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My goal is to help you reach your goal !

My goal is to help you reach your goal !. Today we will…. Identify homework board and write down today’s assignment Talk about beginning of class routine Go over some basic rules and procedures Fill in an index card with information for the teacher Complete a “get acquainted” activity

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My goal is to help you reach your goal !

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  1. My goal is to help you reach your goal!

  2. Today we will… • Identify homework board and write down today’s assignment • Talk about beginning of class routine • Go over some basic rules and procedures • Fill in an index card with information for the teacher • Complete a “get acquainted” activity • Look at some of the things we will do this year. • Start homework

  3. EVERY DAY, at the beginning of English class… • Report to your seat as soon as you enter the classroom • Once you are seated, copy the homework from the homework board into your agenda. (Do this now.) • Begin reading from an I.R. (independent reading) book unless/until the teacher gives you other instructions.

  4. Basic Classroom Rules • Arrive fully prepared and on time. • Remain in your seat at all times unless you have permission from your teacher to get up. • Raise your hand and wait to be called on before speaking. • To leave the class, you must have a pass • Refrain from touching or disturbing others and/or their belongings. • Do not throw anything in the classroom.

  5. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY… TREAT EVERYONE WITH COURTESY AND RESPECT!

  6. On the front of the index card….

  7. On the back of the index card…

  8. Who are you????? • Tell everyone your full name and anything your know about your name. • Tell us the best and the worst thing that happened to you this summer AND/OR • Tell the class something interesting or weird about yourself or your family.

  9. I get to go first!!!

  10. ENGLISH Core concepts… • Writing… • The writing process/writing workshop/writing mini-lessons • Identifying and developing the parts of the essay • Responding to literature (using direct support from the source) • Poetry writing

  11. ENGLISH Core concepts… • Grammar… • Types of sentences (declarative, imperative, exclamatory, interrogative) • Parts of speech (noun, verb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, interjection, adjective, adverb) • Parts of the sentence (prepositional phrases, subject, predicate, etc.) • Capitalization • Punctuation • Usage

  12. ENGLISH Core concepts… • Speaking… • “All About Me” introductory speech • Oral interpretation and analysis of a poem • Classroom discussion and other formal and informal speaking experiences

  13. ENGLISH Core concepts… • Literature... • The in-class novels Sleeping Freshmen by David Lubar and Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen • Literary terms relating to plot, • character, etc. • Literary analysis and interpretation • Literature-based writings

  14. Literature (continued): ENGLISH • Poetry unit • Types of poetry • Poetic terminology (poetic devices, figurative language, sound techniques, etc.) • The lives and works of major classic and contemporary poets

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