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: talbottr@eagleapps.org

• OR• beshorea@eagleapps.org

ELECTRONIC DEVICES