Schedule of Classes & Syllabus (Ms. Wernet Room 336)
Advisory Homeroom
Instructor: Ms. Clare Wernet
Room: 336
Phone (Google Voice for calls and texts): 747-286-2407
Email: [email protected]
Welcome to the Fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year!
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Huntington Park High School has built an Advisory program to help ensure that all students receive the support needed to succeed throughout their high school years and beyond. The Advisory program seeks to:
- Develop a personal connection between the student and teacher in order to support greater academic success and foster positive relationships among school stakeholders
- Provide the necessary tools to become Self-directed learners, Problem solvers, Academic achievers, Respectful & empathetic, Technologically-skilled & responsible, Articulate and influential communicators, Noteworthy citizens and leaders
- Offer students the opportunity to learn life skills such as organization and time management that will be required in post-secondary education and in the world
GRADING PROCEDURES & POLICIES: This course uses Mastery Learning and Grading. As such, late work will be accepted. There is no penalty for turning in assignments late. Late work for assignments in the first ten weeks of the semester will be accepted for all assignments until October 6, 2023 by 11:59 PM. Late work for assignments in the second ten weeks of the semester will be accepted for all assignments until December 8, 2023 by 11:59 PM. This applies to all assignments, unless otherwise noted in the assignment description.
Students will receive either a Pass or Fail grade for the Advisory class. In order for students to pass Advisory, they must earn 60% or higher in Advisory activities lessons. Advisory lessons may consist of lessons in developing social-emotional skills (SEL), study skills, literacy skills, and college and career planning. Students will receive 2.5 credits per semester; this is subject to change by the District.
The grading categories used for this class are as follows:
Students with a significant number of missing assignments, particularly summative assignments, may receive a “U” for Work Habits. Students who are not passing with a C or better may receive a “U” for Work Habits and/or Cooperation.
STUDENT EXPECTATIONS:
- School Tardy Policy: Class will begin and end on time. Students are expected to be on time to class and ready to begin when the bell rings. If a student is late to class, they must get a tardy pass before entering the classroom. Students are expected to remain seated until the bell rings.
- School Personal Electronic Policy: All personal electronic devices (cellphones, AirPods, etc.) must be off and out of sight at all times during all instructional minutes in class. If you violate the policy, your teacher will ask for you to turn off the device and hand over your device. After you hand over the device, it will be placed in a Ziploc bag with your name on it. A campus aide will pick it up and take it to the main office to put in the school safe. You will be able to pick it up at the end of the day with your school ID. When you cooperate with the policy, your parent or guardian will not be called. If you do not comply with the policy after you made a mistake, the following will occur: Dean/Admin or Campus Aide will come and ask you to leave the classroom until you comply. If you continue to refuse, parent will be called, and you will speak with your parent. Parent will have to come to school to retrieve device personally if you continue to refuse.
- Plagiarism Policy: Plagiarism is the act of copying someone else's ideas, thoughts, and/or words as your own. It is also copying and pasting information or text from Google or other sources, including AI such as ChatGPT. With this being explained, plagiarism is UNACCEPTABLE. The penalties for cheating or plagiarism in every English class will be as follows:
If your student continually fails to complete assignments and tasks during class, or if he/she/they behave inappropriately, I will contact you by phone/email and may arrange a parent-teacher conference.
AMENDMENT: This syllabus may be modified during the semester. I will share any amendments in class and on Schoology.
Thank you for reading and adhering to this syllabus. Together we can help ensure your student’s academic success.
Sincerely,
Clare Wernet
Author's Composition (Periods 1 & 2)
Huntington Park Senior High School STEAM Magnet - English Course Syllabus
Course Title: American Authors and Composition
Instructor: Ms. Clare Wernet
Room: 336
Phone (Google Voice for calls and texts): 747-286-2407
Email: [email protected]
Welcome to the Fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year!
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
American Authors and Composition include standards-based instructional components that focus on informational/explanatory, argumentative, and literary texts while integrating the skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. American Authors and Composition meet the basic eleventh-grade English requirements for graduation and fulfill the "b" requirements of the UC/CSU Subject Area requirements.
