1. You will need your notebook today!
Do you have your syllabus signed?
If so, please place in the bin on the counter for your
class period.
**Did you turn in your Letter to Self?
Mrs. McKerley

2. What did we do yesterday?

3. Expectations for English 4
Learn to read and write effectively while expanding my vocabulary
To become a stronger writer
More in-depth analysis
How to annotate properly
To be more productive than last year
Skills to prepare me for college
How to pull out useful information from a text

4. Expectations for Mrs. McKerley
To give you help when you need it and not be rude
To teach and make it fun so we want to come to class
Willingness to work with us e.g. support and patience
To leave comments on our papers
To tell us when our paper isn’t any good and how to make it better

5. Expectations for Mrs. McKerley
To be organized
Be patient and relaxed because it helps me to learn; not to get mad if we don’t understand something
Clear instruction
Strict but also lenient
There should be a challenge with assignments
A teacher who is passionate about their course
Never give up on me
1-1 time at lunch if I need it
To be fair and consider other students’ feelings

6. Folder Set Up - Honors Folder #1 (notebook)
1. On the tab, write your name with a pen or marker clearly
Last Name, First Name
2. On the front of the folder, write one word which will be your goal for this year. Write the word largely on the front. Feel free to add color.
My words in the past:
Faith
Balance
And for this year?
I choose the word: Confidence
Folder #2 (portfolio of writing)
1. On the tab, write your name with a pen or marker clearly
Last Name, First Name

7. Folder Set Up Folder #1 (notebook)
1. On the tab, write your name with a pen or marker clearly
Last Name, First Name
2. On the front of the folder, write one word which will be your goal for this year. Write the word largely on the front. Feel free to add color.
My words in the past:
Faith
Balance
And for this year?
I choose the word: Confidence
Folder #2 (portfolio of writing)
1. On the tab, write your name with a pen or marker clearly
Last Name, First Name
2. On the inside of the folder (the side with the tab), you will staple your Writing Progress sheet (pink) using two staples

8. Folder Set Up Folder #1 (notebook)
1. On the tab, write your name with a pen or marker clearly
Last Name, First Name
2. On the front of the folder, write one word which will be your goal for this year. Write the word largely on the front. Feel free to add color.
My words in the past:
Faith
Balance
And for this year?
I choose the word: Confidence

9. Notebook Set-Up
Notebooks are kept in class, in your folder, but can be taken home to complete an activity or prepare for an upcoming summative. It MUST come back with you.
While my process of keeping a notebook might seem silly or nit-picky to you, please know that the goal is that it will help you to learn and/or enhance organization skills (something many of you are not good at ) by keeping track of your own work
The expectation is that you will use the notebook to your advantage to master the content of this course
Thursday

10. Setting up your Notebook
First, turn four pages and leave them blank.
Next, begin numbering the next 30 pages, I will show you how.
Bottom Right
Hand Corner! 1

11. Setting up your Notebook
In the bottom right hand corner, number the first 30 pages with odd numbers (1, 3, 5,…)
Bottom Right
Hand Corner! 1

12. You will use pen in your notebook any color unless asked to draw.
Setting up your Notebook
In the bottom left hand corner, number the first 30 pages with even numbers (2, 4, 6, … )
You will use pen in your notebook any color unless asked to draw.
If you use marker-type inky pens, do not write on the back of your paper 2 3 2

13. Setting up your Notebook
The first four pages of your notebook will be a Table of Contents. You will have one for each Quarter.
Table of Contents Quarter 1
Table of Contents Quarter 2
Table of Contents Quarter 3
Table of Contents Quarter 4

14. Setting up your Notebook
Any time you put something in your notebook, you will log it into your ToC.
Table of Contents Quarter 1
Date
Title
Page
8/23 Bellringer #

15. Setting up your Notebook
Any time you put something in your notebook, make sure you title it as directed so it’s easy to identify and locate.
Bellringer #1
8/23/17
Begin your assignment below your title.

16. Graded Material Without the TOC, you will earn a ZERO
I usually grade your notebooks once a marking period, and it is a summative grade.
I will give you an approximate week/day as to when I will be grading it.
I don’t look at everything. I look for about 5-7 entries, and I will know which entries ahead of time, but you will not.
If you don’t have a Table of Contents, I don’t go looking for the entries, so keep your TOC up-to-date.
When absent, make sure you check the website to see if there were any notes that day or check with a friend.
Make sure your notebook is neat and organized and your writing is legible.
Sometimes you might have two entries per page, maybe more (don’t waste paper), so you will highlight each entry so that I can (and you can) easily find entries.
Thursday
Without the TOC, you will earn a ZERO

17. Sample Rubric Organization…………………………… /10
Complete Table of Contents (page numbers, headings, dates)
**Will not be graded if no Table of Contents present**
Neatness………………………. /10
(entries are highlighted and easily accessible; writing is legible; no torn out pages, etc.)
Content…………………………………. /30
For full credit, all notes and assignments must be complete and on the correct pages!
For example…
January 7 – Cause and Effect—Notes
January 8 – Bell ringer #2
January 10 – Pre-reading Bubble Sheet
January 28 – Shakespeare Timeline
January 29 – Bell ringer #9
February 4-Photo Writing Response
Total Points…………………………… /50
Please note: Sometimes, I will check more entries and combine the organization/neatness category into one worth 10 points. Checked days are random – make sure to get the work you missed in the event of an absence.
Thursday

18. Bellringer #1 8/23/17
Title of the entry
A response can be what you think the quote means, a reaction you have to it (i.e. you agree or disagree and explain), a thought or idea, how it applies to your life, something that comes to mind when you read it—it could be anything but needs to relate or be in response to the quote in SOME way.  You DON’T have to write the quote down. Write for 5 minutes.
“Everything around us that we call life was made up of people that are no smarter than you.  And you can build your own things, you can build your own life that other people can live in.  So build a life—don’t live one, build one.”—Ashton Kutcher

19. Setting up your Notebook
Any time you put something in your notebook, you will log it into your ToC.
Table of Contents Quarter 1
Date
Title
Page
8/23 Bellringer # /23 Reading Strategies 1

20. Reading strategies 8/23/17
English 4

21. Five Strategies We’ll Use All Year
Read Actively (Annotating)
Understand Vocab
Recognize Point and Support
Make Inferences
Be Aware of the Writer’s Craft/Structure
Note: #1 is the most important. If you aren’t actively reading, the other strategies aren’t at work.