Grade
Study Assignments 1 Description Due date
Teach the class what you have learned. Write an application for high school level. Sign up for an article and date to present your material. Write a short paper about what you have learned or what you find significant about the 4 articles or the book. Address the article to a high school audience. Include a bibliography. Due on the day you signed up to teach.
B
Read book or 4 articles from course reserve list. Tell what you have learned. Sign up for a time to tell the class about your articles. After reading a book or four articles, tell the class what you have learned on the date you selected. Hand in the first page of the article with your name on it. Due on day you signed up.
C
Read 2 articles from course reserve list. Write down four most important issues of each. After reading the two articles, write down four of the most important ideas. Type them and turn them in to Dr. Stans.

Due the day you talk about it in class.

D
Read one article. Select an article, articles, or book from the electronic reserve or library reserve to read. Write down two important ideas and turn in to Dr. Stans.

Deadline: April 12

F
Read none.      

Grade

Tech Assignments 2

Description

Due date

A

Create a webpage or powerpoint presentation.

Learn to use digital audio recordings and apply to webpage or powerpoint.

Use digital photos.

Download digital audio recordings or photos and in a webpage or powerpoint presentation. Learn powerpoint or webpage building.

Due by April 19.Ê

B

Participate in collecting audio data.

Take digital photos.

Record or photograph digitally stories or plants.

Due by March 29.

C

Be the source of audio data.

Collect plants.

Read and Pronounce the words/stories in Creek or Mikasuki to record.

Due during sound stage classes, March 22 or April 5th.

D

Watch process

Participate in group as observer

Attendence

F

     

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Botany Assignments 3

Description

Due Date

A

Identify all botanical names, parts, and link to audio in a book of plants. Work as a group.

Use the plants from collection to scan. Make into a web page with audio links.

Due April 19

B

Create a book of plants.

Create a series of short sentences to read out loud. Tell about plant features. Make into a book. Write down information (cultural and biological) on the plant in English using the form in your packet.

Due March 29. Record in lab on Apr. 5

C

Create a list of words to read with pictures.

Create a book of plant material.

Due March 8

D

Collect pictures or plants

Collect pictures of plant material or plant material.

Due March 1

F

     

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Phonetics 4

Description

Due Date

A

Learn a new alphabet and know the sounds for each letter. Create a web page or powerpoint with audio files for the alphabet. (May be done as a group)

Complete B and create webpage or powerpoint presentation.

Due March 22 to record in sound stage lab.

Due April 19.

B

Learn an alphabet and know the sounds for each letter. Write an alphabet book with pictures

Read to each other in class quizzes and get 80% correct.

Done during quizzes.

Alphabet book due Feb. 15.

C

Learn an alphabet and know the sounds for each letter.

Read to each other in class quizzes and get 70% correct.

Done during quizzes.

D

Learn an alphabet's sounds.

Read to each other in class quizzes and get 60% correct.

Done during quizzes.

F

     

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Vocabulary FINAL 5

Description

Due Date

A

read 90% of written words.
recognize 90% of spoken works.
write 90% of words spoken.

This will be a final word exam similar to quizzes but covering all the words studied in the course. In class April 26       

B

read 80% of written words.
recognize 80% of spoken works.
write 80% of words spoken.

C

read 70% of written words.
recognize 70% of spoken works.
write 70% of words spoken.

D

read 60% of written words.
recognize 60% of spoken works.
write 60% of words spoken.

F

read 60% of written words.
recognize 60% of spoken works.
write 60% of words spoken.

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Service Learning Project 6

Description

Date Due

A

Teaching a class with a Seminole class member.

Students will work in groups to plan a language curriculum and teach a class on one of the Seminole languages. They will keep a journal of their experience.

Turn in journal by May 4

B

Presenting a class on language to a group of school children

Students may individually select a school of children to teach about language loss or other language subjects. Keep a journal.

Turn in journal by May 4

C

Develop curriculum and material individually.

Develop material for others to use in presenting language in a classroom.

April 12

D

Attend a class where the material from this class is used.

Observe the interaction and offer suggestions.

May 4

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Ungraded assignments 7

Description

Date due

A

90 % handed in

Handing in weekly quizzes with additional words.

Following each

B

80% handed in

quiz.

C

70% handed in

 

D

60% handed in

 

F

Less than 60% handed in

 


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Your final grade will be computed by adding the totals from the 7 categories above along with attendance (8) and participation (9). Grades are then computed using the following grading policy:

 Grade
Grading Policy
Attendance 8

Based on number of times you are in class divided by 15 classes. You can miss 1 class without penalty. If you attend all, you receive extra points.
Participation 9
A
4.0 - A
90% of classes

Your participation grade will be largely at the teacher's discretion. It will depend on your speaking in class, attitude, telling about your experience or something you have read, helping others, being prepared for class, and being on time.

B
3.5 - B+
3.0 - B
80% of classes
C
2.5 - C+
2.0 - C
70% of classes
D
1.5 - D+
1.0 - D
60% of classes
F
< 1.0 - F
Less than 60% of classes

 
 
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