Warm Up

1. Warm Up • Clean Out: tear out all your old warm-up pages from your spiral and throw them away! • Time to start anew! • Now, on the first page divide it in half • Write this Quotes to use in essayson the left side and Reflection on the right • Turn in your homework to the “Turn-In” box

2. First Warm-Up Quotes to use in essays “My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.” Hank Aaron(baseball player) Reflection Do NOT write this! Do this! (On this side you write YOUR thoughts and feelings about this quote. Try and connect it to your life or the life of someone you know in someway)

3. Reminders: • If you are counted absent 5 times per semester-you lose credit for the course and have to attend summer school-even if your average is 100%! • If you leave class (to use the RR, to talk to your friend, etc.) and are gone for more than 12 minutes you are automatically counted absent. You MUST be present for 90% of the class in order to be marked present for the day.

4. Reminders: • If you skip class you cannot make up assignments missed-it is an automatic ‘0’ • If you are not signed out by a parent you are considered skipping • If you are legitimately absent YOU must pick up the missed assignments. You do not get to “skip” them. They are always available on my webpage or you can ask me about them before school, after school, or at “C” lunch. You also may ask during the warm-up.

5. Possession of Telecommunications or Other Electronic Devices Students shall not: Display, turn on, or use a telecommunications device, including a cellular telephone, or other electronic device on school property during the school day without administrative approval. A student who uses a telecommunication device during the school day shall have the device confiscated. The student or the student’s parents may pick up the confiscated telecommunication device from the principal’s office for a fee of $15.00. Confiscated telecommunication devices that are not retrieved by the student or the student’s parents will be disposed of after the notice required by law is given. [See Policy FNCE].

6. Reminders: • Cell phones are NOT PERMITTED in class. • DO NOT plug them into my outlets. Be warned that I will yank them out and possibly damage them. You have NO right to plug your electronics into the classroom outlets. Charge your electronics at home where they belong. • If your phone is out during a quiz or test (even if it is just laying on your desk) I will give you an automatic 0. I will not tell you or warn you I will just do it. Keep it put away.

7. Reminders: • You get only FOUR restroom passes each six weeks • Put your name on all of them IN PEN! • Once you use all four you cannot leave the room • I will not issue a nurse’s pass unless you throw up or are bleeding profusely, so don’t ask. If you don’t feel well, put your head down or go to the restroom. • Do NOT interrupt my teaching to ask to use the restroom simply hand me the pass and go

8. 9th period • The scores for the December English I re-tests have come in (congratulations to those of you who passed! Good job!) • Some of you were chosen for a ninth period from 3:50-4:50 • Reminder that you now have to take the combined test: Reading and Writing • Remember: you MUST pass the English I test to graduate high school—this will NOT change!

9. English II EOC test • April 1st • Reading AND Writing combined • 5 hours for both (just like the benchmark we took in Nov.) • Persuasive and field test essays only • Yes, there will be open-ended questions on the test and they count for a LARGE chunk of the test---You CANNOT leave them blank and expect to pass the test!

10. It’s “Crunch” Time! • Everything we will be doing in class is practice for the EOC and for next year’s English class • We are going to look at what you should know, what you do know, and what you will have to know before each lesson • All assignments are to help you be successful • If you copy someone else or miss an assignment it might be the difference between failing or passing come time for the test—keep this in mind!

11. Night by Elie Wiesel • We will start reading the book on Monday so make sure you have your copy! • Pharr Memorial Library has 2 copies • McAllen Public Library (Nolana & 23rd) 8 copies

12. “Buzz” Word Insignificant (adj): too small or unimportant to be worth consideration Sentence: He had mastered the art of rendering himself insignificant, invisible (pg. 3). Synonyms: unimportant, trivial

13. Hook Foldable Definition: an opening designed to catch people's attention • Fold your paper in half • Fold it in threes • Unfold and cut along the fold lines ( the red ones above-only 2!) • Write one of these words: “Quotation,” “Anecdote,” “Exaggeration or Outrageous Statement” on each flap • Inside we are going to take notes on three types of hooks • You will be required to use one of these hooks in each persuasive essay we write • There are many more hooks, but for our purposes we are only going to use these three

14. Opening with a quotation • Literature or a famous personality may have more authority and influence. Writing a quote from a famous speech or writings can enhance an essay. Don’t quote anyone if his/her words aren’t important in some way. A quotation should only be used if it is interesting. *You are allowed to use the quote that is part of the prompt • (Prompt: evil, hate) “Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach (The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien).” • (Prompt: life)“Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it (Frankenstein, Mary Shelley).” • (prompt: government or equality) Hillary Rodham Clinton once said that “There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard” • (prompt: non-violence) Mahatma Gandhi has said, “Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”

15. Opening with an anecdote • Tell an amusing/ attention getting story. • When my older brother substituted fresh eggs for our hard-boiled Easter eggs, he didn’t realize our father would take the first crack at hiding them. • Yesterday morning I watched as my older sister left for school with a bright white glob of toothpaste gleaming on her chin. I felt no regret at all until she stepped onto the bus …

16. Opening with an exaggeration or outrageous statement • Hit your reader hard with a statement that packs a whallop! By using this type of essay hook, the writer can actually express an idea to the reader that would either shock or provoke him/her a. The whole world watched as the comet flew overhead. b. If the government cuts any more money from education, the entire country will crumble. c. Darwin was wrong.

17. Grammar Practice • Glue the “Verbals” definitions in your Notes/Toolbox (last section) of your spiral • We will do this first exercise as a class so that you will know how to do it from now on with your partner • With your 3 o’clock partner • Write the model sentence in your notes (after the ones you just glued in) • Circle the participle(s) in the sentence • Choose a way to revise the sentence.  Don’t change the entire sentence because it's already a great sentence.  Try to add to it.   (Like, change a pronoun to a noun so we know who or what the sentence is about, or add an adjective or adverb.  Or, if it's a compound sentence, make it two sentences. Write your revised version on the folder) • Create an imitation sentence. Format it just like the model sentence. Write it on the sentence strip.

18. EPIC class • Today we will be looking at a degree plan for STC • This is an “interdisciplinary” degree plan which means it is very basic-you can use it to go into any field of study at the Bachelor degree level • Fill out the top part of the degree form with your information • Look at the class list and read the descriptions • Try to decide which classes you might want to take in college/dual enrollment next year