Yip Rules
1. Be prepared for class each day!
Ø Bring a pen or pencil
Ø Bring your notebook
Ø Be sure to check web page for assignments (http://teacherweb.com/RI/LincolnHighSchool/FrankYip/)
Ø Bring your homework (or have it posted on the class blog or e-mailed to me before 7 am)
Ø Bring your textbook (unless it is not required)
Ø Leave any toys or distracting objects (cell phones, ipods, mp3 players, etc. at home or in your bookbag – they will be confiscated and you will get detention!
Ø Cover your textbook and take good care of it – you will be responsible to pay for damaged or lost books
2. Be respectful!
Ø Raise your hand if you want to say something or have a question
Ø Do not talk when I am talking
Ø Do not talk when your classmate is speaking
Ø Do not interrupt anyone who is speaking
Ø Listen to what is being said
Ø Do not fool around when class is in session
Ø Keep any wisecrack comments to yourself – all wisecracks are the prerogative of the instructor. Refer to bullying policy in handbook.
Ø Show patience to your fellow students
Ø Assume the comments of your peers are made with good intentions
Ø Do not try to deceive your peers by being ambiguous or “cute” when you are discussing something
Ø Allow others (especially me) to play devil’s advocate
Ø Treat the classroom discussions as confidential and do not gossip
Ø Allow others to decline comments
Ø Speak in the first person; recognize that your opinions are your own and that you do not speak for others
Ø Try to be accurate and be able to defend any claims you make
3. Do not bring food or drinks to class!
Ø Any food or drinks will be confiscated
Ø If you make a mess, you will be required to stay after school to clean it up
4. Get to class on time!
Ø Excessive tardiness will result in detention
o First offense of the quarter - Warning
o Second offense of the quarter - Detention
o Third offense of the quarter - Public Beheading
Ø You will not be allowed to take a quiz or test if you are late without a legitimate excuse – quizzes cannot be made up and tests must be made up after school
5. All missed tests, quizzes, homework, and other assignments must be made up!
Ø You have five (5) days to make up missed tests due to absence – after five days, you will lose 10 points per day.
Ø You have three (3) days to make up missed quizzes, homework, blogs, and other assignments – after three days you will not be allowed to make up the work
Ø All work must be made up after school – make arrangements with me
Ø All work that is not made up will receive a grade of zero
6. Any infraction of the rules will result in detention!
Ø Any assigned detention must be served that afternoon unless there is a reasonable excuse
Ø If there is a reasonable excuse, detention must be served the next day
Ø A cut detention will result in additional detention and an administrative referral
7. Ask questions when you do not understand something!
8. Study, study, study!
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is academic dishonesty. In other words, it is a big word for cheating. If you are caught plagiarizing, or cheating in some other form, then you will fail the assignment you are working on. The common form of plagiarism is using someone else’s work as your own. That is, copying the work and presenting that work as your own. To avoid plagiarism, you should learn how to paraphrase and to use quotation marks. If you put the ideas of someone else into your own words, you do not need to use quotation marks but you must still cite the source from where the material came.
Under no circumstances should you ever use the work of a fellow student in any of your written work. Consulting with other students is encouraged and permissible, but when it comes to writing, the product must be your own. Anything else is cheating!! Never let another student borrow an essay, homework, etc. for the purpose of copying the work. Both students will receive a zero and parents will be notified that cheating has taken place.
1. Be prepared for class each day!
Ø Bring a pen or pencil
Ø Bring your notebook
Ø Be sure to check web page for assignments (http://teacherweb.com/RI/LincolnHighSchool/FrankYip/)
Ø Bring your homework (or have it posted on the class blog or e-mailed to me before 7 am)
Ø Bring your textbook (unless it is not required)
Ø Leave any toys or distracting objects (cell phones, ipods, mp3 players, etc. at home or in your bookbag – they will be confiscated and you will get detention!
Ø Cover your textbook and take good care of it – you will be responsible to pay for damaged or lost books
2. Be respectful!
Ø Raise your hand if you want to say something or have a question
Ø Do not talk when I am talking
Ø Do not talk when your classmate is speaking
Ø Do not interrupt anyone who is speaking
Ø Listen to what is being said
Ø Do not fool around when class is in session
Ø Keep any wisecrack comments to yourself – all wisecracks are the prerogative of the instructor. Refer to bullying policy in handbook.
Ø Show patience to your fellow students
Ø Assume the comments of your peers are made with good intentions
Ø Do not try to deceive your peers by being ambiguous or “cute” when you are discussing something
Ø Allow others (especially me) to play devil’s advocate
Ø Treat the classroom discussions as confidential and do not gossip
Ø Allow others to decline comments
Ø Speak in the first person; recognize that your opinions are your own and that you do not speak for others
Ø Try to be accurate and be able to defend any claims you make
3. Do not bring food or drinks to class!
Ø Any food or drinks will be confiscated
Ø If you make a mess, you will be required to stay after school to clean it up
4. Get to class on time!
Ø Excessive tardiness will result in detention
o First offense of the quarter - Warning
o Second offense of the quarter - Detention
o Third offense of the quarter - Public Beheading
Ø You will not be allowed to take a quiz or test if you are late without a legitimate excuse – quizzes cannot be made up and tests must be made up after school
5. All missed tests, quizzes, homework, and other assignments must be made up!
Ø You have five (5) days to make up missed tests due to absence – after five days, you will lose 10 points per day.
Ø You have three (3) days to make up missed quizzes, homework, blogs, and other assignments – after three days you will not be allowed to make up the work
Ø All work must be made up after school – make arrangements with me
Ø All work that is not made up will receive a grade of zero
6. Any infraction of the rules will result in detention!
Ø Any assigned detention must be served that afternoon unless there is a reasonable excuse
Ø If there is a reasonable excuse, detention must be served the next day
Ø A cut detention will result in additional detention and an administrative referral
7. Ask questions when you do not understand something!
8. Study, study, study!
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is academic dishonesty. In other words, it is a big word for cheating. If you are caught plagiarizing, or cheating in some other form, then you will fail the assignment you are working on. The common form of plagiarism is using someone else’s work as your own. That is, copying the work and presenting that work as your own. To avoid plagiarism, you should learn how to paraphrase and to use quotation marks. If you put the ideas of someone else into your own words, you do not need to use quotation marks but you must still cite the source from where the material came.
Under no circumstances should you ever use the work of a fellow student in any of your written work. Consulting with other students is encouraged and permissible, but when it comes to writing, the product must be your own. Anything else is cheating!! Never let another student borrow an essay, homework, etc. for the purpose of copying the work. Both students will receive a zero and parents will be notified that cheating has taken place.