September 2-6

It's been wonderful to meet everyone, and I hope you had a great three-day weekend. I'm impressed by the engagement and energy of this year's classes and I know we're going to have a lively and productive autumn.

Here's what's on the agenda for the week:

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Pass back Interest Inventory answers, share. Reading and four corner debate: should juveniles be tried as adults?

Due: first period only: bring Interest Inventory sheet with you to class.

Homework: Read and be familiar with the syllabus and summer reading assignments for the first quiz next class.

Please bring signed syllabus, Turnitin.com form, and Goodreads form.

"A Castle of My Own" assignment completed and ready to turn in.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. Collect "A Castle of My Own" assignment. Quiz covering the syllabus (open syllabus quiz), Just Mercy, and The Glass Castle questions included . Receive first vocabulary sheet for next week's quiz on either Sept 12 or 13. Receive English 3 Rhetorical Analysis Packet. If time, Glass Castle Discussion and 11th Grade: The Dark Side PPT.Presentation from the College and Career Center highlighting the resources available and a suggested schedule for college planning for junior year.

Due: Please bring signed syllabus, Turnitin.com form, and Goodreads form.

"A Castle of My Own" assignment completed and ready to turn in.

Homework:
1. Please go over the Interest Inventory sheet and fill in additional details if necessary to ensure every answer is complete. Bring it with you to turn in next class.
2. Have a book title ready to go that you could suggest to classmates to read as a group. It should be a book (not graphic novel this time), school and grade level appropriate, and approximately 150-300 pages long.  Fiction or non-fiction are both fine.
3. Read through the speeches by Lou Gehrig and President George W. Bush on pages 1 and 2 of the Rhetorical Analysis Packet. Are they effective, in your view?