPRING SEMESTER, 2010:
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1st
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Planning
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English 2 College Prep
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2nd
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English 2 Honors
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Planning
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3rd
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English 2 Academy
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English 2 Academy
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4th
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English 2 College Prep
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English 2 Honors
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EXPERIENCE:
This is my eleventh year at GHS and in Greenwood District 50. I am a graduate of Mauldin High and College of Charleston (B.A. in English Education). I have taught freshmen, sophomores, and seniors, as well as HSAP remediation and SAT preparation; I am also AP certified and gifted and talented endorsed. Currently, I am attempting to achieve National Board Certification for Professional Teaching Standards.
PERSONAL:
I have a son whose name is Jakob and a stepson named Ian. I married Bob on December 20, 2006. I can be contacted at stonerc@gwd50.org or 864-223-3804 (before 10:00 PM).
9 WEEKS GRADES – Academy CP: 9 WEEKS GRADES – Honors OVERALL GRADES – all:
40% major grades 50% major 1st 9 weeks = 40%
30% classwork/homework/quizzes 40% minor 2nd 9 weeks = 40%
20% participation grade 0% participation Final exam = 20%
10% midterm/research (per district policy) 10% midterm/research
BOOKS/MATERIALS: Students need a three-ring binder with 5 tab dividers, loose-leaf notebook paper, white out, pencils, blue/black ink pens, and index cards.
- CP texts covered in class are Glencoe LIterature (textbook), Things Fall Apart, Night, Oedipus Rex, and Macbeth. We cover one unit each interim and one novel/play per month.
- Academy texts used are Glencoe Literature, Night, Antigone, and Julius Caesar. Each nine weeks we study a different genre.
- Honors texts include: Glencoe Literature, Wuthering Heights, Things Fall Apart, Night, Antigone, and Macbeth. Homework assignments are from World Literature.
- Vocabulary is completed weekly in every class.
- Included in writing assignments are descriptive, expository, narrative, persuasive, personal, and research. We average one essay each month.
- We are using Michael Clay Thompson’s four-level analysis for grammar which includes parts of speech, parts of the sentence, phrases, clauses and sentence structure.
ROUTINES:
- Each day when students enter class, the agenda is posted on the dry erase board. In addition, class begins with Power Skills on the overhead; sheets are collected monthly for a grade.
- Students are given blank two-month calendars on which they may input due dates for assignments. This same information is posted on the dry erase calendar.
- Students receive time during the block to read class novels/plays or books of choice and answer associated questions; due dates and worksheets are handed out in advance.
- Class time is set aside daily for students to work on vocabulary exercises.
- The lowest class work grade is dropped at the nine weeks for every student.
- The lowest test grade is dropped at the nine weeks for those students whose participation grades are an “A” average with the exception of honors level.
- Grade sheets are sent home with a student's average approximately once every three weeks. Parents/guardians are to sign and return for a grade.