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Welcome to English with Mrs. Noble!

Welcome to English with Mrs. Noble!. Please sit in your assigned seat. This will help me to learn your names faster; hopefully we will be able to change it up soon. Thank You!. Your summer reading assignment is DUE. Please place it in the pass in bin on my desk.

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Welcome to English with Mrs. Noble!

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  1. Welcome to English with Mrs. Noble! Please sit in your assigned seat. This will help me to learn your names faster; hopefully we will be able to change it up soon. Thank You! Your summer reading assignment is DUE. Please place it in the pass in bin on my desk. http://www.yorksj.ac.uk/arts/faculty-of-arts/undergraduate-study/english-literature-with-cw.aspx

  2. About Me… Mrs. Noble Originally from Belleville, Ontario Attended McGill University; Bachelor of Science in English Literature & Psychology Completed a Bachelor of Education at the University of Toronto Lived in Korea where I taught ESL This is my 9th year with the Halifax Regional School Board; last year I was at Sackville High, the year before I was at C.P.A. I have two children: Maia (5) and Milo (3)

  3. A Little About You….

  4. English 12 Advanced/AP Working in a Split Class…

  5. Course Syllabus Highlights • Focus: critical reading, writing, & thinking about literature • Reading Expectations: • Read everything (time management!) • Read critically • Complete assigned readings before class • Understand that I do not have THE answer, nor is there likely to be THE answer. We will be seeking possible answers together.

  6. Course Syllabus Highlights • Writing Expectations: • Always work on creating your best work • Always strive to develop your writing • Understand that writing is a process and willingly participate in that process • Follow MLA formatting on all assignments and use MLA citations (handout & website)

  7. Our Classroom • Be respectful of the space. • Cell phones and electronics • Should not interrupt your learning or anyone else’s • Quickly, discreetly, educational • Success in your courses requires ACTIVE listening and participation.

  8. Our Classroom • Be in class on time and prepared • Use your break wisely – don’t ask to go to the bathroom/get drinks or food during the first part or the last part of class • Course changes/guidance or administrative appointments….

  9. Attendance and such… • Expected behaviours... • Please note: Class happens, even if you are absent… and you are responsible for learning opportunities that happen when you are not here. • No excuses for late assignments • My website is a resource for you: hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/mnoble • You are expected to negotiate extensions prior to the due date if one is required. • You are warned: I do not mark electronic copies nor will I print them off for you….

  10. Policies & Procedures to Support Learning • Extra Help: Make an appointment or drop in to see me whenever you need extra support. I will be available before school, after school, at lunch, and in Period 4 as often as possible. • Rewrite Policy: • You may resubmit a revised version of any essay within one week of the date it was returned. Your essay will be regraded; you will be awarded full value for the revised essay.

  11. Policies & Procedures to Support Learning • Remind101: Allows me to text you anonymously (I don’t know your # and you don’t know mine). • Used to send reminders, hints, links, etc…. • Read more about it at www.remind101.com • To subscribe: TEXT: @mnob to (902)800-3404 • Email: mnoble@hrsb.ca

  12. Metacognition • Knowing What You Know: • Content • Skills, Strategies QUICK WRITE • Why does metacognition play an important role in learning? • How can you apply your knowledge of metacognition to your work as a student?

  13. Planning to Get the Most Out of This Course • Take, organize, and keep notes on each text you read. • Annotate, annotate, annotate! • Reread • Use feedback efficiently • Keep track of vocabulary and strategies that you are learning • Take advantage of extra support What do each of these mean?

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