Binders, Roots, and the Greeks

We began the day with a bit of a binder check. By now, all students should have a binder (or section of a binder) devoted to this class. Most everyone has finished the roots and prefixes assignment. Several students moved on to the Greek Webquest assignment which will be completed tomorrow.

The Greeks: A Webquest

Use the link below to start your webquest. Read the directions carefully.

http://staiano.mauro.googlepages.com/odyssey_webquest

Planners and Letter Wrap

Today I distibuted planners to all the freshman and talked about how we'll use them.  We spent the rest of the period on the letter assignment (this should be handed in at the beginning of class tomorrow if it's not already in) and the roots assignment. Tomorrow, more root work and the Greeks.

A useful dictionary site for the root work assignment: http://www.etymonline.com/

HW Typed letters should be complete. Root work should be done or very close to it.

Work Time

Today we started with a short quiz on and discussion of the course description. The rest of the period was spent typing business letters and working the Greek roots assignment.

Roots and the Business Letter

Today, after a brief look at a famous Socrates quotation, we reviewed the business letter format and started to transition from the introductory phase of class to some work on Greek and Latin word parts. There is no new homework tonight, but students should be prepared to work on the final draft of their business letter or the Greek roots assignment tomorrow in class.

Introductions Continue

Today we began the day with a short warm up about you and your first few days at EHS. Each student then shared one thing that s/he wrote with the rest of the class. We spent the rest of the period working on the business letter assignment. Handwritten rough drafts should be complete by class-time Thursday.

Welcome to Freshman English

The campus looks great and classes are full. It's good to be back!

Monday: Today we set expectations by starting with some analytical writing about a photograph of students reading. This assignment was collected. Additionally, I passed out the course description.
HW: Read, Discuss, Sign, and Return the Course Description. Be prepared fro a brief quiz. Due 9/4.

Tuesday: Today we started the day by making name tags, handing out picture packets, and going over some basic expectations from the course description. Next we took a short introductory quiz about Mr. Staiano. In 1st and 4th periods we moved on to the introductory letter assignment. Students in 1st period should have at least two paragraphs of their letter written for tomorrow.