<div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia">Name: Sarah Nelson</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia">Subject: </span>English I</div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia">Contact info: <a href="mailto:snelson4@wsfcs.k12.nc.us">snelson4@wsfcs.k12.nc.us</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia; text-decoration: underline"><div id="content"><div style="width: auto"><table class="sc-layout-1" id="sc-pageitem-14776" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span class="css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text-14776" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Trebuchet MS"><p class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Sarah D. Nelson </span></p><p class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt">English I </span></p><p class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt">email address: </span><a href="mailto:snelson4@wsfcs.k12.nc.us"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: Trebuchet MS">snelson4@wsfcs.k12.nc.us</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt"></span></p><p class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong>Biography</strong> </span></p><div class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt">This begins my tenth year of teaching at West Forsyth High School and my thirty-seventh cumulative year of teaching. I graduated from the University of Tennessee, and have taught in Tennessee and Alabama before making North Carolina my home. I am a member of the West Forsyth community having lived here for twenty-five years. I have four adult children who all graduated from West Forsyth and have gone on to become productive citizens. I have known for a long time that West is best. </span></div><div class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt"></span> </div><div class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt"></span> </div><div class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><div class="sc-layout-3 fontsize2"><span class="css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text-14802"><p>"Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence."</p><p>--Abigail Adams</p></span></div><br /><div style="width: auto"><table id="sc-pageitem-14805" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div class="sc-layout-4 fontsize2"><span class="css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text-14805"><strong></strong><strong></strong></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="width: auto"><table id="sc-pageitem-26714" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div class="sc-layout-5 fontsize2"><span class="css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text-26714"><p><strong></strong><strong><p><strong>English I--Regular</strong> and Honors </p><p>English I will follow the pacing guide for the Forsyth County Schools. Students will take a quarter test at the end of each of the first three quarters to assess mastery of the skills taught each quarter and to better prepare them for the EOC test at the end of the year. The EOC for 9th grade is fifty percent editing and fifty percent reading comprehension and analyzation. </p></strong><p> </p><p>Students will study capitalization, punctuation, sentence structure, parts of speech, and agreement issues. Students will also be working on improving vocabulary skills and editing skills. The process will include structured lessons in the rules accompanied by applied use of the skills in the writing and editing process. </p><p>Literature will be studied by genre with a focus on the elements of each genre and reading selections that showcase these elements. Reading skills will stress comprehension and analysis of writing styles. Follow-up to reading assignments vary, but may include study guides, quizzes, tests, discussions/seminars, and group presentations/summarizatons. </p><p>Vocabulary studies will include new words that appear in reading selections, literary terms, and SAT frequency words. Students will have vocabulary tests and activities that provide opportunities to use their new words. </p><p>Novel selection will vary depending on the level of the English class, but all selections are chosen from the required and recommended reading list from the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County curriculum. (<a href="http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/education/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetailid=15784&fileitem=39345&catfilter=ALL"><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #ff0033">see course syllabus</span><span style="color: #000000"></span></a>)<br /> </p><p><strong>Grading </strong> </p><pre></pre><p>The system-wide grading scale is used with 100-93=A; 92-85=B; 84-77=C; 76-70=D; below 70=F </p><p>My personal grading scale: Tests and Projects= 45% </p><p>Quizzes = 35% </p><p> Homework and Daily grades= 20% </p><p>Grades are computed numerically based on a 100 point scale. </p><p><br clear="all" /><a href="http://lvillage.