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MASTER STUDENT SYLLABUS
• A Class to build skills to help in all of your classes
• Study & Learning Skills• A College Class• It can be interesting and fun• It can be boring and awful• Will be teaching with wall open
WHAT IS THIS CLASS?
• Stark State Rubrics• Stark State 1st/ GlenOak 2nd
• Higher Expectations- this is for college credit
• Maturity & Behavior• Greater Work Effort• Different Grade Scale
• No Floor• Grade Release Form
THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN OTHER
CLASSES
• You are prepared each class• You are ready to learn
• You know your current grade• When the bell rings- you are in your
assigned seat ready to work• If you can handle this- find
somewhere else to be
EXPECTATIONS
• Binder• 4 Tabs (Notes, Journal, Non-Journal &
Portfolio)• Or
• Laptop/Chromebook• Textbook
• Paper- for Notes• Pen/Pencil
• All work is available on my website:• Mr. Talbott
• Master Student
SUPPLIES NEEDED
• We will generally go in 3 class cycles • Class #1: Take next set of notes
• Start Discussion Activities• Class #2: Finish Discussion Activities
• Go Over previous Journal• Start Next Journal
• Class #3: Take Quiz over that section of notes
• Finish/Submit Journal• Read Next Section from Text
STRUCTURE OF COURSE (CALENDAR)
• Ten One Page Journal Articles 10 points each
• Three Non-Journal Assignments• 50 points each
• Attendance & Participation (Verbal & Non-Verbal) worth 100 points
• Weekly five point quizzes• Portfolio for 30 points• Final Exam of 50 points
• 500 points total
HOW COURSE WILL BE GRADED (GRADE SHEET)
• Journals will generally be assigned on Day #2 & our due by end of Day #3• MUST BE TYPED
• One Inch Margins, 12 Point Font, Double Spaced, One Whole Page, Follow standard grammar rules• Plagiarism- First time 0 on assignment, second
time is 0 in course & referral to Stark State & GlenOak Administration
• If late- ½ credit for one day late, 0 after that- but needs to be completed for portfolio
• They are 10 points Each- 100 total points (10% of total grade)
• We will have two practice ones beforehand
GRADING JOURNALS
There will be Three Major Projects for the Class:
Each Project is 50 points (10% of Total Grade, All Project 30% of Total Grade)
Due on Due Date- even if you are absent1. A Time Management Project
2. Career/College Search3. Visual Representation of Notes
PROJECTS
Participation is worth 100 points (20% of Overall Grade)
• You will be graded on Participation & Behavior for each chapter:
• Your behavior- stay in seats doing work• On-Task
• Not being a disruption• Participation in activities• 10 points a chapter
• Also have 30 participation points in some other assignments (Practice Journals…)
PARTICIPATION GRADES
• There will be 14 quizzes this semester• Each quiz will be over the notes we had
for that unit• The quizzes are worth 5 points each (70
Points Total)• Each Quiz has 3 multiple choice
responses & one 2 point short answer
QUIZZES
• Final Portfolio• Keep all Journals & Portfolio• If Using Eagleapps create a
folder for Journals• Journals - corrected copy in
Portfolio• Will be collected and graded.• Comprehensive Exam
END OF YEAR GRADES
• We will generally be covering half of a chapter at a time
• The Slides are available on my (Mr. Talbott) Website
• We recommend you download the slides• You will also need to take additionally notes while I am lecturing- not all of the
material is on the slides• Part of your participation grade is earned
here- pay attention/ask questions/ don’t be a distraction
NOTES
• Electronic Devices are allowed, encouraged, but they are for school work
• There is to be no sound from your device• When I am teaching- you are following me- not playing
games or socializing• Failure to follow rules, forfeiture of device and/or
referral• Eagleapps
• All of you have an account• Great Resource for Classwork
• You can submit all of your work to us• My account: [email protected]
• OR• [email protected]
ELECTRONIC DEVICES