English 9: Week 1- Monday

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English 9 Week 1- Monday

• Handshakes
• Seating chart
• Introductions tell me a little bit about you
• Expectations class
• read, know, and have parents fill out online
  form- due tomorrow
• Writing lab
• Schedule when do you have lunch?
• Distribute calendars (50A, 23A)
• No D policy
• Hw supplies, parent form

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English 9 Week 1- Tuesday

• Expectations laptop
• read, know, and have parents fill out online
  form- due tomorrow
• Check out laptops- try signing in
• Blogging set up blog
• Blogger address
• annes2015.blogspot.com
• Display name
• Annes2015
• Answer blog question on our class blog
• http//smith91112.blogspot.com/
• Posting privileges
• Add blog to Google Reader
• Create blogging expectations
• Set up scribe schedule- scribe expectations
• HW expectation forms filled out online, blog
  responses, scribe

3
English 9 Week 1- Wednesday

• Blogger- how are we doing?
• Blog responses?
• Google Reader?
• Posting privileges?
• Blogging expectations?
• Scribing expectations?
• My Vision for this class- Change the World
• What do you notice about this class? What does,
  This is NOT education as usual mean to you?
• Professional Learning Environment
• Develop class expectations
• Develop teacher expectations
• Develop student expectations
• Question game
• HW parent email, supplies, qualities, blogs (2
  to answer summer reading and class expectations,
  scribe

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English 9 Week 1- Thursday

• Review blogger and blog comments
• Accept email from blogger? Need to do this to
  have posting privileges
• Create class expectations
• What are the qualities of a good teacher? Of a
  good student? Of a good class?
• Create blogging expectations
• What does an A, B, C quality work look like?
  Going to do to keep that A? Everyone starts today
  with an A what are you going to do to keep that
  A?
• Sign sheet about quality work
• What can I do to help you maintain an A?
• No D policy
• Watch Did You Know
• Think about
• What does this mean to you personally? What does
  this mean for your education? What does this mean
  for your future?
• Blog response
• Hw meet in library, student calendar and ID,
  scribe

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English 9 Week 1- Friday

• Review A B C quality work?
• Sign Expectations, blogging policy, A, B,C Work?
• PLN post on your blog
• What is a PLN?
• Google Reader
• PLN 1 A Vision of Students Today
• Model PLN topic sentence and response
• Library Orientation- leave at 855 am
• Hw meet in computer lab C22, PLN 1- due 8/25,
  parent forms, scribe

• Next Week
• Monday MAP testing C22
• Tuesday 9th grade common assessment
• Wednesday 9th grade common assessment
• Thursday importance of writing lab, Review PLN
  requirements- look at examples, PLN 2 What
  Matters Hw PLN 2, writing conference sign-up,
  bring pictures
• Friday What Matters? PLN 2- what matters, post
  by Monday on class blog, Lit terms- define by
  Monday, HW PLN 2, what matters- with photo, lit
  terms defined