LEARNING TARGETS:
- READING (Key Ideas & Details) I can determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text. (CCSS.ELA-RI & RL.11-12.2)
- READING (Key Ideas & Details) I can analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed). (CCSS.ELA.RL.11-12.3)
- READING (Craft & Structure) I can Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text (CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.4)
- READING (Craft & Structure) I can analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g. the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact. (CCSS.ELA- RL.11-12.5)
- READING (Craft & Structure) I can determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text. (CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.6)
- WRITING I can write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.(CCSS.ELA- W.11-12.1)
- WRITING I can write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. (CCSS.ELA- W.11-12.2)
- Speaking/Listening: (Presentation of Knowledge & Ideas) I can present and discuss information, findings, and supporting evidence, conveying a clear and distinct perspective, such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning, alternative or opposing perspectives are addressed, and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and a range of formal and informal tasks. (CCSS.ELA- SL.11-12.4)
ASSESSMENTS will include:
- Teacher designed quizzes and tests
- Student-written essays (1 timed essay per month)
- Oral presentations
- Short and extended written responses
STEAM MAGNET-FOCUSED TEXTS/NOVELS to be used:
- SpringBoard College Board Grade 11 California Edition Unit:
- The American Dream
- The Power of Persuasion (includes The Crucible)
CREDIT REQUIREMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA:
Author’s Composition credit is required for high school graduation. Students must earn a “C” to receive credit.
Additionally, students planning to attend a UC, private college or university must earn a minimum grade of C for admission consideration.
STATE-WIDE TESTING INFORMATION: Juniors will take an interim assessment of reading and writing skills, one per semester. Also, in April or May, your son or daughter will be taking the SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortia) exam. The SBAC scores (mailed in August or September) will inform you whether your child has not met, nearly met, met, or exceeded the 11th Grade English Language Arts common core standards. The scores will also reflect college readiness as students enter their senior year next August.
CREDIT REQUIREMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA:
Author’s Composition credit is required for high school graduation. Students must earn a “C” to receive credit.
Additionally, students planning to attend a UC, private college or university must earn a minimum grade of C for admission consideration.
GRADING PROCEDURES & POLICIES: Students will be assessed by rubrics (especially written work) according to the ELA Common Core State Standards (CCSS). This course uses Mastery Learning and Grading, which focuses on the journey and process of skill mastery. As suh, revisions and late work will be accepted. There is no penalty for turning in assignments late.
Revisions and late work for assignments in the first ten weeks of the semester will be accepted for all assignments until October 6, 2023 by 11:59 PM. Revision and late work for assignments in the second ten weeks of the semester will be accepted for all assignments until December 8, 2023 by 11:59 PM. This applies to all assignments, unless otherwise noted in the assignment description.
This course uses the following grading scale:
The grading categories used for this class are as follows:
Students with a significant number of missing assignments, particularly summative assignments, may receive a “U” for Work Habits.
Students who are not passing with a C or better may receive a “U” for Work Habits and/or Cooperation.
STUDENT EXPECTATIONS:
- School Tardy Policy: Class will begin and end on time. Students are expected to be on time to class and ready to begin when the bell rings. If a student is late to class, they must get a tardy pass before entering the classroom. Students are expected to remain seated until the bell rings.
- School Personal Electronic Policy: All personal electronic devices (cellphones, AirPods, etc.) must be off and out of sight at all times during all instructional minutes in class. If you violate the policy, your teacher will ask for you to turn off the device and hand over your device. After you hand over the device, it will be placed in a Ziploc bag with your name on it. A campus aide will pick it up and take it to the main office to put in the school safe. You will be able to pick it up at the end of the day with your school ID. When you cooperate with the policy, your parent or guardian will not be called. If you do not comply with the policy after you made a mistake, the following will occur: Dean/Admin or Campus Aide will come and ask you to leave the classroom until you comply. If you continue to refuse, parent will be called, and you will speak with your parent. Parent will have to come to school to retrieve device personally if you continue to refuse.
- Plagiarism Policy: Plagiarism is the act of copying someone else's ideas, thoughts, and/or words as your own. It is also copying and pasting information or text from Google or other sources, including AI such as ChatGPT. With this being explained, plagiarism is UNACCEPTABLE.
The penalties for cheating or plagiarism in every English class will be as follows:
If your student continually fails to complete assignments and tasks during class, or if he/she/they behave inappropriately, I will contact you by phone/email and may arrange a parent-teacher conference.
AMENDMENT: This syllabus may be modified during the semester. I will share any amendments in class and on Schoology.
Thank you for reading and adhering to this syllabus. Together we can help ensure your student’s academic success.
Sincerely,
Clare Wernet
Author's Composition Honors (Period 7)
Course Title: American Authors and Composition Honors
Instructor: Ms. Clare Wernet
Room: 336
Phone (Google Voice for calls and texts): 747-286-2407
Email: [email protected]
Welcome to the Fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year!