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/lv/hswest/hp.nsf/8f22e9637c74849a8025685f006a90bb/53b0157f21a46dbe85256c4d004ff752/$FILE/English%20I.doc"><span style="color: #000000">English I Expectations</span></a> </p><p>Performance Expectations </p><ul><li value="0">Present and on time</li><li value="0">Awake/alert</li><li value="0">Engaged in current activity</li><li value="0">Prepared for class--assignment completed; supplies available</li><li value="0">Good, willing attitude </li></ul><p>Behavior Expectations </p><ul><li value="0">Respect for teachers, administrators, staff, peers, and property</li><li value="0">Knowledge/awareness of school rules and adherence to them</li><li value="0">no food, drink, or gum in class, except bottled water</li><li value="0">Knowledge of and an adherence to the West Forsyth Code of Honor </li></ul><p>If issues arise at any time, please come see me and let me help you find a solution. Tutoring is available most mornings and afternoons. You just need to schedule with me at lease one day ahead. </p><p>All work is due on the appointed day. No homework/daily assignments will be accepted late. Missed work due to absences will have a two-day make-up period for each missed day. Please do not let yourself get behind in your work. </p><p>Supples: </p><p>1 three-ringed notebook (1 1/2 inch) This notebook and subject dividers should follow this plan-- </p><p>loose-leaf paper Section 1: Vocabulary </p><p>Subject dividers Section 2: Grammar </p><p>#2 pencils Section 3: Literature </p><p>Blue or black pens Section 4: Writing </p><p>Red pen Section 5: Novel </p><p>White our or white out pen </p><p>Agenda/assignment book (this is provided free for each freshman)<br clear="all" /></p><p>Bring these items to class each day. Replenish them as needed so that you are always prepared for class. </p><p><a title="s7" name="s7"></a></p><p><a title="s8" name="s8"></a></p><p><strong>My favorite sites</strong> </p><ul><li value="0"><a href="http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm" target="_top"><span style="color: #000000">general information </span></a></li><li value="0"><a href="http://www.landmark-project.com/index.php" target="_top"><span style="color: #000000">citing resources</span></a></li><li value="0"><a href="http://www.sasinschool.com/ncwiseowl/" target="_top"><span style="color: #000000">SAS inSchool</span></a></li><li value="0"><a href="http://web2k.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/wforsythhs" target="_top"><span style="color: #000000">West Forsyth web page</span></a> </li></ul></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></span></span></div></h1> <article> <h1><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia">Name: Sarah Nelson</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia">Subject: </span>English I</div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia">Contact info: <a href="mailto:snelson4@wsfcs.k12.nc.us">snelson4@wsfcs.k12.nc.us</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia; text-decoration: underline"><div id="content"><div style="width: auto"><table class="sc-layout-1" id="sc-pageitem-14776" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span class="css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text-14776" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Trebuchet MS"><p class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Sarah D. Nelson </span></p><p class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt">English I </span></p><p class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt">email address: </span><a href="mailto:snelson4@wsfcs.k12.nc.us"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: Trebuchet MS">snelson4@wsfcs.k12.nc.us</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt"></span></p><p class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong>Biography</strong> </span></p><div class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt">This begins my tenth year of teaching at West Forsyth High School and my thirty-seventh cumulative year of teaching. I graduated from the University of Tennessee, and have taught in Tennessee and Alabama before making North Carolina my home. I am a member of the West Forsyth community having lived here for twenty-five years. I have four adult children who all graduated from West Forsyth and have gone on to become productive citizens. I have known for a long time that West is best. </span></div><div class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt"></span> </div><div class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt"></span> </div><div class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><div class="sc-layout-3 fontsize2"><span class="css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text-14802"><p>"Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence."</p><p>--Abigail Adams</p></span></div><br /><div style="width: auto"><table id="sc-pageitem-14805" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div class="sc-layout-4 fontsize2"><span class="css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text-14805"><strong></strong><strong></strong></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="width: auto"><table id="sc-pageitem-26714" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div class="sc-layout-5 fontsize2"><span class="css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text-26714"><p><strong></strong><strong><p><strong>English I--Regular</strong> and Honors </p><p>English I will follow the pacing guide for the Forsyth County Schools. Students will take a quarter test at the end of each of the first three quarters to assess mastery of the skills taught each quarter and to better prepare them for the EOC test at the end of the year. The EOC for 9th grade is fifty percent editing and fifty percent reading comprehension and analyzation. </p></strong><p> </p><p>Students will study capitalization, punctuation, sentence structure, parts of speech, and agreement issues. Students will also be working on improving vocabulary skills and editing skills. The process will include structured lessons in the rules accompanied by applied use of the skills in the writing and editing process. </p><p>Literature will be studied by genre with a focus on the elements of each genre and reading selections that showcase these elements. Reading skills will stress comprehension and analysis of writing styles. Follow-up to reading assignments vary, but may include study guides, quizzes, tests, discussions/seminars, and group presentations/summarizatons. </p><p>Vocabulary