1. Senior English 9/11/17
What does it take to have a good conversation with someone you don’t know well? How do you learn from people that are not teachers?
What should the inventor of “Knock, Knock” jokes win?
MAD – Mutual Assured Destruction. A concept in nuclear planning.
Goals – Annotate Attitudes for a good conversation. Work on observation and questioning technique.
Homework – Complete annotation any of last week’s Daily work. Five minutes of vocab #2 study.
The no-bell prize.

2. Senior English 9/12/17
What challenges do you face to successfully complete your Personal Essay?
How does NASA organize a party?
OAO – One and Only. Used in the naval Academy to refer to one’s sweetheart.
Goals – Complete QFT. Story time – How I got into the Peace Corps. Start thinking about some of the things you have learned in life and how you learned them.
Homework – Free write/brainstorm stories from your life that taught you lessons that may help you deal with the future. Five minutes of vocab.
They planet.

3. Senior English 9/13/17
Do you know of any tricks to make your writing more interesting? What is your strategy for starting writing tasks?
Why are frogs never upset?
SAPFU – Surpassing All Previous Foul Ups
Goals – Discuss ways to make writing interesting. Examine sample essays for ideas about topics and techniques.
Homework –Write an descriptive passage about yourself or a verbal “selfie.” Use Sensory detail. Five minutes of vocab.
They eat everything that bugs them.

4. Senior English 9/14/17
Make a list of any memories from your life. Start with your earliest memory.
How do you make friends with a squirrel?
SUSFU – Situation Unchanged Still Fouled up
Goals – Read a sample essay. Start thinking about possible subjects for your personal essay.
Homework – Do some writing discussing how you plan to deal with future challenges. Don’t forget to study for vocab.2 quiz tomorrow.
Climb a tree and act like a nut.

5. Senior English 9/15/17 Five minutes to review for the vocab. 2 quiz.
What is the difference between bird flu and swine flu?
SWAG – Scientific Wild A**ed Guess
Goals – Complete vocab. 2 study. Examine new words and definition for vocab 3. Begin study for vocab 3.
Homework – Five minutes of vocab 3 study for Saturday and Sunday.
For bird flu you need tweetment and for swine flu you need oinkment.