Our Code of Cooperation

We, the members of English 1A resolve to use the follow rules to guide us.
1. We will be open-minded about ideas and not embarrassed about our ideas.
2. We will keep bad, negative ideas inside ourselves and try to phrase any criticism nicely.
3. We will try to have balanced, equal participation and effort.
4. We will show each other respect and not interrupt the speaker.
5. We will be quiet if we arrive late.
6. We will introduce ourselves again at the start of group work.
7. We will not chew gum in a loud, offensive way.
8. We will help each other finish our work.
9. We will exchange phone numbers if we feel comfortable doing so.
10. We will include everyone, and make sure we all participate.
11. We will be on time.
12. We will put our pagers and phones on vibrate.
13. We will pay attention and focus on the speaker.

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