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Policies and Guidelines
Grammar
and Associated Writing Skills
Skills will include a review of the parts of speech,
subject-verb agreement, pronoun-antecedent agreement, fragments and run-on
statements, sentence structure, thesis statements, outlining, parallelism,
scholarly quoting and documentation using MLA format, and other information
needed for the ever-changing demands and opportunities of the twenty-first
century.
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Writing Guidelines
All work submitted for a
grade must be
neatly
written in blue or black ink only or word processed in
black ink only as specified. Final drafting and publishing of
research papers must be double-spaced and word processed using 12 point
Times New Roman, Ariel, or Calibri.
Late Work
Policy
Late work is not accepted.
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If an assignment is due on a
day of an absence from school, it must be submitted early
or no
later than the ringing of the late bell for the class period. Email is
an option.
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If an emergency arises,
email me no later than
15 minutes
before the beginning of your class.
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For work assigned during an
absence, you will have
2
class days for each missed day of excused absence to complete the work. Otherwise,
late work is not accepted.
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Tutoring
Tuesdays at
2:45 P.M. by appointment only: Appointments will be scheduled for
the first five students who request tutoring---at least one day in advance.
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Technology
Computers will be utilized
in the final publishing of all research papers and projects and in the final
drafting of all major essays. Reference and Internet use must be
documented in MLA-formatted parenthetical citations and Works
Cited/annotated bibliographies. The capability to quickly change,
shift, correct, and produce a final product by using the computer are
essential.
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Homework Policy
Homework is an integral part
of the student’s grade and is essential to developing skills to pass
quizzes; to pass tests; to compose paragraphs, essays, research papers, etc.; and to complete independent projects.
Assignments must be submitted on time on the due date.
Submit all homework
at the beginning of class
by the ringing of the late bell.
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ID Policy
Properly
display your ID each day as indicated by the rules of the Prince George's
County Public Schools and Charles Herbert
Flowers High School.
Uniform Policy
Report to class each day
properly attired and in full compliance with the mandatory school uniform
policy of the Prince George’s County Public Schools and C.H. Flowers High
School.
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