Foundations of English I

Mr. Asciutto/Mrs. KetoverRoom 1038/28/2015

Warm-Up!

1) Materials due by Monday, August 31st

2) Parent Letters due TODAY

Announcements

The “Why”

CuriosityDisciplineEmpathy

1) Warning

2) Hall Conversation

3) Isolation/Parent Call

4) Class Bounce/Referral to Counselor, Dean, Assistant Principal and Intervention Team meeting

Behavior

If a student misses more than 10 periods of a class, he/she must “recover” the credit for the course through an alternative means of instruction. In other words, the student fails the course if he/she misses 11 of our class periods.

Recovery time: Tuesday, Thursday after school from 2:30 to 4:00 WEEKLY.

We will be on you about this – you can’t learn if you’re not here.

Attendance

Don’t move around class/stand without

permission from myself. This includes for the following purposes: Tissue Pencil Sharpening Gathering Materials Using the restroom Talking to another classmate

Moving around class

- Getting handouts

- Pencil Policy/Lacking materials

- Parent letters? Turn them into the bin when you leave – not now.

Review of Policies

SWBAT analyze the use of language in “Thank You, Ma’am.”

Content Objectives

College Day

Brief Overview

Where is it?

This college is good at…

Health services! (Nursing/medical) Education! (Elementary particularly) African-American Studies General Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, etc).

Wait … why should I go there?

Step 1: Pass Foundations of

English 1.

Step 2: Average GPA: 3.02

Step 3: Average Math SAT: 449

Step 4: Average Reading SAT: 440

Step 5: Average ACT: 17

Okay.. But how am I going to get in?

How much does it cost?

You’re not. There’s this little thing called

“financial aid.”

How am I going to pay for that?

Who goes there?

Brown Hall:

125 rooms Laundry Shared kitchen Co-ed floors

What’s that? Athlete dorm

Where would I live?

There’s this thing called a

“meal plan” that you can swipe to get into the dining hall AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT!

Also on campus: various restaurants, coffee shops (Popeyes and Subway!)

Where would I eat?

Baseball Football (D2) Basketball (M-

W) Cheerleading Cross Country

(M-W) Track (M) Softball Volleyball

Could I play sports?

Student

government

Academic clubs

Professional organizations

Greek Life

“Red Sea of Sound”

What else could I do?

Could I study abroad?

Making text connections

Why is it important to interact, not just read, a

text?

Making text connections

Three Types

Text-to-text: What does this remind you of in another book you have read? How is this text similar to other things you have read? How is this text different from other things you have read?

Making text connections

Three Types

Text-to-self: What does this story remind you of?Can you relate to the characters in the story?Does anything in this story remind you of anything in your own life?

Making text connections

Three Types

Text-to-world: What does this remind you of in the real world? How are events in this story similar to things that happen in the real world? How are events in this story different from things that happen in the real world?

Thank you, Ma’am

Syllabus Quiz!