Courses and Syllabi

Purpose

This web page is designed to be resource for my students and the parents or

guardians of my students.  With this page, I will offer the various modes of

communication I use with students and parents/guardians, a copy of my

schedule and where I can be located during the day, a variety of documents 

students and parents may access, a brief biographical sketch, and important 

links to other pages.


Course Descriptions

At the beginning of the semester each student received a course description

outlining his or her English course of study.  Students also received a list

of materials to purchase for the course.  This course description provided 

guidelines relative to student behavior and classroom policies.  

Parents/guardians and students were asked to sign and return a verification 

form indicating that the course description had been thoroughly reviewed and

 discussed by both parent/guardian and student.  If this did not occur please

 contact me at rphillips@wcpss.net.  If you would like to see a copy of the

 course description, please select the appropriate link below.  With this link

 you may access a printable Microsoft Word document. Please sign and 

return the verification form as necessary. 

 

Advanced Placement, Language and Composition (Fall 2009)

AP Course Description, Scope, and Sequence (TBA)

Current Syllabus*

 

*Homework, classwork, handouts, links, and THE SUMMER ASSIGNMENT can be located on the syllabus page. 

 

English III (Fall 2009 and Spring 2010)


Honors                         Standard

Honors Course Description                  Course Description

Current Syllabus*                          Current Syllabus*

 

 

*Homework, classwork, handouts, and links to support our study of

language and writing can be located on the syllabus page. 

 

 

 

English I (Mr. Phillips does not teach English I in the fall or spring of 2009-2010)


Honors                          Standard                 

Honors Course Description                   Course Description

Current Syllabus*                           Current Syllabus*  

 

*Homework, classwork, handouts, and links to support our study of language and writing can be located on the syllabus page.   

 

To contact Mr. Phillips at school

If you would like to ask me a direct question, the best way to get a quick

 response is to email me at rphillips@wcpss.net.  If you prefer to phone me,

 Leesville’s main number is 870-4250.  Leave me a message and I will call you

 back.


Grades & Progress Reports

Students will receive progress updates at the end of every two-week

 period.  These paper printouts are provided as a courtesy to

 students and as a reminder for students.  Students are encouraged to

 make up any missing tasks before the interim or the end of the

 quarter.  Interim reports should be signed and returned, but all

 other reports are FYI reports.  

                             

Resources

English I

AP Language and Composition

LRHS Manuscript Style Guide

Students will be asked to compose formal expository essays in their English

 classes here at LRHS.  Click here for the official LRHS English guide, which

 describes the directions, structures, and processes students should know and

 use in their composition of these formal documents. 

 

My Schedule


Teaching Schedule: Fall Semester 2009

1st Pd (7:25 - 8:48/ 7:25 - 8:54)        Planning 

                       

1st Pd/Pride Period (8:51 - 9:11)        Pride Period (M-TR)

 

2nd Pd (9:17 - 10:40/ 9:00 - 10:29)      English III or AP (M-TR/Friday)

 

A Lunch (10:46 - 11:21/10:35 - 11:10)    Lunch (M-TR/Friday)

 

3rd Pd (11:26 - 12:49/ 11:15 - 12:44)    English III or AP (M-TR/Friday)

 

4th Pd (12:55 - 2:18/ 12:50 - 2:18)      English III or AP (M-TR/Friday)

 

 

Teaching Schedule: Spring Semester 2010

1st Pd (7:25 - 8:48/ 7:25 - 8:54)        Planning       

                       

1st Pd/Pride Period (8:51 - 9:11)        Pride Period (M-TR)

 

2nd Pd (9:17 - 10:40/ 9:00 - 10:29)      English III (M-TR/Friday)

 

B Lunch (11:28 - 12:03/11:20 - 11:55)    Lunch (M-TR/Friday)

 

3rd Pd (10:46 - 12:49/ 10:35 - 12:44)    English III (M-TR/Friday)

 

4th Pd (12:55 - 2:18/ 12:50 - 2:18)      English III (M-TR/Friday)

 

 

Missed Work, Extra Help & Student-Parent Conferences


  • First of all, make certain you are aware of the WCPSS rules for 

  • making up missed work, which can be located in the 

  • Student/Parent Handbook. In Spanish - Manual para Estudiantes y Padres.
  •  
  •  
  • I am unavailable before school and after school on Monday and Wednesday,

  • AND I am unavailable after 4:00. 


