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TuesdayAugust 18, 2009

Introduce myself

Wife & MomRecent graduateESL teacher for 4-1/2 yearsMy passion to help students be good, happy, effective learners and connect everything they learn in school to everything else in their world and vice-versa

My son just went to college last weekend

You are ALL a part of my extended family now 8-18-09 contd Hand out General Class Outline, Objectives & Expectations with Semester ScheduleDiscuss skills well focus onspeech, literary analysis, writing processDiscuss General Daily ScheduleJournalingEvery day as your bell ringer activityOnce a week you will revise/edit your chosen entry for gradingHand out and go over journal rubricWe didnt get to view this PowerPoint because of technical difficulties, but the same information was covered08-18-09 contdSpeaker of the DayStarting 8/31, pairs for the first roundWill be responsible for daily Non-Fiction Reading of Current Events Bring either hard paper or be ready with on-line paperParaphrase a few current events for the class & facilitate discussionHand out and go over SOTD rubric Speaker of the Day will also do the daily research for language connections that will be inserted here during class discussion things like looking up words we dont know or finding pictures of words or concepts that are unfamiliarWe did not hand out the SOTD rubric well do that later next week08-18-09 contdThese daily notesCornell Method variation with Language Connections made during class discussionsWill be posted on Eng 303 WikiThis is where well insert our language connections during our class discussions.You can write your own language connections on your own notes that you should be taking I hope to post these notes at least weekly to the wiki site.08-18-09 contdDiscuss class participationWhy are we here at AHS? Atlantic? USA? What is our purpose?Discuss daily participation pointsEmployabilityBegins at bell with attendance & will be recorded dailyHow are participation points deduced? Absences, tardies, misbehavior, not handing in assignmentsYour participation points (employability grade) each week will be roughly equal to one assignment per week and are your easiest points. Please do what is expected of you so I can award full points on this weekly grade.08-18-09 contdDiscuss late workShows effortOral/written confirmation of when due (3 days after absence) with students/parentsPart of integrityIn trying to be fair and grade with integrity, I will stick to the late work policy with everyone.08-18-09 contdDiscuss Integrity overallAs a teacherTry my best to be fair and respectful in discussions, workload, grading, challenging Try my best to talk the talk and walk the walk As a studentTry your best to be fair and respectful in discussions, assignments, with classmates, with SELFNo cheating, plagiarism, put-downs, apathyRemember that this is a school, which is a mini-society, and that we all need to respect the societys behavior expectationsWe all need to expect integrity from each other, but from ourselves first.08-18-09 contdRead aloud and share introductions.