LEACH, ROBERT

Mr. Robert Leach

Welcome to my official school web page!

This is my 16th year teaching at Wall High School and my 19th overall.

For the 2024-2025 school year, I will be an ICR teacher in English 12 CP, English 10 CP, and Spanish 1 CP

My extra help day is on the first A Day of the week during Unit Lunch in room C-10

This course provides students with challenging reading, writing and thinking experiences. The design, materials, and approaches for this course enable students to establish a mindset that anticipates the intellectual sophistication necessary for success beyond high school. Students receive instruction and practice in the workshop model. Students will analyze literature from diverse authors. In order to develop writing skills, students will focus on literary analysis, narrative and persuasive writing techniques. Students will be required to write a research paper reinforcing MLA format. Students will analyze the study of literary genres such as the memoir, existentialism, drama, and nonfictional works of literature as they develop their critical thinking skills in a culminating project.

Current Unit: Memoir Book Club. Students will individually read a memoir of their choice to identify particular types of literary devices and inform their personal narrative/college application essay.

Marking Period Category Percentages

Category	Minimum Number	Percentage
Major Assessments	2-3	50
Minor Assessments	4-6	30
Homework/Classwork	8-10	20

Course Grading

Category	Percentage
Marking Period 1	20%
Marking Period 2	20%
Midterm Exam	10%
Marking Period 3	20%
Marking Period 4	20%
Final Exam	10%

English 10 CP

Credits: 5

This course continues to develop students’ critical reading and writing skills developed in the intermediate school. Through the study of literary genres such as the short story, novel, drama, poetry, mythology and nonfiction, students sharpen recognition of various literary elements and devices. Emphasis in this course is placed on indepth reading and discussion as well as writing skills. Students use MLA format and The BIG6 information literacy model to conduct a problembased research project. Grammar, vocabulary, and reinforcement of listening, speaking and study skills are also addressed.

Supplies:

- Charged Chromebook

- Binder/Notebook

- Pen/Pencils

Units of Study:

Unit 1- Reading Literature

In this unit, students will read literature to study the plot, characters, conflict, and ultimately, the fictional story the author writes.

Marking Period Category Percentages

Category	Minimum Number	Percentage
Major Assessments	2-3	50
Minor Assessments	4-6	30
Homework/Classwork	8-10	20

Course Grading

Category	Percentage
Marking Period 1	20%
Marking Period 2	20%
Midterm Exam	10%
Marking Period 3	20%
Marking Period 4	20%
Final Exam	10%

Spanish 1 CP

Every student is required to bring a three-ring binder dedicated to Spanish to EVERY class. They are expected to STUDY the class notes and vocabulary in this notebook on a regular basis.

**GOOGLE CLASSROOM

Every class has its' own Google Classroom page. Students should access this resource every day. Announcements and reminders will be posted on the Google Classroom page. By clicking on the "Classwork" tab, students can access online assignments as well as many ancillary resources.

SYLLABUS & TEXTBOOK

We follow the textbook series: ¡Avancemos!

Spanish 1 CP

Syllabi:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e5dXj7YZins5RnGmbujoYjnLvEPHANc_/edit

The Spanish 1 students have a set of hard copies of this textbook for class use.

Link to the online textbook:

Spanish 1: https://my.hrw.com/tabnav/controller_wl.jsp?isbn=9780547901541&tIsbn=054787202X