LATIN II: 3rd Period (M-T-Th-Fr) UH 219

LATIN III/IV: 1st Period (T-Fr) Judd 112

 

Magistra Spaltro   

Belfield 137-O, 834-0035   

f-spaltro@uchicago.edu       

http://people.ucls.uchicago.edu/~fspaltr/

 

CLASS EXPECTATIONS AND GUIDELINES

 

Materials

Bring your textbook, your loose-leaf Latin notebook, and a pencil or dark pen to each class.

 

Promptness and Attendance

Please arrive on time and prepared.  I mark tardies. Consistent attendance is expected.

 

Homework 

Expect a small assignment every day; weekend homework assignments will be longer than work assigned during the week.  Assignments will be posted on your class website. 

 

Work missed due to absence

You must arrange to make up homework, quizzes and tests missed during an excused absence, planned or unplanned. Work must be made up within one week of your return to school. Work missed due to an unexcused absence cannot be made up.

 

Comportment

Treat one another and me with courtesy and respect at all times.  Chatting during class, doing homework from another class, inappropriate language, etc. are disrespectful.  In accordance with school policy, any use of a cell phone will result in its confiscation.

 

Grading

Quizzes and tests: two-thirds of your grade will be based on tests and quizzes.  Tests will count 100 points, and quizzes between 15 to 75 points.  Quizzes may be unannounced.  I will notify parents of a test grade below 70% and two consecutive quiz grades below 70%. Reports, short papers, and special projects are all worth quiz grades. 

Notebooks: your notebooks will be checked without notice and will be counted as a quiz grade.  

One-third of your grade is based upon homework, participation, attendance, effort, and comportment.

 

 

THE FOLLOWING GRADING SCALE IS USED FOR QUIZZES, TESTS, AND QUARTER GRADES

 

A+         97-100    B+          87-89                     C+          77-79                     D+          67-69      F   0-59

A            94-96                     B            84-86                     C            74-76                     D            64-66

A-          90-93                     B-           80-83                     C-           70-73                     D-           60-63

 

Effort and improvement will be rewarded.   Bonam fortunam!