Welcome 2014 -15 English

Agenda:1. Goals & Personal Info -

http://vimeo.com/186692762. Course Expectations3. CheerioCanRead4. Me PoemCCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time

for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.

On the front of your index card, write the following:

Your Full Name: Your Parent(s)/Guardian(s) name(s): Their phone numbers: Their email address: Your email address: Your birthday: Last year’s English teacher: On the back of your index card, write your most recent goal:

What is the goal? Why is it important? How are you going to prepare yourself to achieve it?

Clear Goals

THINK/PAIR/SHARE: How can you explain how your current activities relate to the goal?

Course Expectations

READ THE SYLLABUS and RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING PROMPTS:

3 things I learned_______________________________________________

2 things I found interesting________________________________________

1 question I still have_____________________________________________

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PARTNER – 3 FACTS AND A LIE; INTRODUCTION

Autobiographic Poem

I AM Poem Template

FIRST STANZA (full template on CCR)

I am (two special characteristics you have)

I wonder (something you are actually curious about)

I hear (an imaginary sound)

I see (an imaginary sight)

I want (an actual desire)

I am (the first line of the poem repeated)