cTeacher Philosophy:
Bristish Literature is a survey in historical perspective of the grandeur of English literature from
Anglo-Saxon to Victorian. We use a combination of test and video, but make no mistake. Movies are a vital part of the lesson with written assignments
and testing. Television involvement is not a time for sleeping or excuses from class any more than book work is, which is
to say none. I believe in the literacy of film as strongly as I believe in the written word.
I believe that Masterpices in English literature is an important class to help students understand the cultural base of American civilization. They are
joining a body of educated persons.
Lessons will involve all Language Arts areas, reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Materials required daily: paper, blue or black ink
Materials required on call: textbook
Teaching Aids: - Textbook- Glencoe British Literature
- Video / Film- Instructional videos are curriculum based and follow the Board of Education policy on classroom
video, including approval by the principal. Work from this medium may be made up by renting the video or doing equivalent
library research.
Teacher grading plan: averaging a nine-weeks grade
- 20% major tests and major projects
- 20% Quizzes, reading reports, vocabulary tests
- 20% Homework/classwork, research
- 20% Nine-weeks test
- 20% class participation- A student can maintain a positive participation grade by listening, questioning, taking notes, helping another student, extra credit projects,
and positive consequence rewards. Note this grade is maintained rather than earned daily. The student begins the class with a 100% average. Deductions are made for poor or negative participation.
The board of education grading scale "goes up on the zeros."
- 90-100 equals A
- 80-89 equals B
- 70-79 equals C
- 60-69 equals D
- 59 and below equals F
Each nine weeks is converted from number to letter by this scale. Periodic grade checks also use this scale. To obtain a semester average the two letter grades are averaged
using the 4.0 scale. (A= 4.0, B= 3.0, C= 2.0, D=1.0).