Wednesday, February 4 - Introduction to English 1

Objective: By the end of class, students will be introduced to English 2 requirements, provide a writing sample and complete memory exercises in order to prepare to succeed this academic year.

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WRITE MY BLOG ADDRESS AND EMAIL INTO YOUR NOTEBOOKS:

reinaeng2.blogspot.com

karenreina1@gmail.com

Direct Instruction

SYLLABUS

Circle words you don't know on syllabus and write down what seems most important to you on it on back.

Write a question you have about the syllabus on back. 

Sign and date syllabus.

Review and Analyze Syllabus, classroom rules and procedures. 

Complete folder for every student.

Distribute Soft Holt readers.

Guided 

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short term memory quiz

Independent

Writing Sample

Choose two prompts from choices below to write a short paragraph for each using the BEST grammar, sentence structure and vocabulary that you can. Remember a paragraph consists of 5-7 sentences.

writing prompts
1. Write a thank you note to a friend who gave you onion and garlic-flavored chewing gum. 
journal writing prompts
2. Describe a real made-up dream or nightmare. 
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3. Write about your favorite childhood toy. journal

writing prompts
4. Write out the best or the worst day of your life. 

5. Finish this thought: if I could change one thing about myself (if you can't think of anything, you might want to consider telling how you got to be perfect!) 

6. I have never been more frightened than when... 

7. Write about a day you'd like to forget. 

8. Invent and describe a new food. 
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If you prefer, you may use a NEO to type instead of hand write your paragraph.

Understanding / Closure

QUESTIONS?

Exit Pass

What do you consider your greatest academic strength? Weakness? Is there anything you want to tell me about yourself?

HW - Bring a 3 subject notebook dedicated to ONLY ENGLISH 2 and look up definitions of any words you do not know from syllabus. In your notebook tomorrow, you should have the definitions of words from syllabus, my blog address and my email address.