It is recommended that you have the following items in order to be most productive and successful in class. The items in bold are especially important.
NEED FOR FIRST DAY:
pencil and eraser
section in a binder or a pocket folder (somewhere to keep ELA papers organized)
8 1/2 x 11 inches loose-leaf binder paper (college-ruled preferred, but not required)
ASAP, BUT OKAY IF YOU DON'T HAVE ON FIRST DAY:
your Miller planner
black or blue pen(s)
red pen(s)
a composition book (9 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches, hardcover, NO spiral-bound)
correction tape or fluid
report covers (You will eventually need 2, or possibly 3, but the last two won't be necessary until second semester. I recommend the ones with prongs, since the slide-on types don't seem to hold papers well.)
Post-It / sticky notes (both flag-sized for marking pages and larger sizes for writing notes)
different colored highlighters (at least 2)
glue stick, small stapler, or tape
index cards , either blank or lined (not immediately, but you'll need well over a hundred over the course of the year)
color pencils (or at a minimum, at least one color pencil that's easily visible and distinguishable from a normal pencil)
scissors
ruler (the plastic one in your Miller planner is fine)