"Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides." -- Rita Mae Brown
Work Habits grades will include daily warm-ups, SIT journal, and a monthly "Classroom Behaviors" grade. Tardiness, use of electronics during instruction time (for activities other than school work), late or missing assignments, cheating, incomplete assignments, disruptive behaviors, if I have to stop class and tell you how to act in school, etc. will lower the "Classroom Behaviors" grade and be recorded in IC. Zero negative behaviors = 4; one to two negative behaviors = 3; three to five = 2; six or more = 1. Students who receive a "4" for classroom behaviors for the month will have their choice of a reward at the end of the month! I see you.
Content Knowledge grades will be based on an average of assignment grades in the categories of: reading, writing, discussion, projects, and exams/assessments. Generally, the difference between a 3 and a 4 on an assignment is the inclusion of your own original thought and connections to the real world. For a 4, in addition to including every requirement of the assignment, you must also go beyond the text and our classroom discussions. Include in-depth analysis of the text, incorporate synthesis where you make interesting connections to the literature, evaluate important ideas and include all this thinking in your assignments -- these are the top three levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. You need to put YOUR OWN ideas in your work.That’s why we study literature; we apply it to our
society and our lives. It brings us to a better understanding of our world. THINK FOR YOURSELF!
Students are welcome to correct work and return an assignment in order to improve the grade.
FOR REWRITES:
Please leave my comments in, highlight all revisions, add your own improvements, title it P#/name/title, and share your document to my email: lselle@dcsdk12.org.
LATE WORK: Please title your doc or email Period#/name/title and share with my email. (You might have to un-share and re-share so it shows up in my inbox again.)
Students, please check Infinite Campus, the classroom "Week At-A-Glance" board, the classroom daily agenda board, this website, and Google Classroom for assignments, information, and schedules.
Submit all assignments in writing (in the basket on my desk), on Google Classroom, or via email. For email assignments -- Title the document: Period Number, First Last Name, Assignment Topic. Share with lselle@dcsdk12.org
About Me:
I'm from a small town out on the prairie of eastern Colorado. I went to Colorado College for my undergrad and the University of Northern Colorado for my Master's degree. This is my tenth year here at Rocky Heights. For five years prior, I taught ninth- and twelfth-grade English at George Washington High School in Denver Public Schools. Before that, I taught for nine years at Cory Elementary School, and before that, I taught for four years in residential treatment centers in Denver. If you also count the year I taught elementary PE in Santa Fe, New Mexico, I am now starting my twenty-ninth year of teaching. I can hardly believe it myself... I have three boys, ages seventeen, fifteen, and seven. In my free time, I read, sew, bake, garden, and I'm a singer/songwriter and guitarist, and I perform my music locally at several venues around the city.
Communicate
effectively
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Strategically create meaning through complex writing and speaking
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Formulate a position supported by the quantitative method
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Demonstrate the process of inquiry:
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Create plausible solutions through the inquiry process
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Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
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Evaluate multiple perspectives to construct resolution
Please use Infinite Campus and Google Classroom for assignments. Just remember, IC is where the grade really counts.
Ms. Selle
Daily Schedule
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P1: Advanced Language Arts
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P2, 3, 5 & 8: Language Arts 8
My Family
