August 27, 2012 Welcome to English Team 8-1, Mrs. Watson, Room A108 Agenda : Procedures vs. Rules Expectations Who am I? Who are you?

Procedures Have a seat Write in your agenda Pass papers up when asked Once class has began, you will need to wait until you may get up and sharpen your pencil. Place your name on all your papers. HEADING—first and last name English, Period DATE Title your work

RULES Be Kind Be Considerate and respectful Be worthy of having others be kind to you Be on time and in your seat Be prepared Be awesome all year!

WELCOME Find your seat…alphabetical…begin with seat one Procedures Champs Get to know you… Circle Groups of 5 Move-It Remember-English is the coolest class.

Supplies 3 ring binder Notebook paper (several packages) Blue/black ink Flash Drive Dividers (5)

Setting up your English notebook DIVIDERS Relay Graded Papers Research/STAAR Unit Notes/Writer’s Handbook UNWH WIP…Work in Progress

August 28, RELAY Review knowledge: capitalization, comma usage, and punctuation. Write the sentences correctly in your agenda. 1.Yoshiko uchida was born in california. To parents who came from japan 2.Uchida learned about her japanese culture but she always knew she was an american

August 28--Enhanced Review fragments, capitalization, comma useage, and punctuation. Correctly write the 2 sentences into your RELAY section. 1.Yoshiko uchida was borned in state california to parents who come fromed japan and she learned in american school. 2.Yoshiko uchida learneded about her japanese’s culture but shed always knowed she was an american

Wednesday, August 29 You will review how to form singular possessive, correct pronoun antecedent, and punctuation. Write the sentences into your RELAY section correctly written: 1.Yoshiko Uchidas experience did not turn she into a bitter angry person. 2.After her release, her became a teacher and a writer, her theme was tolerance for all persons and race.

Wednesday, August 29 Enhanced 1.Yoshiko Uchida’s experience did not turn her into a bitter, angry person. 2.After her release, she became a teacher and a writer; her theme was tolerance for all people and races. In the sentences above, identify: 1. An example of of singular possessive 2. Comma with a coordinate adjective 3. Subject (s) of the compound/complex sentence 4. Adverb (s)

Thursday, August 30---ALL It was the fourth day of school and so far it was smooth sailing. In a pinch, Sid remembered his locker combination. His best friend, Stuart, while riding his bicycle home, yelled, “Man, after getting a second helping of pizza today, I felt like King Kong!” IN THE RELAY SECTION OF YOUR NOTEBOOK, IDENTIFY: Idiom (s) Metaphor (s) Simile (s) Appositive

Friday, August 31 Focus on finding the correct use of possessive pronouns, correcting the double negative, capitalization and punctuation. Write the following sentences correctly into your RELAY section: 1.After pearl harbor, a confused country turned on their japanese americans citizens 2.Many wouldn't hardly believe that people with japanese names and faces be loyal americans

Friday, August 31--Enhanced 1.After Pearl Harbor, a confused country turned on its Japanese American citizens. 2.Many wouldn't believe that people with Japanese names and faces be loyal Americans. ANSWER: 1.Why in sentence one is the pronoun its and not their 2.Is Japanese possessive in sentence two? Why not? 3.Why doesn’t sentence two have “wouldn’t hardly believe”?