Welcome to Mrs. Leigh Lovett's Website!

Course Outline:  

This course is designed  to help you hone in on your critical thinking skills and allow you to become a better writer. We will write essays using MLA format regularly from various points of view, so that you will be prepared for your college courses. You will gain a better understanding of the rhetoric used around you through the close reading and analysis of novels, short stories, poems, and essays. Throughout this course, my hope is that you will realize that no new story has been written, and we can relate to Classic American Literature and appreciate its place in our current lives.

Student Handbook:

https://bchs.burke.k12.ga.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=340771&type=d&pREC_ID=747860

Course Materials: 

• Chromebook, Laptop, School Device 
• Headphones 
• Binder with paper or spiral notebook (College Rule) 
• Pencils, Markers, Pens, Highlighters 
• Classlink: https://launchpad.classlink.com/burke
• Google Classroom-classroom.google.com
• HMH Into Literature (Access through Classlink) 

Phones/Devices (Red Zone)*: Cell phones have proven to be a distraction in the learning environment, and we want to provide every opportunity for students to be successful. Therefore, cell phones must be silenced and placed in a classroom basket/pouch. *(This policy may be updated again throughout the year.)

Late Work Policy: All assignments must be turned in on time in Google Classroom. If a student does not complete the assignment on time during class, it will be considered late. 

1 Day Late (or after due date/time) - 10% Deducted

2 Days Late - 20% Deducted

3 Days Late - Not Accepted and a grade of 0 will be entered into the gradebook.

~Absent students should check work in Google Classroom each day to ensure they stay on Track in class.

~Work not completed in class will be considered late if turned in past the due date.

** (Please see Makeup Work Policy regarding excused Absences)