Mr. Roman's Classes http://galileoweb.org/romanm Just another Galileo Web weblog Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:01:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en Course Description http://galileoweb.org/romanm/2008/06/06/course-description-6/ http://galileoweb.org/romanm/2008/06/06/course-description-6/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:38:45 +0000 romanm http://staging.galileoweb.org/romanm/2008/06/06/course-description-6/ Course Content

  • Ethnic Literature including
  • Themes of Good vs. Evil, Love and Hate
  • Personal Identity, The Search for Self
  • Community and Connections

Teacher’s Expectations

  • Students will learn more about themselves, each other
  • and the world around them.
  • Students will write personal journals and essays.
  • Students will research various topics.
  • Students will give oral reports, individually and in groups.
  • Students will be on task at all time.

Textbook(s) and Supplementary Materials

  • A Raisin in the Sun
  • Black Boy
  • Fallen Angels
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  • Donald Duk
  • Burried Onions
  • How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent
  • Maus 1 and Maus 2
  • Merchant of Venice
  • Short stories and poems
  • McDougal/Littel Textbook

Instructional Methodologies

Lectures / Readings / Discussions
Cooperative / Group Work
Individual Assignments
Listening Skills

Assessment / Grading Policy

All assignments will be given a point value. Grading will be done on a
percentage basis with 90-100%=A, 80-89%=B, 65-79%=C, 55-64%=D,
54%and below = F. Students will be able to makeup work for excused
absences only as stated in the Handbook for Parents/Students. Extra
credit assignments will be offered throughout the semester but only to
those who have their primary work completed.

Tests, Quizzes, Homework

Quizzes and test will be given on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. Homework
Will be given a minimum of twice a week. Projects may also take the place
of quizzes and tests.

Class Rules

Class Rules are posted on the bulletin board.

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  • World Literature including
  • Themes of Cultural Stories and Family History, Personal Identity
  • The Effects of War, Perserverance and Survival, Standing Up for What You Believe In

Teacher’s Expectations

  • Students will learn more about themselves, each other
  • and the world around them.
  • Students will write personal journals and essays.
  • Students will research various topics.
  • Students will give oral reports, individually and in groups.
  • Students will be on task at all time.

Textbook(s) and Supplementary Materials

  • Animal Farm
  • Peter Pan
  • Odyssey
  • World Mythology
  • Myths and Folktales from Around the World
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • When the Rainbow Goddess Wept
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Night
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Short stories and Poetry

Instructional Methodologies

Lectures / Readings / Discussions
Cooperative / Group Work
Individual Assignments
Listening Skills

Assessment / Grading Policy

All assignments will be given a point value. Grading will be done on a
percentage basis with 90-100%=A, 80-89%=B, 65-79%=C, 55-64%=D,
54%and below = F. Students will be able to makeup work for excused
absences only as stated in the Handbook for Parents/Students. Extra
credit assignments will be offered throughout the semester but only to
those who have their primary work completed.

Tests, Quizzes, Homework

Quizzes and test will be given on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. Homework
Will be given a minimum of twice a week. Projects may also take the place
of quizzes and tests.

Class Rules

Class Rules are posted on the bulletin board.

]]> http://galileoweb.org/romanm/2008/05/15/course-description-5/feed/ Course Description http://galileoweb.org/romanm/2008/05/15/course-description-4/ http://galileoweb.org/romanm/2008/05/15/course-description-4/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 18:28:40 +0000 romanm http://staging.galileoweb.org/romanm/2008/05/15/course-description-4/ Course Content

  • American Literature including
  • Themes of Good vs. Evil, Love and Hate,
  • The American Dream, The Search for Self, and The Struggle for power.

Teacher’s Expectations

  • Students will learn more about themselves, each other
  •  and the world around them.
  • Students will write personal journals and essays.
  • Students will research various topics.
  • Students will give oral reports, individually and in groups.
  • Students will be on task at all time.

Textbook(s) and Supplementary Materials

  • Bonnie and Clyde
  • Catcher in the Rye
  • The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
  • The Crucible
  • The Things They Carried
  • A Separate Peace
  • Of Mice And Men
  • The Grapes Of Wrath
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
  • I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
  • The Great Gatsby
  • Woman Hollering Creek
  • Short stories and Poetry

Instructional Methodologies

Lectures / Readings / Discussions
Cooperative / Group Work
Individual Assignments
Listening Skills

Assessment / Grading Policy

All assignments will be given a point value.  Grading will be done on a
percentage basis with 90-100%=A, 80-89%=B, 65-79%=C, 55-64%=D,
54%and below = F. Students will be able to makeup work for excused
absences only as stated in the Handbook for Parents/Students. Extra
credit assignments will be offered throughout the semester but only to
those who have their primary work completed.

Tests, Quizzes, Homework

Quizzes and test will be given on a weekly or bi-weekly basis.  Homework
Will be given a minimum of twice a week.  Projects may also take the place
of quizzes and tests.

Class Rules

Class Rules are posted on the bulletin board.

