Writing - Agenda for week of 8/21/17 Introduce each other and expectations of Writing I classroom Daily Agenda: 1. Intros. 2.First day agenda 3. Icebreakers (Name that person) 4. Begin Social Contract activity Exit Ticket/Homework: Team building activities and reasons to read exercise - Reading is Rewarding 1.Hand out syllabus to review - Syllabus Scavenger Hunt 2.Finish Social Contract 3.Make a burger activity 4. Reading Minute Exercise - Reading Reasons, Gallagher, pp. 44-45 Team building activities and reasons to read exercise - Reading Builds a Mature Vocabulary 1.Best Parts of our school - activity 2.Introduce SAT Words for the week 3.Make a graphic organizer of the words. Quiz every Monday over that week’s SAT words Syllabus signature sheet due Friday Supplies Thursday Study vocabulary Team building activities and reasons to read exercise - Reading Makes you a Better Writer Assignments Due: Supplies 1.Your Enigmatic Self - activity 2.Exercise: Reading as a Writing Model -- pp 64-65, Gallagher 3.If time, begin reading a Gallagher article of the week to finish tomorrow Exit Ticket/Homework Assemble Interactive Notebook Syllabus - parent signature sheet 1.Finish close reading of AoW from Thursday 2. Binder check 3. Study for vocab quiz on Monday Study vocabulary words