Freshman Health Syllabus
River Dell High School
Mr. Van Saders
Class Expectations
• Be Prepared – bring computer, pen/pencil, folder & planbook
• No Food or Drinks in the Classroom
• Be On Time – lateness will result in 1. detention 2. detention and
call home 3. An administrator is notified
• Hand in Assignments on Time – late assignments (no makeups):
Turns to a zero
• Respect fellow students
• Missed Work – you are responsible for any missing work if you are
absent.
Grading Procedures
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Tests and Quizzes: Each test and quiz will have total points indicated on each. Each item
will have different total . All not out of 100!
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Your grade depends on the number of points you accumulate in the marking period:
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This is an example of a previous Marking period: Total Points (Ex): 560 pts. for the MP
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Tests /Quizzes: 310 pts.
Assignments: 130 pts.
Paper: 70 pts.
Participation: 60 pts
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Class Participation: 60 pts
1. Class participation points based on the activity for that day (not given everyday)
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Any work given out will be worth points so if it is not handed in or handed in late will result
in a zero
Health Article Critiques
• You will collect health articles out of the newspaper,
magazines or Internet articles
• Critiques should be a minimum of 2 paragraphs. First
paragraph summary of what you read and second
paragraph your reaction to the article. Should be at least
4 to 5 sentences per paragraph. The more detail
covered the better your grade
• Critiques must be typed and emailed and the article’s
link needs to be included in the email
• The articles will be worth 25pts. 10 pts. for each
paragraph’s information and 5 for the included link
• These articles will be included as part of your
assignment pts.
• Critiques will lose 10 points everyday the critique is late
Article Topics
The article topic will presented at the time of
a specific lesson being cover in class.
For example, HIV /AIDs or other STD’s