Pds. 2, 3, 7, & 8 Welcome! Please have a seat anywhere you would like. (Week 1 only) Have on your desk your summer reading assignments*: The Call of the Wild  guided reading questions 1-18 (honors); questions 1-19 (HP) Book of Your Choice  quotations, summary, and theme discussion boxes *If you do not have this assignment with you today, I will let you know what to do momentarily.

Pd. 4 Welcome! Please have a seat anywhere you would like. (Week 1 only) Have on your desk your summer reading assignments*: -Rumblefish (guided reading questions 1-25) -Book of Your Choice (quotations, summary, and theme discussion boxes) *If you do not have this assignment with you today, I will let you know what to do momentarily.

English, Grade 8 Mr. Migdalias  Welcome to Mr. Migdalias’s class!  Welcome back to Pennbrook!  Welcome back to middle school!

English, Grade 8 About Mr. Migdalias  Graduated from West Chester University  A big fan of poetry  Third year teaching at Pennbrook Poetry Reading, Spring 2010

English, Grade 8 What to expect this year  Vocabulary (workbook, Units 1-8)  Level C (period 4)  Level D (periods 2, 3, 7 & 8)  Grammar (all classes)  Subject / verb agreement  Pronoun case/usage  Pronoun / antecedent agreement  Sentence types/structures  Literature  The Outsiders (novel; all classes)  Our Town (play; all classes)  Chains (novel; pds. 2 & 4)  “Flowers for Algernon” (pd. 4)  Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel; periods 2, 3, 7 & 8)  A play by Shakespeare (periods 3, 7 & 8)  Poetry & short stories (all classes)  Writing (all classes)  Text dependent  Cross text analysis  Argumentative  Literary analysis  Analytical Edgar Allan Poe

English, Grade 8 Mr. Migdalias Classroom Rules  Follow all directions and procedures.  Keep all hands, feet and objects to yourself.  No profanity, name calling, teasing or putdowns

English, Grade 8 Supplies  Pens and pencils  Highlighter  Three ring binder with dividers (enough for 5 sections)  Lined Paper (bell work section)

Periods 2, 3, 7, & 8 ‘ - Take out your agenda / assignment book. -Copy the following into your English / Language Arts Section for today: ‘ - Have English notebook prepared and class guidelines signed by next Wed., 9/8. -If you didn’t today, bring summer reading assignments to class tomorrow. (Due Thursday, 9/3 after TDA response)

4 th Period ‘ - Take out your agenda / assignment book. -Copy the following into your English / Language Arts Section for today: ‘ - Have English notebook prepared and class guidelines signed by next Wed., 9/9. -If you didn’t today, bring summer reading assignments to class tomorrow. (Due Tuesday, 9/8;T.D.A this Thurs., 9/3)

Acting out class procedures Scenario 1: Off track at the start of class I need: 2 on track students 1 off track student 1 person to help set up desks

Acting out class procedures Scenario 1: Off track at the start of class Bell Work 9/10 Please open your binders to your bell work section and write about your favorite memory from any first week of school you have experienced.

Acting out class procedures Scenario 2: Goofing around in the middle of class I need: 2 chatty students 1 quiet student

Acting out class procedures Scenario 2: Goofing around in the middle of class

Acting out class procedures Scenario 3: “Messing up” at the end of class I need: 1 messy student 1 clean student 1 student in a rush

Acting out class procedures Scenario 3: “Messing up” at the end of class

First Day of 8 th Grade Activity (Time Permitting) 1 thing I enjoyed doing this summer 1 thing I am looking forward to in 8 th grade 1 thing that worries me about being in 8 th grade 1 thing that I want to do differently this year 1 favorite memory from 7 th grade 4 th Period