studies will include new words that appear in reading selections, literary terms, and SAT frequency words. Students will have vocabulary tests and activities that provide opportunities to use their new words. </p><p>Novel selection will vary depending on the level of the English class, but all selections are chosen from the required and recommended reading list from the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County curriculum. (<a href="http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/education/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetailid=15784&fileitem=39345&catfilter=ALL"><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #ff0033">see course syllabus</span><span style="color: #000000"></span></a>)<br /> </p><p><strong>Grading </strong> </p><pre></pre><p>The system-wide grading scale is used with 100-93=A; 92-85=B; 84-77=C; 76-70=D; below 70=F </p><p>My personal grading scale: Tests and Projects= 45% </p><p>Quizzes = 35% </p><p> Homework and Daily grades= 20% </p><p>Grades are computed numerically based on a 100 point scale. </p><p><br clear="all" /><a href="http://lvillage.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/lv/hswest/hp.nsf/8f22e9637c74849a8025685f006a90bb/53b0157f21a46dbe85256c4d004ff752/$FILE/English%20I.doc"><span style="color: #000000">English I Expectations</span></a> </p><p>Performance Expectations </p><ul><li value="0">Present and on time</li><li value="0">Awake/alert</li><li value="0">Engaged in current activity</li><li value="0">Prepared for class--assignment completed; supplies available</li><li value="0">Good, willing attitude </li></ul><p>Behavior Expectations </p><ul><li value="0">Respect for teachers, administrators, staff, peers, and property</li><li value="0">Knowledge/awareness of school rules and adherence to them</li><li value="0">no food, drink, or gum in class, except bottled water</li><li value="0">Knowledge of and an adherence to the West Forsyth Code of Honor </li></ul><p>If issues arise at any time, please come see me and let me help you find a solution. Tutoring is available most mornings and afternoons. You just need to schedule with me at lease one day ahead. </p><p>All work is due on the appointed day. No homework/daily assignments will be accepted late. Missed work due to absences will have a two-day make-up period for each missed day. Please do not let yourself get behind in your work. </p><p>Supples: </p><p>1 three-ringed notebook (1 1/2 inch) This notebook and subject dividers should follow this plan-- </p><p>loose-leaf paper Section 1: Vocabulary </p><p>Subject dividers Section 2: Grammar </p><p>#2 pencils Section 3: Literature </p><p>Blue or black pens Section 4: Writing </p><p>Red pen Section 5: Novel </p><p>White our or white out pen </p><p>Agenda/assignment book (this is provided free for each freshman)<br clear="all" /></p><p>Bring these items to class each day. Replenish them as needed so that you are always prepared for class. </p><p><a title="s7" name="s7"></a></p><p><a title="s8" name="s8"></a></p><p><strong>My favorite sites</strong> </p><ul><li value="0"><a href="http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm" target="_top"><span style="color: #000000">general information </span></a></li><li value="0"><a href="http://www.landmark-project.com/index.php" target="_top"><span style="color: #000000">citing resources</span></a></li><li value="0"><a href="http://www.sasinschool.com/ncwiseowl/" target="_top"><span style="color: #000000">SAS inSchool</span></a></li><li value="0"><a href="http://web2k.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/wforsythhs" target="_top"><span style="color: #000000">West Forsyth web page</span></a> </li></ul></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></span></span></div></h1> <p>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:37:00 GMT</p> <div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia">Name: Sarah Nelson</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia">Subject: </span>English I</div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia">Contact info: <a href="mailto:snelson4@wsfcs.k12.nc.us">snelson4@wsfcs.k12.nc.us</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia; text-decoration: underline"><div id="content"><div style="width: auto"><table class="sc-layout-1" id="sc-pageitem-14776" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span class="css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text-14776" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Trebuchet MS"><p class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Sarah D. Nelson </span></p><p class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt">English I </span></p><p class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt">email address: </span><a href="mailto:snelson4@wsfcs.k12.nc.us"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: Trebuchet MS">snelson4@wsfcs.k12.nc.us</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt"></span></p><p class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong>Biography</strong> </span></p><div class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt">This begins my tenth year of teaching at West Forsyth High School and my thirty-seventh cumulative year of teaching. I graduated from the University of Tennessee, and have taught in Tennessee and Alabama before making North Carolina my home. I am a member of the West Forsyth community having lived here for twenty-five years. I have four adult children who all graduated from West Forsyth and have gone on to become productive citizens. I have known for a long time that West is best. </span></div><div class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt"></span> </div><div class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt"></span> </div><div class="sc-layout-2 fontsize4" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><div class="sc-layout-3 fontsize2"><span class="css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text-14802"><p>"Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence."