Syllabus & Expectations

• It is expected that students come to class on time, prepared and willing to learn. Students should be respectful of everyone in the classroom, follow all school rules, listen carefully, and follow directions. 

  Students are expected to bring their Chromebooks to class every day fully charged in addition to a folder, notebook, pen, and pencil. Most assignments will be paperless but some notes will be required to be written in notebooks.​

• 40% - Tests/Projects (Written Assessment, Speaking Assessment, Listening Assessment, Dialogue, Tests, and Projects/Presentations)

  35% - Classwork/Participation (Questions and answers, Conversations,   Cooperative learning, Grammar, Vocabulary and Culture Activities, GC Assignments/Questions)

  15% - Quizzes (Short Written Assessment, Short Speaking Assessment, Dialogue, Quizzes, Short Listening Assessments)

  10% - Homework (GC assignments/Questions, Edpuzzle, Kahoot/Quizizz)​

• ​Make–up work Policy: Quizzes/Tests missed due to absence should be made up promptly (Within 2 school days) Make-ups can be completed during a mutually agreed upon time. Failure to report results in a “0”. Prolonged student absence due to illness or family hardship will be handled under the reasonable judgment of the instructor. 

  *Missed homework due to absence should be made up the next day after the absence.  It is the student’s responsibility to communicate with the teacher regarding absences and missed work.

• ​Notebook

• District-provided Chromebook

• Notebook or binder (no small notebooks or marble notebooks allowed) 

• Folder 

• Pen and pencil with eraser

• ​To contact me, please always email me at smiserentino@rahway.net first with questions, comments, or concerns. I will answer at my earliest convenience during appropriate working hours. 

  Do not expect an immediate response from posting on the Google Classroom page because I will not get the notification and will probably not see it. In order to avoid communication issues, please DO NOT post on the Google Classroom page or leave comments visible to the whole class.

  Parents can email me with details of contact information if they differ from the Powerschool contact info along with preferred times/methods of communication via phone call. I will answer at my earliest convenience during appropriate working hours. 

  For help or questions with assignments on Google Classroom, please utilize the private comment section so that I get a notification and avoid commenting messages meant for the teacher to the whole class unless instructed to do so.

​Oral Presentation: This may include but not be limited to dialogue recitations, teacher-student interviews, and presentation of oral reports and/or research papers. 

Written Projects:These may include but are not limited to collages, brochures, presentations, and research papers. These projects will be evaluated and incorporated into the grade at teacher discretion (based on a rubric which the students will have explained to them).