]]> http://galileoweb.org/romanm/2008/05/15/course-description-4/feed/ Course Description http://galileoweb.org/romanm/2008/05/15/course-description-3/ http://galileoweb.org/romanm/2008/05/15/course-description-3/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 18:28:16 +0000 romanm http://staging.galileoweb.org/romanm/2008/05/15/course-description-3/ Course Content

  • American Literature including
  • Themes of Good vs. Evil, Love and Hate,
  • The American Dream, The Search for Self, and The Struggle for power.

Teacher’s Expectations

  • Students will learn more about themselves, each other
  •  and the world around them.
  • Students will write personal journals and essays.
  • Students will research various topics.
  • Students will give oral reports, individually and in groups.
  • Students will be on task at all time.

Textbook(s) and Supplementary Materials

  • Bonnie and Clyde,
  • Catcher in the Rye,
  • The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter,
  • The Crucible,
  • The Things They Carried,
  • A Separate Peace,
  • Of Mice and Men,
  • The Grapes of Wrath,
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,
  • I Never Promised You a Rose Garden,
  • The Great Gatsby,
  • Woman Hollering Creek,
  • Short stories and Poetry

Instructional Methodologies

Lectures / Readings / Discussions
Cooperative / Group Work
Individual Assignments
Listening Skills

Assessment / Grading Policy

All assignments will be given a point value.  Grading will be done on a
percentage basis with 90-100%=A, 80-89%=B, 65-79%=C, 55-64%=D,
54%and below = F. Students will be able to makeup work for excused
absences only as stated in the Handbook for Parents/Students. Extra
credit assignments will be offered throughout the semester but only to
those who have their primary work completed.

Tests, Quizzes, Homework


Quizzes and test will be given on a weekly or bi-weekly basis.  Homework
Will be given a minimum of twice a week.  Projects may also take the place
of quizzes and tests.

Class Rules

Class Rules are posted on the bulletin board.

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  • European Literature including
  • Themes of Good vs. Evil, Love and Hate, The Struggle for power,
  • The Search for Self, and The Meaning of Life

Teacher’s Expectations

  • Students will learn more about themselves, each other
  •  and the world around them.
  • Students will write personal journals and essays.
  • Students will research various topics.
  • Students will give oral reports, individually and in groups.
  • Students will be on task at all time.

Textbook(s) and Supplementary Materials

  • Mythology
  • Oedipus,
  • Antigone,
  • Medea,
  • Hamlet,
  • Macbeth,
  • Rosencrantz and Guidenstem Are Dead,
  • Frankenstein, Siddhartha,
  • In the Time of the Butterflies,
  • Short stories and Poetry

Instructional Methodologies

  • Lectures / Readings / Discussions
  • Cooperative / Group Work
  • Individual Assignments
  • Listening Skills

Assessment / Grading Policy


All assignments will be given a point value. Grading will be done on a
percentage basis with 90-100%=A, 80-89%=B, 65-79%=C, 55-64%=D,
54%and below = F. Students will be able to makeup work for excused
absences only as stated in the Handbook for Parents/Students. Extra
credit assignments will be offered throughout the semester but only to
those who have their primary work completed.

Tests, Quizzes, Homework


Quizzes and test will be given on a weekly or bi-weekly basis.  Homework
Will be given a minimum of twice a week.  Projects may also take the place
of quizzes and tests.

Class Rules


Class Rules are posted on the bulletin board.
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  • European Literature including
  • Themes of Good vs. Evil, Love and Hate, The Struggle for power,
  • The Search for Self, and The Meaning of Life

Teacher’s Expectations

  • Students will learn more about themselves, each other
  •  and the world around them.
  • Students will write personal journals and essays.
  • Students will research various topics.
  • Students will give oral reports, individually and in groups.
  • Students will be on task at all time.

Textbook(s) and Supplementary Materials

  • Mythology
  • Oedipus,
  • Antigone,
  • Medea,
  • Hamlet,
  • Macbeth,
  • Rosencrantz and Guidensten Are Dead,
  • Frankenstein, Siddhartha,
  • In the Time of the Butterflies,
  • Tuesdays With Morrie,
  • The House of The Spirits,
  • Short stories and Poetry

Instructional Methodologies

  • Lectures / Readings / Discussions
  • Cooperative / Group Work
  • Individual Assignments
  • Listening Skills

Assessment / Grading Policy

All assignments will be given a point value.  Grading will be done on a
percentage basis with 90-100%=A, 80-89%=B, 65-79%=C, 55-64%=D,
54%and below = F. Students will be able to makeup work for excused
absences only as stated in the Handbook for Parents/Students. Extra
credit assignments will be offered throughout the semester but only to
those who have their primary work completed.

Tests, Quizzes, Homework

Quizzes and test will be given on a weekly or bi-weekly basis.  Homework
Will be given a minimum of twice a week.  Projects may also take the place
of quizzes and tests.

Class Rules

Class Rules are posted on the bulletin board.

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