How Greek and Latin word parts operate in everyday vocabulary
How to identify basic parts of speech when they appear in sentences
What our academic goals are for the year
How to organize and convey our thoughts so that they’re easily understandable to others
A thing or two about the books we chose to read this past summer
Complete today’s ACT Now! bell-ringer activity
Cover a little material from Vocab/Grammar Unit 1.1
Take a quiz on the book we chose for summer reading (see Google Classroom)
Finish up WOOP Goals Assignment (which is due by the end of class and can be turned in using Google Classroom)
Spend any extra time working on either Independent Reading or the Perfect Paper
There will be a quiz on Vocab/Grammar Unit 1.1 on Thursday, August 27th.
Independent Reading for the first nine weeks will be due before you know it. Make sure you have a plan in place right now to get to 500 pages (or more) of nonfiction before that time.
Students will recognize Greek and Latin word parts when used in everyday vocabulary.
Students will identify nouns and verbs when used in context.
Students will formalize academic goals for the year.
Students will organize their thoughts.
Students will present their thoughts through the use of technology.
How Greek and Latin word parts operate in everyday vocabulary
How to identify basic parts of speech when they appear in sentences
Who we are as readers and writers
What our academic goals are for the year
How to organize and convey our thoughts so that they’re easily understandable to others
Complete today’s ACT Now! bell-ringer activity
Cover a little material from Vocab/Grammar Unit 1.1
Spend some time typing our Perfect Paper
Spend time working on either the WOOP Goals Assignment or Independent Reading
There will be a quiz on Vocab/Grammar Unit 1.1 on Thursday, August 27th.
The WOOP Goals Assignment is due by the end of class on Friday, August 21st, and can be turned in via Google Classroom.
There will be a summer reading quiz on Friday, August 21st.
Independent Reading for the first nine weeks will be due before you know it. Make sure you have a plan in place right now to get to 500 pages (or more) of nonfiction before that time.
Students will recognize Greek and Latin word parts when used in everyday vocabulary.
Students will identify nouns and verbs when used in context.
Students will formalize academic goals for the year.
Students will organize their thoughts.
Students will present their thoughts through the use of technology.
How Greek and Latin word parts operate in everyday vocabulary
How to identify basic parts of speech when they appear in sentences
Who we are as readers and writers
What our academic goals are for the year
How to organize and convey our thoughts so that they’re easily understandable to others
Complete today’s ACT Now! bell-ringer activity
Cover a little material from Vocab/Grammar Unit 1.1
Spend some time finishing up our Perfect Paper drafts
Spend any extra time working on either the WOOP Goals Assignment or Independent Reading
There will be a quiz on Vocab/Grammar Unit 1.1 on Thursday, August 27th.
The WOOP Goals Assignment is due by the end of class on Friday, August 21st, and can be turned in via Google Classroom.
There will be a summer reading quiz on Friday, August 21st.
Independent Reading for the first nine weeks will be due before you know it. Make sure you have a plan in place right now to get to 500 pages (or more) of nonfiction before that time.
Students will recognize Greek and Latin word parts when used in everyday vocabulary.
Students will identify nouns and verbs when used in context.
Students will formalize academic goals for the year.
Students will organize their thoughts.
Students will present their thoughts through the use of technology.
How Greek and Latin word parts operate in everyday vocabulary
How to identify basic parts of speech when they appear in sentences
What our academic goals are for the year
How to organize and convey our thoughts so that they’re easily understandable to others
Complete today’s ACT Now! bell-ringer activity
Cover a little material from Vocab/Grammar Unit 1.1
Work on our WOOP Goals Assignment (which is due by the end of class on Friday and can be turned in using Google Classroom)
Spend any extra time working on either Independent Reading or the Perfect Paper
There will be a quiz on Vocab/Grammar Unit 1.1 on Thursday, August 27th.
The WOOP Goals Assignment is due by the end of class on Friday, August 21st, and can be turned in via Google Classroom.
There will be a summer reading quiz on Friday, August 21st.
Independent Reading for the first nine weeks will be due before you know it. Make sure you have a plan in place right now to get to 500 pages (or more) of nonfiction before that time.
Students will recognize Greek and Latin word parts when used in everyday vocabulary.
Students will identify nouns and verbs when used in context.
Students will formalize academic goals for the year.
Students will organize their thoughts.
Students will present their thoughts through the use of technology.
How Greek and Latin word parts operate in everyday vocabulary
How to identify basic parts of speech when they appear in sentences
A thing or two about two important assignments this year
Complete today's ACT Now! bell-ringer
Talk about Vocab/Grammar Unit 1.1
Talk a little about the Extra Credit Writing assignment
Talk about the Perfect Paper assignment (and then spend time working on it)
Finish Technology Setup and Practice if we haven't already done so.
Any students who have not yet read through The List should do so ASAP.
Any students who have not filled out Tell Me, Who Are You? Form should do so ASAP.
There will be a quiz on Vocab/Grammar Unit 1.1 on Thursday, August 27th.
There will be a summer reading quiz on Friday, August 21st.
Independent Reading for the first nine weeks will be due before you know it. Make sure you have a plan in place right now to get to 500 pages (or more) of nonfiction before that time.
Students will recognize Greek and Latin word parts when used in everyday vocabulary.
Students will identify nouns and verbs when used in context.
How our ACT Now! bell-ringer activities work
A thing or two about Google Sites and how we’ll use them this year
Complete today’s ACT Now! bell-ringer activity
Remind everyone about our upcoming summer reading quiz
Talk about our Independent Reading assignment
Begin working on Unit 0.2: Technology Set-up and Practice (Spanish version)
Any student who has not yet read through The List in its entirety should do so ASAP.
Any student who has not yet filled out the Tell Me, Who Are You? form should do so ASAP.
Unit 0.2: Technology Set-up and Practice should be completed by the end of class on Monday, August 17th.
There will be a summer reading quiz on Friday, August 21st.
Students will select concrete details to share about themselves that best explain who they are.
Students will provide substantive, introspective information.
Students will write in the expository mode.
Who our class members are
A thing or two about our English 12 class and how it works
Talk briefly about our upcoming summer reading quiz
Work on Unit 0.1 while Mr. Fromme calls everyone back to his desk for a brief chat about one of these quick questions:
1) What's the best book you've ever read?
2) What is something you’re looking forward to in the upcoming month?
3) What's a boring fact about you?
4) What is a goal you’ve set for yourself this school year?
5) What is something new you learned or experienced over the past few weeks or months?
6) What’s one thing that someone would need to know about you in order to better understand you?
7) What was something memorable you did over the break?
Any students who did not get through The List should do so before coming to class on Monday.
Any students who did not finish filling out the Tell Me, Who Are You? should do so before coming to class on Monday.
Students who have never done so before should take a little time ASAP to complete this form: tinyurl.com/saymynamehoover
There will be a summer reading quiz on Friday, August 21st
Students will select concrete details to share about themselves that best explain who they are.
Students will recognize key components related to how our class works.
Students will provide substantive, introspective information.
Students will think critically about what makes for an effective class.
Students will write in the expository mode.