29 January - 31 January

Weekly Mastery List: Please complete the following IXL skills; mastery is a smart score of 55. If you would like to earn extra points, you may do the complete list up to 90 (instead of 55) for extra credit.

1/29 How does composition relate to my life?

• Parts of speech pre assessment
• Class introductions (The name game)
• "Students get paid for attending school!" Explain the aforementioned statement.
• Course overview: How did this class come about? Why is passing this class important for graduation? What is the model for this course?
• Pass out 3x5 cards with prepositions on them. Start with this image. What is a preposition? What is a prepositional phrase? Identifying prepositions on IXL 6th grade FF.1 (with 3x5 cards of prepositions)
• Introduce composition notebook (college ruled needed by Friday)

Make-up: Take/finish Cornell notes on the presentation "Course Overview." Submit the Cornell note to Mrs. Langdahl's inbox within seven days of absence. Acquire a college-ruled composition notebook for class on Friday.

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1/30 How will I benefit from developing writing skills?

• Why is writing important?
• Students highlight their important items before finding this list of important items in syllabus & discuss Syllabus
• Page 51 of the PHS student handbook
• Why learn prepositional phrases?
• Using prepositional phrases, students write a paragraph about a mouse.

Make-up: Take/finish Cornell notes on the presentation "Why Is Writing Important?," take/finish Cornell notes on the "Syllabus" (links above), and write a paragraph that describes a mouse running into the room. Submit the Cornell notes to Mrs. Langdahl's inbox within seven days of absence.

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1/31 Why is it important to understand specific components of writing?

IN: According to the information you've heard over the last two days, what is Composition and why is writing important?

• Set up notebooks
• Explain the grading of notebooks
• Students write a letter to Mrs. Langdahl : How do I feel about writing? Why? What experiences have you had with writing? What kind of writing do I think I will do in the future? How important is writing to my future?

OUT: Whiteboard graffiti: list as many prepositions as you can.

Make-up: Acquire a college-ruled notebook and see me about grading policies and to take a pre-assessment; also, come set up your notebook, and write a letter to your teacher following the above link.