Home Page: Diane DuBois

Welcome

About myself

• Graduated from Morningside College with majors in English and Elementary Education and a minor in music, from National Louis University with a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction, and Northern Illinois University with Masters in Educational Administration.
  
• Taught 2nd-6th grade before "graduating" to junior high 13 years ago. After teaching 2 1/2 years following graduation, retired to raise a family, returned to substitute teach and ultimately full-time teaching 23 years ago.
  
• Mother of two grown sons, both married, and Nana to three wonderful grandchildren
  
• Have various responsibilities outside classroom both on district and school level.
  
• Free time ~ reading, theater, concerts, walking, movies, cooking, spending time with family and friends.
  
• Have taught private piano lessons for 25 years.
  
• Active in church and a volunteer with Special Olympics for the last 25 years, serving as Chairperson of Volunteers for the Winter Games.
  

Language Arts
Students will learn to:

• read with understanding and fluency.
  
• read and understand literature representative of various societies, era, and ideas.
  
• write to communicate for a variety of purposes.
  
• listen and speak effectively in a variety of situations.
  
• use the language arts to acquire, assess, and communicate information.
  

Homework: Students are responsible for writing assignment due dates in their assignment notebooks and having all work completed on time. If students need extra assistance on an assignment, they may arrange to see me before school, during lunch, and/or after school.
Absences: It is the student's responsibility to make up any assignments missed due to an absence. Time to make up work due is guided by school policy outlined in the Student Handbook. If tests are missed, a make-up test day must be arranged as soon as possible.
Late Work: Late assignments will receive a maximum grade of D- if handed in the day after it is due. All  work must be completed.  Students who consistently have late and/or missing work and whose grades fall below 70% can expect to stay after school and/or see me during lunch to receive extra help and to work on those assignments.
Grading Scale: Points earned on classwork, projects, homework, tests, and class participation are included in the student's grade. Grades are assigned based on the following scale:

                                                                            90% - 100% A
                                                                            80% - 89% B
                                                                            70% - 79% C
                                                                            60% - 69% D
                                                                            0% - 59% U

My favorite sites

• English Plus - Grammar Slammer
  
• 700 Great Learning Sites
  
• Cool Stuff for Young Adults
  
• Awesome Educational Games