FAME Academy Critical Literacy
Summer 2017
Mr. Krupitzer
Course
Description
At
the Intermediate level students demonstrate their ability to read challenging, complex
texts closely and cite multiple examples of specific evidence to support their
claims. They are able to recognize the interplay between setting, plot,
and characters and provide an objective summary of a text apart from their own
reaction to it. They are adept at stepping back to compare and contrast
different interpretations of a topic, identifying how authors shape their
presentation of key information and choose to highlight certain facts over
others. Students trace how an argument develops within a text and assess the
validity of the evidence. They make their reasoning clear to their
listeners and readers and constructively evaluate others’ use of evidence while
offering several sources to back up their own claims. The use of vocabulary
has developed to the point where they distinguish between denotative and
connotative meaning and analyze the effect of specific word choice on
tone. As growing analyzers, students cite several sources of specific,
relevant evidence when supporting their own point of view about texts and
topics.
Grading
Procedure
Grades
will be based on the percent of total points earned from class assignments,
participation and effort.
Letter
grades will be based on the standard grading scale:
90 – 100% = A
80 – 89% = B
70 –
79% = C
60 – 69% = D
50 – 59% = F
Attendance and participation in class
are essential. Participation includes being in class on time, taking part in
class discussions, and working on assignments productively. Homework will be
assigned due to the rigorous and condensed nature of the course.
Assignments are to be completed on time.
Late assignments will not be accepted. Grades will be
posted at the middle and end of the course. Students are expected to stay one
top of their assignments.
Assignments/Participation
Assignments
will be turned in to the teacher in class or via Google docs; depending on
where the students are to work on their assignment. The book that is being read
is expected to be in class each day with the annotations that prove students
have read. Critical Literacy is a student
driven course. Students are required to do the necessary work to drive this
course forward. Journal entries are due once per week: at the start
of class on Tuesdays.
Academic Integrity
Students are encouraged to help one another to
enhance the overall learning experience. However, cheating, copying, and
plagiarism, are all against school rules, and will result in an automatic zero
for the assignment. This includes copying another student’s work and passing it
off as your own, allowing another student to pass off your work as their own,
having someone else complete an assignment, and finding work from the internet
and passing it off as your own.
Class
Expectations
Students are expected to bring their notebook,
computer, pencil, homework and current reading book to each class. Students are
expected to stay in a seat unless given permission to move in the classroom,
and through our discussions of literature students are to listen and share in a
respectful manner. Students are expected to share ideas and participate to
ensure the class is modeled after student ideas.
Technology
As
stated in the FAME handbook, cell phones are not permitted to be on or used
during the school day. If you are caught using your cell phone, you will be
asked to leave. Your laptop computers should be used for school purposes ONLY
during class. Social media, cameras, and video are not permitted during class
unless approved for academic purposes.
Final Assessment
Students
will be receiving instructions for their monologue/wax museum project
early
this summer, so they can begin to plan accordingly. In short, students
will be
picking a character or author we have studied this summer, dressing up
like
that character/author, and writing, memorizing, and performing a
monologue as
that character/author. We will work on the actual monologues in weeks 5
and 6,
and the plan is for students to create a wax museum on Family Day at the
end of
the summer. More information to come. The recitation of the monologues
will be
informal (in front of small groups, not large crowds). Also note that
this is not an acting challenge. Students will be graded on the
content/written monologue, not how they acted the role, however students
must speak clearly and audibly. This project is being used to fulfill
the speaking/listening standards for English Language Arts in
Pennsylvania.
How to reach the teacher:
E-mail: fameacademy.literacy@gmail.com
Blog Addresses for course
updates (updated daily)
Rising
7: famekrup7.blogspot.com
Rising
8: famekrup8.blogspot.com
Rising
9: famekrup9.blogspot.com
