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CLASSROOM CODE
We are learning to become adult professionals, so although we may have fun, we will follow this
professional code of conduct:
1. We will RESPECT each other.
Adults depend on one another to help each other finish proects, solve problems, and get
through emergencies! "eople are more willing to help other people who respect them! #n this
class, we will depend on each other to practice conversation s$ills and complete activities! We
will learn more and have more fun if we show respect for each other! Remember, we need
each other, and we will continue to need others as adults!
%&amples of respecting each other:
'istening when others are spea$ing
(ffering helpful and supportive comments to our partners during group wor$
)andling others* possessions only if they give permission
%&amples of +(, respecting each other:
Allowing our cell phones to ring and answering them in class
-aying hurtful comments and teasing when others ma$e mista$es
.istracting others from their wor$
2. I will FOCUS on m wor! "#rin$ cla%%.
Adults have obs where they must do things that contribute to the success of their employers during the
entire time they are at wor$! ,o do this, adults learn self/discipline and avoid distracting activities
during wor$ hours! We will contribute more to our own success and to our friends* success in learning
-panish if we avoid distracting activities during -panish class!
%&amples of focusing on our wor$ during class:
0 ,al$ing only about the topic of the assigned activity during group wor$
0 1olunteering to answer 2uestions and spea$ing only in -panish as much as possible
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0 4sing computers, phones or tablets only to do assigned activities or loo$ up words when the teacher
gives us permission
%&amples of +(, focusing on our wor$ during class:
0 -leeping
0 "laying games or loo$ing at cat videos on the internet
0 .oing homewor$ for another class
5! # will arri&e at cla%% O' TIME an" (rin$ the 'ECESSAR) MATERIALS.
Adults suffer penalties if they arrive at wor$ late or without the materials they need to do wor$! ,heir
customers get angry, and then they lose business! #n -panish class, we need everyone*s participation so
we can all learn more and have more opportunities to practice! We must arrive on time and bring our
materials in order to participate fully! (ur contributions to class are valued!
%&amples of arriving on time and bringing necessary materials:
0 6eing in my seat by the time class starts! 7Class starts when the bell rings!8
0 )aving my te&tboo$ on my des$ when class starts!
0 )aving my homewor$ assignment on my des$ when class starts!
0 6ringing a pen and paper!
%&amples of +(, arriving on time and +(, bringing necessary materials:
0 -tanding at my friend*s des$ and tal$ing to him or her when class starts!
0 Wal$ing into class 19 seconds after class starts!
0 :orgetting my homewor$ in my loc$er!
0 +ot bringing my te&tboo$ to class!
;! M wor! will ha&e a PROFESSIO'AL a**earance.
Adults create assignments that are clean, neat, and often typed! Customers and employers are more
impressed by wor$ that has these 2ualities than by messy wor$! +eat and clean wor$ is easier to read
and ma$es communication more efficient!
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%&amples of wor$ with a professional appearance:
0 .ouble/spaced papers with 1/inch margins on the sides 7-$ip a line between each line of writing 0 it
ma$es reading easier, and students can read the corrections more easily also8!
0 -taples or paper clips to attach multiple pages of an assignment together 7,here is a stapler at the
teacher*s des$ you may use before class if you need it!8!
0 4nwrin$led papers!
%&amples of wor$ W#,)(4, a professional appearance:
0 "apers with blood, coffee, or other fluids on them!
0 ,orn papers!
0 Crumpled papers!
+. M wor! will re*re%ent m OW' EFFORTS.
Adults who claim they have created pieces of wor$ that they have ta$en from someone else may lose
their obs or pay large fines! We may be charged with academic misconduct or plagiarism if we
misrepresent wor$ as ours when we copy it from other sources! We learn very little when we copy
others* wor$, and we learn more when we do our own wor$!
%&amples of wor$ that represents our own efforts:
0 Rough drafts that we turn in with our final drafts of assignments!
0 "apers with sentences we copied from others in 2uotation mar$s and citations of the sources we read
to find those 2uotations!
0 "apers that have only vocabulary and correct grammar structures that we $now and produce
ourselves with the help of a dictionary!
%&amples of wor$ that does +(, represent our own efforts:
0 Assignments that we write in %nglish and have a translation program translate for us 7,here are ways
the teacher can find out if we did this!8!
0 "apers that our friends write for us!
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0 "apers that have sentences and paragraphs that we copied from other sources, but we failed to put
them in 2uotation mar$s and failed to properly cite them!