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
American Authors and Composition include standards-based instructional components that focus on informational/explanatory, argumentative, and literary texts while integrating the skills of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. American Authors and Composition meet the basic eleventh-grade English requirements for graduation and fulfill the "b" requirements of the UC/CSU Subject Area requirements.
Since this is an Honors class, the course moves slightly faster than Author’s Composition, and includes an additional independent novel study unit.
LEARNING TARGETS:
- READING (Key Ideas & Details) I can determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text. (CCSS.ELA-RI & RL.11-12.2)
- READING (Key Ideas & Details) I can analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed). (CCSS.ELA.RL.11-12.3)
- READING (Craft & Structure) I can Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text (CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.4)
- READING (Craft & Structure) I can analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g. the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact. (CCSS.ELA- RL.11-12.5)
- READING (Craft & Structure) I can determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text. (CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.6)
- WRITING I can write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.(CCSS.ELA- W.11-12.1)
- WRITING I can write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. (CCSS.ELA- W.11-12.2)
- Speaking/Listening: (Presentation of Knowledge & Ideas) I can present and discuss information, findings, and supporting evidence, conveying a clear and distinct perspective, such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning, alternative or opposing perspectives are addressed, and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and a range of formal and informal tasks. (CCSS.ELA- SL.11-12.4)
ASSESSMENTS will include:
- Teacher designed quizzes and tests
- Student-written essays (1 timed essay per month)
- Oral presentations
- Short and extended written responses
STEAM MAGNET-FOCUSED TEXTS/NOVELS to be used:
- SpringBoard College Board Grade 11 California Edition Unit:
- The American Dream
- The Power of Persuasion (includes The Crucible)
STATE-WIDE TESTING INFORMATION: Juniors will take an interim assessment of reading and writing skills, one per semester. Also, in April or May, your son or daughter will be taking the SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortia) exam. The SBAC scores (mailed in August or September) will inform you whether your child has not met, nearly met, met, or exceeded the 11th Grade English Language Arts common core standards. The scores will also reflect college readiness as students enter their senior year next August.
CREDIT REQUIREMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA:
Author’s Composition credit is required for high school graduation. Students must earn a “C” to receive credit.
Additionally, students planning to attend a UC, private college or university must earn a minimum grade of C for admission consideration.
GRADING PROCEDURES & POLICIES: Students will be assessed by rubrics (especially written work) according to the ELA Common Core State Standards (CCSS). This course uses Mastery Learning and Grading, which focuses on the journey and process of skill mastery. As suh, revisions and late work will be accepted. There is no penalty for turning in assignments late.
Revisions and late work for assignments in the first ten weeks of the semester will be accepted for all assignments until October 6, 2023 by 11:59 PM. Revision and late work for assignments in the second ten weeks of the semester will be accepted for all assignments until December 8, 2023 by 11:59 PM. This applies to all assignments, unless otherwise noted in the assignment description.
This course uses the following grading scale:
The grading categories used for this class are as follows:
Students with a significant number of missing assignments, particularly summative assignments, may receive a “U” for Work Habits.
Students who are not passing with a C or better may receive a “U” for Work Habits and/or Cooperation.
STUDENT EXPECTATIONS:
- School Tardy Policy: Class will begin and end on time. Students are expected to be on time to class and ready to begin when the bell rings. If a student is late to class, they must get a tardy pass before entering the classroom. Students are expected to remain seated until the bell rings.
- School Personal Electronic Policy: All personal electronic devices (cellphones, AirPods, etc.) must be off and out of sight at all times during all instructional minutes in class. If you violate the policy, your teacher will ask for you to turn off the device and hand over your device. After you hand over the device, it will be placed in a Ziploc bag with your name on it. A campus aide will pick it up and take it to the main office to put in the school safe. You will be able to pick it up at the end of the day with your school ID. When you cooperate with the policy, your parent or guardian will not be called. If you do not comply with the policy after you made a mistake, the following will occur: Dean/Admin or Campus Aide will come and ask you to leave the classroom until you comply. If you continue to refuse, parent will be called, and you will speak with your parent. Parent will have to come to school to retrieve device personally if you continue to refuse.
- Plagiarism Policy: Plagiarism is the act of copying someone else's ideas, thoughts, and/or words as your own. It is also copying and pasting information or text from Google or other sources, including AI such as ChatGPT. With this being explained, plagiarism is UNACCEPTABLE.
The penalties for cheating or plagiarism in every English class will be as follows:
If your student continually fails to complete assignments and tasks during class, or if he/she/they behave inappropriately, I will contact you by phone/email and may arrange a parent-teacher conference.
