6 August 2014: With your partners, write down everything you can remember regarding the syllabus presentation for Honors Ninth Literature, the presentation you experienced on Monday and Tuesday. Today’s Agenda: 1.Syllabus Presentation Review (Quiz?) 2.Taking notes when you READ? What?! 3.Edmodo: How to Sign Up and What to Do HMWK: Signature Contracts DUE Friday, 8/8/14 Sign up for Edmodo Read and digitally annotate “The Bet” by Anton Chekhov; to Mr. Ingham by Thursday night!

7 August 2014: As you enter, determine if you have a laptop (or tablet if you are okay typing on it) that you could bring to class to work. If you do, let Mr. Ingham know. If you don’t, acquire a laptop from the cart in the back of the room and logon. (Mr. Ingham has your User ID and your password is ccsd2014 until you change it.) Today’s Agenda: 1.Technology Introduction: Computer Assignments and Protocol 2.Edmodo Introduction 3.Digital Annotations: How to Look at Words on Your SECOND Reading HMWK: Signature Contracts DUE TOMORROW Digitally annotate “The Bet” by Anton Chekhov; to Mr. Ingham TONIGHT!

8 August 2014: Retrieve your baby from its crib, logon, and check your . Look in the “Sent” folder and ensure you sent Mr. Ingham what he was expecting. Also, in a new tab, open Edmodo and make sure you are logged in to the platform. Today’s Agenda: 1.Last Night’s Homework: Panic and Problem-solving 2.Edmodo: Fixing Our Problems and Adapting to the Glitches 3.Your Annotations (for better or for worse) HMWK: Make sure you have annotated and ed “The Bet” to Mr. Ingham by Monday, 8/11/14 Adapt to any and all technological glitches and be ready for Edmodo on Monday, 8/11/14 Have your supplies and a piece of Alternative Reading Material (ARM) by Monday, 8/8/14

What you’ve learned during week one of high school: - If a teacher is spending time on something, it is probably important. Take notes! - Asking questions isn’t admitting ignorance; it is the search for understanding. - Reading something more than once is the only way to comprehend the depth of a work. - The ability to solve unanticipated problems is invaluable in every circumstance. - If a teacher is spending time on something, it is probably important. Take notes! - Asking questions isn’t admitting ignorance; it is the search for understanding. - Reading something more than once is the only way to comprehend the depth of a work. - The ability to solve unanticipated problems is invaluable in every circumstance.