First Day of School

Welcome to another great year!
I am genuinely excited to have you all in my classes.

Period 1: Freshman English
Today I worked on learning your names. (Sorry I repeated them sooooo many times, but that's how my brain memorizes things best.) After attendance, I handed out and we went over the class syllabus. Remember that the signature sheet is due next week. Then, we broke up into groups to work on the Author Study Poster Assignment. Groups will have time to continue working on this and assemble their posters next class period. Then, presentations will begin. Before you left I collected the Summer Reading Reflection.

Period 5: AP Lit.
Today we met each other and I shared a little (or a lot?) about myself and this class. Students created their first vocabulary list together; a quiz over the 10 words we selected will be coming next week. The exact date will be announced soon, just look up the definitions to the words and learn them. I then distributed the class syllabus and we had a few minutes to talk about how this class will function. We ran out of time to do an AP Test writing prompt, so you have that to look forward to next time.

Period 7: Shakespeare
Today was, as always, full of introductions and sharing. Thanks for being good sports about my taking a long time to learn names and talk. A lot of you are new to me, and I like to get to know the students in my classroom, why you are here and what you expect from me. To help this process along we took a little survey, (6 questions turned in to 10) then shared some of our answers around the room. (Twitch: That is how Wile E. Coyote spells his name, "haven't you seen his business card?" ) At the end of class I distributed the syllabus which we will discuss and I can answer any questions about next class.

Thanks for a fun first day!