1/5/12
ATTENTION PARENTS! :-)
WELCOME TO FREEDOM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE!
Please read the syllabus information below with your child then fill out and sign the website slip your child was assigned. It is due by Wednesday, 1/11/12 and is worth ten points. Please inform me of any questions/ concerns you have. :-)
NOTE: Homework for this class will be posted daily on the home page
A 3-ring binder, assignment notebook, regular notebook and a writing utensil are required for this class.
6th grade Foreign Language and Culture
3rd quarter (1/5/12 - 3/16/12)
4rd period: 10:12-10:57; 8th period: 1:11-1:56
Teacher: Ms. Funke, rm. 207
Telephone: 708-795-5800, ext. 4730
Email: lfunke@bsd100.org
Teacher Website (you can find homework here): mundofunke.yolasite.com
Objectives:
1. Develop a sense of the Italian, Czech, and Basque or Catalán (Spain) languages.
2. Analyze the cultures of Italy, the Czech Republic, and Spain and compare and contrast them with that of the United States.
3. Create products through the visual and performing arts that illustrate the works of Latin American artists, poets, authors, etc. as well as products that demonstrate various perspectives and practices Italy, the Czech Republic, and Spain.
4. Locate Italy, the Czech Republic, and Spain, their capitals, and their major cities on a map.
Necessary Materials:
1. one 1” binder to be used as a portfolio
2. one notebook
3. a pen or pencil
4. markers, colored pencils, or crayons
5. note cards
6. glue stick
7. scissors
Rules:
1. No cheating or plagiarizing.
2. Arrive on time.
3. Raise your hand to ask a question or make a contribution to class discussions.
4. Stay seated.
5. Respect all classmates and the classroom.
Rewards:
Daily: Patriot Pride Awards
Periodically: Activity of choice minutes (minimal tardies and detentions; no Ds or Fs class-wide)
Quarterly: End of quarter celebration (minimal tardies and detentions; no Ds or Fs class-wide)
Consequences:
1. Verbal warning or name on board
2. 10 minutes after school ( no show = extra 5 min. to be served the next day)
3. Detention and/or phone call
4. Parent, teacher, student meeting (possible parent attendance for the day or week)
Tardy Policy: See school discipline code. All students must sign in upon being tardy to Ms. Funke’s class on a designated sign-in sheet posted in the classroom.
Work Policy:
1. All class work is due at the end of the period. Incomplete work = no credit.
2. All homework is due the next day in class unless stated otherwise. Homework assignments and due dates will be posted.
3. 2 day rule = Homework will only be accepted up to two days past the original due date for late credit.
No exceptions!
Absent Work:
Students get as many days as they were absent to turn in absent work. After the allotted amount of time the 2 day rule applies. No exceptions.
Grading Scale:
A = 100-94%
B = 93-85%
C = 84-75%
D = 74-70%
F = Below 70%
Grade Breakdown (categories):
60%: Portfolio
( PROJECTS and QUIZZES)
25%: Participation
(CLASSWORK, HOMEWORK, and CITIZENSHIP)
15%: Daily Questions Journal
(ANSWERING DAILY CULTURE and LANGUAGE-RELATED QUESTIONS IN A NOTEBOOK)
