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=Rules and Expectations = __Late__ For every 3 times you are late in a semester will be given you a detention. Late is entering class with or without disruption once I have begun my class. __ Absent __ As a large proportion of this class is participatory, attendance is very important. If you are absent from class it is your responsibility to find out what you have missed from another student. Since homework assignments get posted on the Wikispace, there is no excuse for coming to class without being caught up. If you are absent on the day of a test or major assignment, it will be expected that a parent make contact with the school or email me prior to class stating that you are ill and that he or she is aware that you have a major assignment/test on that day. If this is not done, you will lose 20% off of your final score. Taking an extra day to finish a project does not deserve the same recognition as those who complete the assignment in time to meet the deadline. __ Work Ethic __ It is expected that you will have a strong work ethic in this class. A lot of units in this course require independent effort from the student. Meeting deadlines, being organized and attending class are the responsibility of the student. __ Homework and Getting Assignments in on Time __ Homework is to be completed prior to class and once I have asked for the assigned work to be submitted at the beginning of class, any work handed in after that point will receive a 20% deduction. This will help prevent students working in class time on an assignment that was meant to be completed outside of class time. __ Plagiarism __ Plagiarism is taken very seriously in this course. If it can be proven that you willingly plagiarized your work you will receive a zero with no option of a rewrite. Contact will be made with your parents. Having a few quotations not properly cited is quite different than taking credit for large ideas or major works that are not your own. __ Participation __ It is expected that you will participate regularly in all aspects of the class life. Failure to participate will lead to lower marks and can lead to further actions being taken. Refusal to work is a separate issue and will be dealt this accordingly. __ Writing Formal English __ There are certain habits of informal writing that do not belong in the formal writing of an English classroom. Examples include: lol, btw, alot, lower case I’s, emoticons, etc. Others may appear as I notice poor habits that need to be addressed. If a paper or assignment is submitted with these errors on them, it will be handed back with a temporary mark of zero until the necessary changes have been made in a new copy of the assignment.