Typing Time

After a quick moment to revisit the poem we looked at yesterday, students had the entire period to type their draft introduction letters. The whole assignment is at Google Classroom. If possible, students who didn't finish should do so tonight.

Intro Letter Drafting

We began the day with a bit of poetry, and then students had a chance to start drafting their intro letters. They should finish those drafts for homework in their writer's notebooks, so they're ready to type tomorrow.

The Intro Letter

After reviewing the course description, we started on our first real academic unit, the letter of introduction, and I checked materials. The slides are here: we worked through the first 7.

Picture Day!

Today we spent part of the period on a quick art activity (see below), had pictures, and spent a few minutes talking about expectations for the course.

Respect

Today we talked a bit about respect and reviewed a few more classroom policies. Picture day is tomorrow!

Values

Today we talked a bit about values, our class's and our own. Then, after a short circle about our names, we went over a few more policies from the course description.

Monday & Tuesday: Welcome Back!

In addition to taking care of some introductory business, we spent most of the last two days thinking and writing about first impressions and why they are problematic.

For tomorrow:

By Friday, 9/2: Read and sign the course description.
By Tuesday, 9/6: Have materials organized and labelled.