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Introduction / Course Outline / Day 1 Procedures

School Rules

Classroom Rules & Expectations

English at a Glance

Classroom Rules & Regs

Cell Phones – HUGE!

No hats, bags, food or drink

If you miss work, you are responsible to get notes from a classmate or online

Tests, in-class essays, RSTs, projects

Lates / Absent

Language – you know the deal!

Respect

Why Else Do We Need English?

Big Ideas of English When we study English we are studying the making

of meaning.

We learn how to make meaning from texts and we study how to communicate meaning to others.

Making meaning has two interconnected purposes: understanding what is in the mind of the author AND THEN extending what we know (of the world and of our ideas).

Making meaning involves three key perspectives: the mind of the author, our mind, and the norms of the culture.

Reading Comprehension Review

Previewing

Using Prior Knowledge

Predicting & Questioning

A Purpose for Reading

Monitoring for Meaning

Visualizing

Inferring

Importance

Synthesizing

Figure it Out

5 Steps of the Writing Process

1. Prewriting: thinking about the subject, organizing thoughts before beginning to write.

2. Drafting: putting ideas down on paper, focus on content not mechanics.

3. Revising: refining the piece of writing, adding to and reorganizing, getting input from peers or teacher.

4. Editing: fixing mechanical, grammatical and spelling errors.

5. Publishing: Writing piece is prepared in final form, sharing writing with others.

Effective Paragraph Writing

Unity

• Maintain topic throughout the paragraph

Topic Sentence

• informs the reader of the topic

Supporting Statements

• Supports your topic sentence

• Logical order

• Use of transition words between points

Concluding Statement

• Summarizes your ideas

Formal Literary Paragraph

Topic Sentence: states paragraph topic/argument, no plot details or questions

Supporting Statements: Point, Proof, Comment

Point: Argument to support your topic sentence, establishes the context of the evidence. Proof: indirect or direct quotations, context should be provided for all quotations. Comment: explanation of the evidence.

Concluding Statement: summarizes the content of the paragraph

Activity

In 1 - 2 paragraphs, describe your experience(s) with English.

In one paragraph, summarize the key things you learned last year in Gr. 9 English.

What are your strengths / weaknesses as a learner?

What are your strengths / weaknesses in English?

What are your academic goals for this course?

What do you need to improve as a learner to be successful in your studies this semester?