Day 1 English 1 Mrs. Wagner

Procedures Find your desk. Look at the number on your desk. Place your cell phone in the holder by the door labeled with that number. Do NOT TOUCH ANY OTHER PHONES!!! RETURN TO YOUR SEAT. Retrieve your summer reading assignment, a pen, and notebook paper. If you are missing the notebook paper, there is some on the back book shelf. If you are missing a pen, there are borrowing pencils in a gold plastic bin on the back book shelf. If you are missing your summer reading assignment… well… ask your partner what might happen to you and your grade. DO NOW: Think of an adjective that describes you. It must also start with the same sound that your name starts with. EX: WACKY WAGNER

Rock Paper Scissors Championship Partner up Agree on the rules of the game Play one game of Rock, Paper, Scissors Winner keeps going, loser becomes the cheerleader for the winner Pair up with another pair. Winners play each other. Cheerleaders cheer. Winner of the new game continues. All the losers become cheerleaders. Play continues until there are only 2 winners remaining. Play the championship game!

DO NOW or BELL RINGER or ENTRANCE TICKET Completed AS SOON AS you walk in the door. This will be a share out. You will present your information in some form. Everyone will complete it. Graded immediately every day. Turned in at the moment you finish it. ROLE PLAY DAY 1: Find an adjective that describes you that also starts with the first SOUND in your name.

Name Game Learning who we are…

Objectives Where to find them Breaking them down in Cornell Notes Writing a goal for the day… You must use academic language sentence stems to discuss.

TEKS (1.A) determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words in multiple content areas (e.g., science, mathematics, social studies, the arts) derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes; (24. B) follow and give complex oral instructions to perform specific tasks, answer questions, solve problems, and complete processes; and (25) Students speak clearly and to the point, using the conventions of language. (26) Students are expected to participate productively in teams, building on the ideas of others, contributing relevant information, developing a plan for consensus-building, and setting ground rules for decision-making.

ELPS (1. B) monitor oral and written language production and employ self- corrective techniques or other resources; (1. E) internalize new basic and academic language by using and reusing it in meaningful ways in speaking and writing activities that build concept and language attainment;

CHAMPS GIVES YOU INFORMATION EXPECTATIONS HELPS KEEPS US ON TASK WHAT IT STANDS FOR…

CHAMPS C = COMMUNICATION H = HELP A = ACTIVITY M = MOVEMENT P = PARTICIPATION S = SUCCESS!!!

Class non-negotiables Respect Responsibility Pride Integrity Initiative Honesty You must use academic language sentence stems to discuss. Make an anchor chart which defines your assigned trait. Define with your original definition Example in English Class Picture of Trait applied in English Class Non-example: Behavior that is NOT the definition

Syllabus PDF

Example Activity Playing a vocabulary game Writing an essay Taking notes Revising your paper Example Activity

FIND THE ITEM I AM DESCRIBING… Tell your shoulder partner where it is. I SPY!!! FIND THE ITEM I AM DESCRIBING… Tell your shoulder partner where it is.

Procedures and Student Handbook Blooming Onion You must use academic language sentence stems to discuss.

Day 2 English 1 Mrs. Wagner

Draw a tree. On white paper, use your map pencils to draw a tree.

Book Talk with Talking Chips Every one has 5 chips. You must use them all. Ask Answer Read Aloud You must use academic language sentence stems to discuss. Random Name generator Beginning discussion question: Which was your favorite summer read and why?

Discuss TEKS and first assignment Rubric for Graphic Organizer… You must use academic language sentence stems to discuss.

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