Welcome to 218!!!

1. Welcome to 218!!! February 24, 2014

2. Bell Ringer • Please write a reflect on the following quote: • “There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyafe of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea we are now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.” ----William Shakespeare

3. Objective • Today we will be able to get to know each other, reflect on changes, and make goals for the future.

4. Reflection • Please take this time to fill out the questionnaire I will provide you. • I will use this to not only get to know you, but to learn how I can best help you as your teacher.

5. Silent Discussion • No talking • Honest reflection • Respond to the question on each big paper in writing • Respond to what classmates say in writing • Be honest, be open

6. What are you feeling today about the current change in your schedule?

7. What reading strategies/activities did you do in Ms. Jung’s class that you really enjoyed? (Think about discussions, debates, writing prompts, reading etc.)

8. What makes you the most nervous about the change to Ms. Mahoney’s English class? In what ways can she help you with this adjustment?

9. What would you like to know about or ask Ms. Mahoney?

10. What is your favorite genre to read? What is your favorite book/story/poem etc? What do you like about it?

11. Bell Ringer • Welcome Back! • What does respect mean to you? What does it look like, feel like, sound like? • Take a moment to reflect on the above question. Please use evidence from your own life or something you’ve read to support your answer.

12. Objective • Today I will be able to set procedures with Ms. Mahoney and my classmates. • FYI • My email is khmahoney@cps.edu • Please feel free to contact me at any time with questions, concerns etc. • My official office hours are Thursday mornings at 7:15am • If you need to set up another time please contact me in advance so we can do so.

13. What to expect from me • When you enter the room: • Bell ringer • Get material out • During class • Teacher led instruction • Group work • I love debates/discussions asking questions • Homework • Usually we will get started on our daily work in class. Whatever isn’t finished is homework. • General Policies: • No Eating or cell phone use in class. Sorry, it just is what it is. • Music if you ask and are working. It is a privilege.

14. Grading • Formative Assessments 35% • Homework, classwork, exit tickets, Socratic Seminar, discussions • Summative Assessments 50% • Performance Task, Essays, Projects, Final Exams, Midterm Exams, Chapter Tests • Class Participation 15% • Bell ringers, showing up and on time, staying on task, not talking out of turn • Grade Scale • A=100-90 • B=89-80 • C=79-70 • D=69-60 • F=59-0

15. For Your Convenience • Late Work • Life Happens…In the event of missing an assignment follow these guidelines: • You have until the following Monday to turn in late work from the previous week. Each day it is late, I take off 10% of the grade. Essentially it goes down a letter grade. • School Website: • Your new BFF. If you are missing work or lost something, please visit the class website to get the work. • Grade book: • Your second new BFF • Classroom tour

16. Getting to know you • Favorite Genre: • Realistic Fiction • Romance • Drama • Sports/Michael Jordan (Duh) • Non-Fiction • Money Help • Mystery • Suspense/Tragedy/Horror • Poetry • Comics • Money Hungry, Romeo and Juliet, Maya Angelou, Vampire Diaries, Beowolf, A Piece of Cake, Garden of Eve, Oliviat, Coldest Winter Ever, Sci-Fi, Of Mice and Men (LOVE IT), Alice in Wonderland, Misery • Ms. Mahoney’s favorite genre is mystery/suspense/realistic fiction. • I really enjoy reading Jodi Picoult

17. Nerves • ACT • Yes, of course I will help! We are in this together! • Big Change • Uncomfortable, hate it, emotionally drained, different, can be a change for the better, haven’t had me before so can’t say, • New Teacher/New Style/Can’t Help • Open Minded: You can be your own worst enemy • Not nervous • I am nervous too about meeting all of you. Just as it is an adjustment to get a new teacher in the middle of third quarter, it is an adjustment for me to have new students as well. • However, I am SUPER excited. I LOVE juniors and was thrilled that if I had to get new classes, that it was YOU! • Again, we are in this together.

18. Reading Strategies • Anticipation Guides • Grammar • Independent/Dependent Sentences • Independent/Dependent Clauses • ACT Practice/Bell Ringers/Timed Readings • Debates/Discussions/Socratic Seminar • Vocabulary • Group Work • Time Management • Cornell Notes • Bell Ringers: ACT/Reading Comp/Grammar/Vocab

19. Questions for Ms. M • Questions for Ms. Mahoney: • Extra Credit? • Attitude? • Pet Peeve? • Where am I from? • People Person? • Mean/Attitude? • College? • Favorite Subject to Teach? • One on one teaching? • Ms. M? • Happy to have English classes?

20. Now your turn • Tell me about Ms. Jung’s class. • What did your daily procedure look like? • What materials were you required to have/bring everyday? • How did you organize your materials?

21. Bell Ringer • Please complete the contact sheet you were handed as you walked in.

22. Objective • Today we will be able to brainstorm policies and procedures that work for our new class. • FYI • khmahoney@cps.edu • Tomorrow, please bring a notebook, folder and something to write with.

23. Participation Points • Everyone starts out the quarter with 100 participation points. • You can LOSE points for not following our classroom responsibilities and procedures. • You can also EARN points back for following responsibilities and procedures. • Each quarter you have the opportunity to earn 200 participation points. • Every five weeks we start over and every starts at 100 again.

24. Things Fall Apart • What has been happening in the book so far? • Text to Text, Text to World, Text to Self • Why do you thing the author, Chinua Achebe wrote the novel?(What is it’s purpose?) • Have you all read the poem, “The Second Coming?”