I hope everyone had a great first day! I enjoyed meeting all of you and can't wait to get started! Here is your supply list and calendar for the next two weeks.
Books you will need:
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Sept. 2nd)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (October 1st)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (End of April)
Supplies:
College Lined Paper
Blue or Black pens ( no pencil allowed)
Highlighters
Spiral (just for this class)
1st, 2nd, 4th period- Box of Tissue
5th, 7th- Hand Sanitizer
6th- Package of blue or black pens
Information Sheets
What are Spamp's Bucks?
What are Good Things?
Homework- Bring a concrete oject Wednesday that tells us who you are- No phones, IPODS, or pictures. Be creative!!! (Thursday for 2nd period)
Tuesday, August 25th
Pre- Test
Adivsory- Student Handbooks
7 Habits of Highly Defective Teen-What are they?
Wednesday, August 26th
Show and tell
Advisory- Principles and Paradigms
Thursday, August 27th
Syllabus and Guidelines
Begin working on your class contract in groups
Advisory- Finish up Principles and Paradigms
Friday- Finish Class Contract and Sign
Goals
Good Things
Advisory- Habit #1
Monday, August 31st
Bell Ringer
Vocabulary List
Discuss theme for the 9 Weeks- Moral Effects of Civilization
Introduce Things Fall Apart
Hand out discussion questions (begin in groups if time)
Good Things!
Tuesday, September 1st
Lit. Books
Notes (due in Cornell style Friday)
Wedensday, September 2nd
Picture Day
Discussion
4th Period- Begin reading
Thursday, September 3rd
5 minutes to study for quiz
Quiz over notes
Read in class
Friday, September 4th
Bell Ringer-what are they?
Finish Chapter 2-Discuss
Notes due for a daily grade
