Thursday & Friday

Thursday and Friday we finished up the notes and close reads from pages 7 through 9 in the textbook. Students added the key terms on pages 7 and 8 to their notes, and we read, answered and discussed the close read questions on 7 and 9. These, along with the close read questions for "The Old Man and the Sea" and "Los ancianos," were collected at the end of class on Friday.

HW: First Binder Check on Monday.

Tuesday & Wednesday

Tuesday and Wednesday we started working with the textbook, taking some introductory notes on pages 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the textbook and, on a seperate page, doing the close reading questions on pages 5,6, & 7.

HW:

• Typed final drafts of letters are due tomorrow.
• Organized binders and materials are due Monday, 9/10.

Picture Day

Today I stamped rough drafts of the letter of introduction while students worked on a short quiz on the course description (which should have been signed and returned by now). After that we talked a bit about the letter final drafts and went to get school pictures.
HW: Intro Letter, Final Drafts, Typed w/ rough draft, due 9/5.

Planners & Personal Letters

We began the day with a bit of a planner hunt and then, with the last little bit of class, worked on the introductory business letter assignment.
HW: Rough drafts of the letter body paragraphs are due tomorrow.

Tomorrow is picture day!

Planners, Books, and Letters

After a quick warm-up, we finished up the quick-writes (which were collected) and students got their EHS planners which they should bring every day. After a short look at the introductory letter assignment (which we will continue tomorrow), students got their English textbooks.

Housekeeping & More Quick-Writes

We began the day today by creating name tags and answering yesterday's burning questions. After reviewing the course description briefly and assigning homework, we spent the rest of the period on the quick-writes we started yesterday.
HW: With a parent or guardian, read and sign the course description by Friday, 8/31.

Day One

Today we found our seats in the seating chart (for now at least), and started with a bit of writing and talking about the power of ideas.