kickstart to the spring semester
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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