1. Please be in your seat when the bell rings. Write three paragraphs answering the writing prompt below. As you become more responsible in life, you must also be more responsible about your own education.  What are your personal short-term educational goals?  What are our personal long-term educational goals? As you become more responsible in life, you must also be more responsible about your own education.  What are your personal short-term educational goals?  What are our personal long-term educational goals?

2. Schedule for September 10, 2009  Educational Goals writing warm-up  Daily Schedule  Think, pair, share  Break, if earned  Practice Fire Drill  The President’s Speech  President Bush’s Speech in 1991  Educational Goals writing warm-up  Daily Schedule  Think, pair, share  Break, if earned  Practice Fire Drill  The President’s Speech  President Bush’s Speech in 1991

3. Answer these questions in small groups. Write your responses in your spiral notebook.  What more could we add to our notes?  What are the most important words in the speech?  What title would you give the speech?  What is the thesis of the speech?  What more could we add to our notes?  What are the most important words in the speech?  What title would you give the speech?  What is the thesis of the speech?