Freshman English Syllabus

Mrs. Lauren Reames

Email: laurenr@shilohsaints.org

Welcome to 9th grade English 1. My name is Lauren Reames. I look forward to teaching your
students throughout the course of the year. This is my first year teaching, as well as my first year at
Shiloh Christian School. I am a graduate from the University of Arkansas, and hold a Bachelors of
Science in Physical Education/Teaching and Coaching. Along with teaching English, I will be coaching
Varsity Sideline Cheer. Outside of the classroom, I love the outdoors, Football season, sports in
general, and of course Cheerleading/Dancing/Gymnastics. I am married and also a dog mom as of
this year! I cannot wait to be a part of this wonderful community and family at Shiloh! GO SAINTS!

Classroom Procedures & Expectations:

Students must come to class prepared and ready to work with the appropriate materials. We will all
respect each other and the classroom environment by following instructions.
When Class Begins:
o Begin the bell ringer or journal topic
o When finished, students are to read the daily objectives and mark in their
calendars any due dates that are noted
o Students are not to talk during the bell ringer
Classroom Expectations:
o All polices in the Shiloh handbook will be consistently enforced in the
classroom
o No sitting or lying on tables and no leaning back in chairs.
o Students are to reply with the common courtesy of Yes, or yes maam, no, or
no maam, thank you, and youre welcome.
Expectations During Instruction:
o Raise hand for permission to speak in class
o It is not appropriate to talk while the teacher is talking
o Interruptions should be kept to a minimum, which includes ELECTRONIC
DEVICES. (They are not permitted in the classroom, unless the teacher has
given permission)
Behavior Management:
o If a student needs more than one redirection, I will speak to the student on an
individual basis and an email will be sent to parents. If the issue is not resolved,
I will be writing a referral.
Restroom Procedures:
o Students do have time between classes to take a restroom break. However, if
they need to leave the classroom, they will be allowed to do so.
o Only one student is permitted to leave class at a time
 Attendance:
o I will take attendance when the tardy bell rings, while students are doing their
bell ringer.
o Students who come in late, should not disrupt the class, they should enter
quietly and find out from the nearest person what to do.
Make-Up Work:
o Students should take the responsibility to ask, days prior to known days they
will miss for make-up work or check RenWeb for assignments that day. They
will need to ask what was missed the day they come back from an absence.
o They will be given a day for each day out, to make up the missed work.
o If you are absent on test day, or an essay due date, you are responsible for
turning in that assignment or making up the test you missed the day you return
to school
Deadlines:
o Assignments will be accepted one day late, with a 20% deduction; after one day
it is a zero.
Grading:
o Daily Assignments 25%
Bell Ringer/Journal Entry
Essay Writing Drafts
In-class reading assignments
o Quiz 25%
o Tests 25%
o Formal Essays 25%
Summer Book Reading:
o Extra credit for the first semester. Please have a parent email Mrs. Reames within
the first two weeks of school with confirmation that the student completed the
summer book reading assignment. (One of their first journal entries may include a
summary of the book).
Required Materials:
Blue/Black, and Red pens
Wide-Ruled loose leaf notebook paper
A one subject, composition notebook (to be collected, please do not combine with other
subjects)
A one inch 3-ring binder
Folder with pockets for binder
Course Outline Spring 2018:
January 3rd Review Grammar
Week 1 Phrases and Clauses: workbook pgs. 131-140 (Write Source Book pgs 742.1, 732, 744)
Week 2 Continue Grammar Quiz
Week 3 Figurative Language: (write terms) pgs. 598-601 in Write Source Book (worksheets printed)
Week 4 Quiz over Figurative Language/Start Multiple Meaning Words
Week 5 Multiple Meaning Words (worksheets printed) Quiz
Week 6 Writing Research with MLA format (Responses to Literature)
Week 7 Continue Writing Process Paper Due this week
** SPRING BREAK **
Week 8 Literature Start reading Fahrenheit 451
Week 9 Continue (Quizzes after each chapter)
Week 10 Continue (Comprehension/Vocabulary)