AMENDMENT: This syllabus may be modified during the semester. I will share any amendments in class and on Schoology.
Thank you for reading and adhering to this syllabus. Together we can help ensure your student’s academic success.
Sincerely,
Clare Wernet
English 10 (Period 6) & English 10 Honors (Period 3)
Room: 336
Phone (Google Voice for calls and texts): 747-286-2407
Email: [email protected]
Welcome to the Fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year!
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The major purpose of this course is to emphasize analyzing literature in greater depth, analyzing expository text, and producing more complex writing assignments. Students will continue to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier grades with more refinement, depth, and sophistication with grade-appropriate material. The California Reading/Language Arts Framework states that students in the tenth grade are expected to read one and one-half million words annually on their own, including a good representation of classic and contemporary literature, magazines, newspapers, and online articles. Students will apply and refine their command of the writing process and writing conventions to produce narrative, persuasive, expository, and descriptive texts of at least 1,500 words each. Students will write responses to literature and deliver oral responses to literature. English 10AB meets the basic tenth-grade English requirement for graduation and fulfills the B requirement of the UC/CSU Subject Area Requirements.
REPRESENTATIVE SKILLS – English 10A will include, but not limited to, skills such as:
- Applying appropriate reading strategies to make meaning of text;
- Using instructional conversations (speaking and listening) to strengthen comprehension;
- Evaluating the credibility of an author’s arguments;
- Defending a position using appropriate evidence;
- Analyzing, evaluating, and elaborating on informational and literary texts;
- Using the writing process for multiple purposes;
- Develop a grade-appropriate academic vocabulary, including the connotation and denotation of words;
- Write responses to literature.
ASSESSMENTS will include:
- Teacher designed quizzes and tests
- Student-written essays or reports
- Oral presentations and discussions
STEAM MAGNET-FOCUSED TEXTS/NOVELS to be used:
- Grade 10 Springboard English
- Various poems, short stories, articles, and informational texts
- Hounds of the Baskervilles
CREDIT REQUIREMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA:
English 10A/B credit is required for high school graduation. Students must earn a “C” to receive credit.
Additionally, students planning to attend a UC, private college or university must earn a minimum grade of C for admission consideration.
GRADING PROCEDURES & POLICIES: Students will be assessed by rubrics (especially written work) according to the ELA Common Core State Standards (CCSS). This course uses Mastery Learning and Grading, which focuses on the journey and process of skill mastery. As suh, revisions and late work will be accepted. There is no penalty for turning in assignments late.
Revisions and late work for assignments in the first ten weeks of the semester will be accepted for all assignments until October 6, 2023 by 11:59 PM. Revision and late work for assignments in the second ten weeks of the semester will be accepted for all assignments until December 8, 2023 by 11:59 PM. This applies to all assignments, unless otherwise noted in the assignment description.
This course uses the following grading scale:
The grading categories used for this class are as follows:
Students with a significant number of missing assignments, particularly summative assignments, may receive a “U” for Work Habits.
Students who are not passing with a C or better may receive a “U” for Work Habits and/or Cooperation.
STUDENT EXPECTATIONS:
- School Tardy Policy: Class will begin and end on time. Students are expected to be on time to class and ready to begin when the bell rings. If a student is late to class, they must get a tardy pass before entering the classroom. Students are expected to remain seated until the bell rings.
- School Personal Electronic Policy: All personal electronic devices (cellphones, AirPods, etc.) must be off and out of sight at all times during all instructional minutes in class. If you violate the policy, your teacher will ask for you to turn off the device and hand over your device. After you hand over the device, it will be placed in a Ziploc bag with your name on it. A campus aide will pick it up and take it to the main office to put in the school safe. You will be able to pick it up at the end of the day with your school ID. When you cooperate with the policy, your parent or guardian will not be called. If you do not comply with the policy after you made a mistake, the following will occur: Dean/Admin or Campus Aide will come and ask you to leave the classroom until you comply. If you continue to refuse, parent will be called, and you will speak with your parent. Parent will have to come to school to retrieve device personally if you continue to refuse.
- Plagiarism Policy: Plagiarism is the act of copying someone else's ideas, thoughts, and/or words as your own. It is also copying and pasting information or text from Google or other sources, including AI such as ChatGPT. With this being explained, plagiarism is UNACCEPTABLE.
The penalties for cheating or plagiarism in every English class will be as follows:
If your student continually fails to complete assignments and tasks during class, or if he/she/they behave inappropriately, I will contact you by phone/email and may arrange a parent-teacher conference.