  • Because the school-wide ASD (After-School Detention) will be held in my

  • classroom (133) each Tuesday and Thursday, the location of my

  • make-up and/or help sessions is subject to relocation.

  •  
  • The following days and times reflect my availability at school for making

  • up assignments and getting extra help, but students must schedule a time

  • to meet with me.


  • All make-up and help sessions are by appointment only.

 

 

Appointment Schedule

Monday 

Afternoon: No Appointments (Faculty and Department Meetings)

Tuesday

Afternoon: 2:30 - 4:00 (Student must ride the activity bus, be picked up by a parent, or provide his or her own transportation)

Wednesday  

Afternoon: No Appointments (Possible Early-Release & Teacher Meetings)

Thursday

Afternoon: 2:30 - 4:00 (Student must ride the activity bus, be picked up by a parent, or provide his or her own transportation)

Friday 

Afternoon: 2:30 - 4:00 (Student must be picked up by a parent or provide his or her own transportation.)

 

 

To request a conference  

In the event that parents or guardians wish to meet, please follow the following procedures:

1. Contact me with your request to conference, unless you prefer to


 arrange the meeting with your student's guidance counselor.  I feel it


 is quite important for the student to be present at the conference, so


 every effort should be made to include the student in our discussion. 

 

 

2. Identify the purpose for the meeting and the times you have available


 to meet.  Before making your conference request, please refer to my


 appointment schedule on this page. 

 

 

3. I will notify the student's guidance counselor and invite that person


 to attend.  If the student's counselor is unavailable, I may request


 the presence of an administrator.  When all interested parties have


 agreed upon a time and place, we will meet.   

 

 

Biographical: Mr. Phillips  

High School and Undergraduate Experiences


I am a native North Carolinian and was born in the small town of Sanford


 in 1974.  By the age of six, my family relocated to Wilson where we


 lived until I was ready to begin middle school.  When we moved to Wake 


Forest in the fall of 1985, I attended the public schools there until I


 graduated from Wake Forest-Rolesville High School in 1992. 

 

 

 

I received my BA in English Education from the University of North 

 

Carolina at Pembroke in 1997,  and I attended UNCP on a combination of


athletic and academic scholarships.  While at UNCP, I played for UNCP's

 

basketball team, served as a resident assistant, and was an active


member of Sigma Tau Delta (an International English Honor 


Society).


     Graduate and Professional Experiences


After completing my BA, I completed one year of Master's work in English

 

Education at Appalachian State University during the 1998-1999 school


year.  At ASU I worked in the university writing center, worked on the


Cold Mountain Review, taught freshman composition, and taught freshman


remedial writing while taking a full course load. 

 

 

 

After attending ASU, I decided to give teaching a try full time, so I


helped open Green Hope High School in the fall of 1999 and continued


teaching there until the spring of 2006.  While teaching at Green Hope,


I was responsible for instruction of 9th and 11th grade English, 9th and


11th grade Paideia, and AP Language and Composition.  In the fall of


2006, I joined the Leesville High staff and decided to complete my 


graduate work at North Carolina State University in English and Film

 

Studies.  

 

 

While in the graduate program at NCSU, I participated in the student

 

symposium at the 34th Annual Telluride Film Festival in 2007 and was a 


graduate fellow at the 2008 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.  You


can read my review of the Telluride Film Festival, which is published in


the online film magazine, Senses of Cinema.  I completed my degree at


NCSU in December of 2008.


Personal Note and Closure


In the August of 2008, my wife and Iwelcomed two new members to our


family, our twins Jack and Maddie.  As you might imagine, our son and


daughter keep us quite busy when we aren't at work.  This year is 


my tenth year as a teacher in Wake County, my fourth year at LRHS, and 


I am very excited about this new semester.  

 

 

Questions or comments about this page?


Because this page is designed to be a resource for my students and


 parents, I hope visitors will let me know if links are broken, if


 parts of the page do not function properly, or if you see any


 typos!  Please forward all of your questions, comments, &


 criticisms about this page to - rphillips@wcpss.net