Basic English

Mrs. Searle
2016-2016 Class Syllabus
lsearle@shelleyschools.org
357-7400 ext. 110

Course Description:
This is a remedial course designed to assist students in meeting state high school
graduation requirements by developing their reading and written language skills.
Lessons are developed to meet individual students IEP goals.

Curriculums Used:
Read 180

Language!

Step Up to Writing Rules for Grammar

Prentice Hall Literature

Basic Writing

Grading Procedures:
PowerSchool will be updated weekly. If you do not have PowerSchool login, please
contact Mrs. Jones at 357-7400 ext. 933. Students need to keep all assignments
and assessments in their binder throughout each semester. If absent, students will
be expected to make up missing assignments. Students will have the option to redo
any assignment until 100%. Assessments will be required to be completed at a
minimum of 70%.
100% of final grade -10% Employability grade (Participation)
-30% Assessment, Read 180
-50% Classwork/Homework
-10% Meeting Individual Academic Goals (Student set goals per
class.)
Employability grade - 100 points every two weeks for: being on time to class,
being present,
completing work, using time management, and being prepared for
class.

Scope and Sequence:

Read 180 Individualized Reading/Spelling/Writing on computer for minimum of 20

minutes per class and one segment completed every quarter throughout
school year.
eReads A minimum of one eRead article completed each four weeks of class.
Writing Workshop A minimum of one journal entry published each four weeks of
class.
1st Quarter Workshop 9 Survivors
Main idea and details, read for detail, analyze
Vocabulary : prefixes, suffixes
Writing: Complete sentences, run on sentences, sentence
fragments, graphic
organizers, informational paragraph
Mechanics/Grammar: proper and common nouns, pronouns,
verbs, adjectives,
adverbs, capitalization rules, end
marks
Literary Devices/Terms: metaphor, simile, allusion alliteration,
assonance, oxymoron
2nd Quarter

Literature Book: Unbroken

Vocabulary : prefixes, suffixes

Writing: Write a complete paragraph with topic sentence,
evidence with use of
transitions, concluding sentence, expository essay
Mechanics/Grammar: prepositions, commas, semi colons,
quotation marks
Literary Devices/Terms: setting, character, plot, conflict, climax,
resolution,
foreshadowing
3rd Quarter

Workshop 2 Killer Plagues

Sequence of Events, main idea and detail, synthesize

Vocabulary: synonyms, homonyms, homophones, antonyms

Writing: Edit and Revise writing, proofreading, narrative paragraph

Mechanics/Grammar: conjunctions, interjections, subject verb
agreements, verb
tenses, apostrophes
Literary Devices/Terms: pun, onomatopoeia, personification,
idiom
4th Quarter

Continuation of Quarter 3
Writing: Write a minimum of six paragraph persuasive essay in

MLA format
Mechanics/Grammar: pronoun agreement, parallel structure,
possessives
Literary Devices/Terms: allegory, analogy