AMENDMENT: This syllabus may be modified during the semester. I will share any amendments in class and on Schoology.
Thank you for reading and adhering to this syllabus. Together we can help ensure your student’s academic success.
Sincerely,
Clare Wernet
Film (Period 8)
Course Title: Film: The Integrated Art
Instructor: Ms. Clare Wernet
Room: 336
Phone (Google Voice for calls and texts): 747-286-2407
Email: [email protected]
Welcome to the Fall semester of the 2023-2024 academic year!
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Film: The Integrated Art is a G Elective course that provides studies that focus on the relationship of film to literature, history, art, philosophy, and music. This course introduces students to the styles, techniques, and genres (documentary, action-adventure, drama, comedy, animation, etc.) employed in film and the choices filmmakers make in telling a story. Students examine cinematic works and compare the different means of expression used in film and written media with special attention to the creative and technical elements germane to visual and aural effects in film. Students will closely watch and discuss major films in the history of cinema, as well as read screenplays and film criticism to expand their increasing knowledge of film as a transformative art form of the 21st Century.
REPRESENTATIVE SKILLS
In this course, you will take what you have learned in prior English classes and transfer those skills to film analysis. Consider this another English class because you will analyze and write.
ASSESSMENTS
Your assessments will consist of writing assignments, discussions, and a final project. These assignments will be based solely on the films we watch in class. There may be times where some films will not be available to stream and I will show DVDs; this means you have to attend every class meeting. I am a magnet teacher and will teach this as a magnet class even if you are not part of the magnet program.
TOPICS COVERED
This course will cover the history of film and its impact on the world, color, shots & camera movements, composition, editing, music and sound, lighting, animation, and more.
GRADING PROCEDURES & POLICIES: Students will be assessed by rubrics (especially written work) according to the ELA Common Core State Standards (CCSS). This course uses Mastery Learning and Grading, which focuses on the journey and process of skill mastery. As suh, revisions and late work will be accepted. There is no penalty for turning in assignments late.
Revisions and late work for assignments in the first ten weeks of the semester will be accepted for all assignments until October 6, 2023 by 11:59 PM. Revision and late work for assignments in the second ten weeks of the semester will be accepted for all assignments until December 8, 2023 by 11:59 PM. This applies to all assignments, unless otherwise noted in the assignment description.
This course uses the following grading scale:
The grading categories used for this class are as follows:
Students with a significant number of missing assignments, particularly summative assignments, may receive a “U” for Work Habits.
Students who are not passing with a C or better may receive a “U” for Work Habits and/or Cooperation.
PARENT/GUARDIAN PERMISSION:
All students will need to have permission from their parents to view certain films. Some of the films we will watch are rated PG-13. This will be a separate form. If your parents are not comfortable with you watching certain movies, you may choose another elective or miss out on those assignments.
STUDENT EXPECTATIONS:
- School Tardy Policy: Class will begin and end on time. Students are expected to be on time to class and ready to begin when the bell rings. If a student is late to class, they must get a tardy pass before entering the classroom. Students are expected to remain seated until the bell rings.
- School Personal Electronic Policy: All personal electronic devices (cellphones, AirPods, etc.) must be off and out of sight at all times during all instructional minutes in class. If you violate the policy, your teacher will ask for you to turn off the device and hand over your device. After you hand over the device, it will be placed in a Ziploc bag with your name on it. A campus aide will pick it up and take it to the main office to put in the school safe. You will be able to pick it up at the end of the day with your school ID. When you cooperate with the policy, your parent or guardian will not be called. If you do not comply with the policy after you made a mistake, the following will occur: Dean/Admin or Campus Aide will come and ask you to leave the classroom until you comply. If you continue to refuse, parent will be called, and you will speak with your parent. Parent will have to come to school to retrieve device personally if you continue to refuse.
- Plagiarism Policy: Plagiarism is the act of copying someone else's ideas, thoughts, and/or words as your own. It is also copying and pasting information or text from Google or other sources, including AI such as ChatGPT. With this being explained, plagiarism is UNACCEPTABLE.
The penalties for cheating or plagiarism in every English class will be as follows:
If your student continually fails to complete assignments and tasks during class, or if he/she/they behave inappropriately, I will contact you by phone/email and may arrange a parent-teacher conference.
AMENDMENT: This syllabus may be modified during the semester. I will share any amendments in class and on Schoology.
Thank you for reading and adhering to this syllabus. Together we can help ensure your student’s academic success.
Sincerely,
Clare Wernet
