Day One

Tell Me About You

Welcome to the OSSLC

Please fill out the form on your desk while waiting for class to begin.

If you have questions, let me know

Why Are You Here?

How Much Will You Be Paid to Attend This Class Today?

Students who finish high school earn............$1,216,000

Students who do not finish high school earn.....$936,000

This means attending high school pays............$280,000

• High school = 4 school years, or approximately 700 days• $280,000 divided by 700 days = $400 per day of high school• Each school day has 4 periods. $400 divided by 4 = $100

Actually if you continue on to university, college or an apprenticeship, you’ll make even more for attending class today.

You will be paid $100* to attend this class today!

Adapted from: Gallagher, Kelly. Reading Reasons: Motivational Mini-Lessons for Middle and High School. Portland: Stenhouse Publishers, 2003.

Classroom Expectations

Policies/Procedures Benefits Consequences

RESPECT– yourself, each other and school property

The 3 P’s – Come PREPARED, PARTICIPATE, and be POLITE

ONE PERSON SPEAKS AT A TIME

NO FOOD OR DRINK

LEAVE PERSONAL BELONGINGS IN LOCKER

The bell signifies to the teacher that class should wrap up. It is rude to pack up or leave your seats until you are dismissed. Remember the Three P’s

Course Outline Unit Area of Study Length of Unit Culminating Activities

One Literacy Power Activities – Informational Texts Reading/Writing Strategies

5 weeks Reading and Writing Literacy Activities News Report from Graphic Editorial/Opinion Piece Informational paragraphs - Pamphlet

TwoNarrative & Graphic Texts

4 weeks Journal Responses Unit Test

Three Novel Studies 2 weeks Novel Analysis Summary of Readings Personal Narrative Reading Biographical Essay

Four Lesra Martin  4 weeks Personal Influence Paragraph Reading Assessment Series of Paragraphs Expressing an Opinion Movie Review

Five Research Activity 2 weeks Research Report – Based on Novel Graphic Reading and Writing

  CCA On going/final two weeks

Literacy Portfolio & Reflections Presentation

Moira’s Academic Honesty Policy

• Define plagiarism• How can you avoid plagiarizing? • What is Moira’s policy on plagiarism?

http://edu.hpedsb.on.ca/mss/images/stories/userfiles/files/academic_honesty_policy_and_procedure.pdf

Introducing…

1. List something about yourself that most people in this room would have in common.

2. List something about yourself that some people in this room may have in common.

3. List something about yourself that only a few people in this room may have in common.

4. List something about yourself that is unique to you.

Example:1. I enjoyed summer holidays.2. I like watching Criminal Minds3. I live in Belleville4. I have a 1 year old daughter named Isabell

Weekly Routine

Monday: Silent Reading

Tuesday: Read Aloud

Wednesday: Silent Reading

Thursday: Read Aloud

Friday: Silent Reading