</p><p>--Abigail Adams</p></span></div><br /><div style="width: auto"><table id="sc-pageitem-14805" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div class="sc-layout-4 fontsize2"><span class="css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text-14805"><strong></strong><strong></strong></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="width: auto"><table id="sc-pageitem-26714" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div class="sc-layout-5 fontsize2"><span class="css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text css-editor-pageitem-text-26714"><p><strong></strong><strong><p><strong>English I--Regular</strong> and Honors </p><p>English I will follow the pacing guide for the Forsyth County Schools. Students will take a quarter test at the end of each of the first three quarters to assess mastery of the skills taught each quarter and to better prepare them for the EOC test at the end of the year. The EOC for 9th grade is fifty percent editing and fifty percent reading comprehension and analyzation. </p></strong><p> </p><p>Students will study capitalization, punctuation, sentence structure, parts of speech, and agreement issues. Students will also be working on improving vocabulary skills and editing skills. The process will include structured lessons in the rules accompanied by applied use of the skills in the writing and editing process. </p><p>Literature will be studied by genre with a focus on the elements of each genre and reading selections that showcase these elements. Reading skills will stress comprehension and analysis of writing styles. Follow-up to reading assignments vary, but may include study guides, quizzes, tests, discussions/seminars, and group presentations/summarizatons. </p><p>Vocabulary studies will include new words that appear in reading selections, literary terms, and SAT frequency words. Students will have vocabulary tests and activities that provide opportunities to use their new words. </p><p>Novel selection will vary depending on the level of the English class, but all selections are chosen from the required and recommended reading list from the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County curriculum. (<a href="http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/education/components/docmgr/default.php?sectiondetailid=15784&fileitem=39345&catfilter=ALL"><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #ff0033">see course syllabus</span><span style="color: #000000"></span></a>)<br /> </p><p><strong>Grading </strong> </p><pre></pre><p>The system-wide grading scale is used with 100-93=A; 92-85=B; 84-77=C; 76-70=D; below 70=F </p><p>My personal grading scale: Tests and Projects= 45% </p><p>Quizzes = 35% </p><p> Homework and Daily grades= 20% </p><p>Grades are computed numerically based on a 100 point scale. </p><p><br clear="all" /><a href="http://lvillage.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/lv/hswest/hp.nsf/8f22e9637c74849a8025685f006a90bb/53b0157f21a46dbe85256c4d004ff752/$FILE/English%20I.doc"><span style="color: #000000">English I Expectations</span></a> </p><p>Performance Expectations </p><ul><li value="0">Present and on time</li><li value="0">Awake/alert</li><li value="0">Engaged in current activity</li><li value="0">Prepared for class--assignment completed; supplies available</li><li value="0">Good, willing attitude </li></ul><p>Behavior Expectations </p><ul><li value="0">Respect for teachers, administrators, staff, peers, and property</li><li value="0">Knowledge/awareness of school rules and adherence to them</li><li value="0">no food, drink, or gum in class, except bottled water</li><li value="0">Knowledge of and an adherence to the West Forsyth Code of Honor </li></ul><p>If issues arise at any time, please come see me and let me help you find a solution. Tutoring is available most mornings and afternoons. You just need to schedule with me at lease one day ahead. </p><p>All work is due on the appointed day. No homework/daily assignments will be accepted late. Missed work due to absences will have a two-day make-up period for each missed day. Please do not let yourself get behind in your work. </p><p>Supples: </p><p>1 three-ringed notebook (1 1/2 inch) This notebook and subject dividers should follow this plan-- </p><p>loose-leaf paper Section 1: Vocabulary </p><p>Subject dividers Section 2: Grammar </p><p>#2 pencils Section 3: Literature </p><p>Blue or black pens Section 4: Writing </p><p>Red pen Section 5: Novel </p><p>White our or white out pen </p><p>Agenda/assignment book (this is provided free for each freshman)<br clear="all" /></p><p>Bring these items to class each day. Replenish them as needed so that you are always prepared for class. </p><p><a title="s7" name="s7"></a></p><p><a title="s8" name="s8"></a></p><p><strong>My favorite sites</strong> </p><ul><li value="0"><a href="http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm" target="_top"><span style="color: #000000">general information </span></a></li><li value="0"><a href="http://www.landmark-project.com/index.php" target="_top"><span style="color: #000000">citing resources</span></a></li><li value="0"><a href="http://www.sasinschool.com/ncwiseowl/" target="_top"><span style="color: #000000">SAS inSchool</span></a></li><li value="0"><a href="http://web2k.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/wforsythhs" target="_top"><span style="color: #000000">West Forsyth web page</span></a> </li></ul></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></span></span></div> </article> </main></body></html>