Kickstart to the Spring Semester

Welcome Back! Sit in the seat that matches the number

you picked up at the door. ◦ If you need to be in a seat close to the

board, tell me!

One of your papers says “Bell Work” at the top. Read through the prompt for Tuesday and begin to write down your response

Seating Chart Bell Work Journals/Comp Book Passes Late Passes Remind 101 Vocabulary

Information

Scavenger hunt 2 truths and a lie Wishes Silent discussion Break a Habit Work on your vocabulary

Agenda

Always due on Fridays-for points! Lose it? Write it on a separate piece of

paper. Fill in the blanks for homework assignments

Bell Work

Fine Print: not responsible for any lost, stolen or damaged passes

Don’t forget to sign out!

Passes

Fill out all of the information on one pass card and staple it to the assignment.

Turn it in to the clear “Make-Up” tray

You cannot use a homework pass for any assignment over 75 points, or on a Writing on Demand.

Practice: If an assignment is due on Monday, and you want to use my late pass, when is the assignment due?

BLOCK!

Late Passes

Absent work assigned on a day you were here is due the day you get back.

You have one day for each day you were absent to turn in this work.

Example: You were out of town on Thursday. You came back on Friday. We had a essay on Shakespeare due on Thursday, and in class we worked on a Grammar worksheet that needed to be taken home and turned in on Friday.◦ When is your stuff due?

Absent Work

Shakespeare worksheet=Due Friday (day you came back)

Grammar worksheet=Monday (extra day) Turn it in to the clear bin with the clear

“Make-Up” Bin Fill out the “Absent” sheet

Answers

If we ever have something due to Turnitin.com, it is due by the online due time NO MATTER WHAT. ◦ You can bring in a hard copy when you come

back.

Turnitin.com

No more printing from flash drives or e-mail. ◦ The library and computer labs are open for that!

Late work=ZERO. ◦ Make sure you’re checking due dates on the

whiteboard and website!

Sorry

Lose a paper? It’s okay! Print it out off of the website.

Check there when you are absent.

Check the website

Take out your phones

Remind 101

Period 3:

Per. 4:

Per: 5

Keep this pink sheet!

Definition How it could be used in a sentence Study how you want Quizzes weekly

Vocabulary

Quarter 3 VocabularyIn the words of Shakespeare

the person who is charged with or on trial for a crime

Accused

a time period in which a couple develops a romantic relationship

Courtship

to block (obstruct) the progress of someone or something

Impede

tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, usually after having too much of something.

Jaded

to walk or behave in a confident, arrogant and aggressive way

Swagger

Under the clock Make sure you keep track of all of your

papers this quarter ESPECIALLY the ones on the notebook list

At the end of the quarter, you’ll staple them all together in order. This completed packed is worth a grade.

The packet will also help you study!

Notebook Check

Keep it! Specific writing assignments

Journals/Comp Book

Make a table…Last Semester, This Semester

Class Grade Why did you get that grade in the

fall semester

Goal grade for this

semester

How will you do

that this semester

English J Because I somehow managed to get negative points on my assignments

B I will…

You can’t use the same person twice! Go!

Scavenger Hunt

On the back of your scavenger hunt paper…◦ Write down two things you truthfully did over

break◦ Write down one lie (something that you didn’t do

over break) We’re going to try to guess in groups Group to guess the most right gets an extra

homework pass!

Winter Break Two Truths and a Lie

Write your name on the board Decide which person in your group has the

best set of “two truths and a lie”

Right now:

I stole a pair of sunglasses from Target. I watched the entire series of “The Office”

on Netflix. I won the lottery.

Example:

Rip out a piece of paper from your journal◦ Write down 12 things you wish to accomplish in

2014. Make them as specific as possible.

◦ I want to run faster. ◦ I want to be able to run the mile in 6:42

Staple or tape it to the front cover of your composition book

12 Wishes

Romeo and Juliet in a nutshell:◦ Families who hate each other◦ Teenagers fall in love◦ Listen to their families or their hearts?

What if you had to make the same decisions that they did?

Starting Shakespeare

Take out a lined piece of paper Write your name at the top You have to write in complete sentences

and say why

Silent Discussion

It is not worth sacrificing your family to be with the one you love. It can be easy to be blinded by love, but your family is always there to make sure you fall in love with the right person. You owe that respect to your family because they are just there to help you.

It is worth sacrificing your family to be with the one you love.

Trade with a neighbor. Write down your response to their answer.

Love at first sight is possible.

Answer the question on the same piece of paper you have right now

Trade with a different neighbor.

There is no valid justification in killing someone.

Write down your answer. On the count of three…

Parents should have some say about whom their children marry.

Answer on this paper Put it under your desk Find a new seat If your new paper says…

◦ Teenager: Stand by the flag◦ 20-25: Stand by the pencil sharpener ◦ 26-30: Stand by the door◦ 31-35: Stand by the filing cabinet ◦ 36+ : Stand in the center

The ideal age to marry is _________ because ______.

Answer 1, 2, 3………..

Is there only one true love for each of us “soul mate”, or could we be happy with many different people.

Write down your answer Put it under the desk Walk back to your own seat

You can be in love at age 15.

Pass it to the person in the back of your row Put it in the tray

Hand the person back their paper

Take out your journal

Break a Habit