TuesdayTuesdayAugust 18, August 18,

20092009

Introduce myselfIntroduce myself

Wife & MomWife & Mom Recent graduateRecent graduate ESL teacher for 4-1/2 ESL teacher for 4-1/2

yearsyears My passion to help My passion to help

students be good, students be good, happy, effective happy, effective learners and connect learners and connect everything they learn everything they learn in school to everything in school to everything else in their world and else in their world and vice-versavice-versa

•My son just went to My son just went to college last weekend college last weekend

•You are ALL a part of my You are ALL a part of my extended family now extended family now

8-18-09 8-18-09 cont’dcont’d Hand out General Class Hand out General Class

Outline, Objectives & Outline, Objectives & Expectations with Semester Expectations with Semester ScheduleSchedule

Discuss skills we’ll focus onDiscuss skills we’ll focus on speech, literary analysis, speech, literary analysis,

writing processwriting process

Review semester scheduleReview semester schedule

Discuss General Daily Discuss General Daily ScheduleSchedule JournalingJournaling

Every day as your bell ringer Every day as your bell ringer activityactivity

Once a week you will revise/edit Once a week you will revise/edit your chosen entry for gradingyour chosen entry for grading

Hand out and go over journal Hand out and go over journal rubricrubric

•We will also focus on We will also focus on interview and job skills interview and job skills just before Christmasjust before Christmas

08-18-09 cont’d08-18-09 cont’d Speaker of the DaySpeaker of the Day Starting 8/31, pairs for Starting 8/31, pairs for

the first roundthe first round Will be responsible for Will be responsible for

daily Non-Fiction daily Non-Fiction Reading of Current Reading of Current Events Events

Bring either hard paper Bring either hard paper or be ready with on-or be ready with on-line paperline paper

Paraphrase a few Paraphrase a few current events for the current events for the class & facilitate class & facilitate discussiondiscussion

Hand out and go over Hand out and go over SOTD rubric SOTD rubric

•Speaker of the Day will Speaker of the Day will also do the daily also do the daily research for “language research for “language connections” that will connections” that will be inserted be inserted herehere during during class discussion – things class discussion – things like looking up words we like looking up words we don’t know or finding don’t know or finding pictures of words or pictures of words or concepts that are concepts that are unfamiliarunfamiliar•We did not hand out We did not hand out the SOTD rubric – we’ll the SOTD rubric – we’ll do that later next weekdo that later next week

08-18-09 cont’d08-18-09 cont’d These daily notesThese daily notesCornell Method Cornell Method

variation with variation with Language Language Connections made Connections made during class during class discussionsdiscussions

Will be posted on Will be posted on Eng 303 WikiEng 303 Wiki

•This is where we’ll This is where we’ll insert our “language insert our “language connections” during our connections” during our class discussions.class discussions.•You can write your own You can write your own “language connections” “language connections” on your own notes that on your own notes that you you should be takingshould be taking •I hope to post these I hope to post these notes at least weekly to notes at least weekly to the wiki site.the wiki site.

08-18-09 cont’d08-18-09 cont’d Discuss class Discuss class participationparticipation Why are we here at AHS? Why are we here at AHS?

Atlantic? USA? What is Atlantic? USA? What is our purpose?our purpose?

Discuss daily Discuss daily participation pointsparticipation points EmployabilityEmployability Begins at bell with Begins at bell with

attendance & will be attendance & will be recorded dailyrecorded daily

How are participation How are participation points deduced? points deduced?

Absences, tardies, Absences, tardies, misbehavior, not handing misbehavior, not handing in assignments…in assignments…

•Your participation Your participation points (employability points (employability grade) each week will grade) each week will be roughly equal to one be roughly equal to one assignment per week assignment per week and are your easiest and are your easiest points. points. Please do Please do what is expected of what is expected of you so I can award you so I can award full points on this full points on this weekly grade.weekly grade.

08-18-09 cont’d08-18-09 cont’d Discuss late workDiscuss late work

Shows effortShows effortOral/written Oral/written

confirmation of when confirmation of when due (3 days after due (3 days after absence) with absence) with students/parentsstudents/parents

Part of integrityPart of integrity

•In trying to be fair and In trying to be fair and grade with integrity, I will grade with integrity, I will stick to the late work stick to the late work policy with everyone.policy with everyone.

08-18-09 cont’d08-18-09 cont’d Discuss Integrity overallDiscuss Integrity overall As a teacherAs a teacher

Try my best to be fair Try my best to be fair and respectful in and respectful in discussions, workload, discussions, workload, grading, challenging grading, challenging

Try my best to talk the Try my best to talk the talk and walk the walk talk and walk the walk

As a studentAs a student Try your best to be fair Try your best to be fair

and respectful in and respectful in discussions, discussions, assignments, with assignments, with classmates, with SELFclassmates, with SELF

No cheating, No cheating, plagiarism, put-downs, plagiarism, put-downs, apathyapathy

Remember that this is a Remember that this is a school, which is a mini-school, which is a mini-society, and that we all society, and that we all need to respect the need to respect the society’s behavior society’s behavior expectationsexpectations

•We all need to expect We all need to expect integrity from each integrity from each other, but from other, but from ourselves first.ourselves first.

08-18-09 cont’d08-18-09 cont’d Read aloud and share Read aloud and share

introductions.introductions.

•66thth period did not finish period did not finish introduction read introduction read alouds.alouds.