1. WHAT TO EXPECT THIS YEAR!
Welcome!
WHAT TO EXPECT THIS YEAR!

2. Classroom Jobs
Every student has a role in how the classroom operates. Some positions you will apply for, among many more, are:
Blog Administrator
Board Writer
Class Collector
Class Security Guard
Classroom Motivator
Classroom Decorator
Class Distributor
Power point clicker
Homework Stamper
Board Eraser
Class Artist
Class Escort

3. We graph our test scores! We make goals! We work to meet our goals!
Quizzes and Tests
We graph our test scores! We make goals! We work to meet our goals!

4. We reflect on our work We select two items to reflect on every unit
We give ourselves a grade and defend it
We reflect on study skills we have employed to be successful!
We create new goals for every unit
We give constructive feedback

5. Students share their class notebooks with their parents!
We involve our parents!
Students share their class notebooks with their parents!
My favorite piece of work in his/her notebook is…
What does your student’s notebook reveal about him/her as a student?
My student’s biggest concern is…

6. We become teachers!
The best way to learn is to teach the concepts ourselves
We communicate with adults on campus about important concepts

7. We get rewarded! STAR STUDENT OF THE MONTH!
We get rewarded for improving test and writing scores!
We celebrate!

8. We connect literature to society today!
Is there anything in your life that you are as passionate about as Patrick Henry in his speech?
There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide…
-Emerson
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. - Thoreau
Socratic Seminars: What tests do we put our politicians through before we respect them as world leaders?
Who is a significant person in your life?
Who is a modern day Mockingbird? (To Kill a Mockingbird)

9. Student generated analogies
Learning Styles
We will take multiple approaches to learning course content to meet the needs of the many individual learners that make up this class.
Approaches include:
Socratic Seminars
Sentence Frames
Student generated analogies
Chalk Talk
Tic-Tac Toe
Writing Songs
Creating visuals
Talk Shows
Role Plays
And many more…

10. We have a class website! www.mrsgentry.weebly.com
Most importantly, we will have class discussions about themes we study in literature via our class blog (found on my website! )
We will use the website to access our class calendar and homework.

11. 380 My sophomores will participate in CAHSEE boot camp in my class.
They will work as teams, have team captains, and compete for an A grade for third quarter!
Be ready for lots of writing!

12. Things to look forward to during CAHSEE boot camp…
Grammar songs
American Idol
Bring It On Contest
Cubin it up
Mrs. Gentry’s singing
Team Spirit Days
Games
Hard work
Passing the CAHSEE!!!

13. READING AND WRITING Freshmen and sophomores will complete all following essay genres
Grade Level
LITERATURE
Writing
Freshmen
Romeo and Juliet
The Odyssey
Friendly letter
Business letter
Autobiography
Sophomores
Lord of the Flies
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Biography
Persuasive essay
Expository essay
Response to literature
Research paper

14. Themes we will explore through literature this year!

15. Does reason exist in love?
What does it mean to be truly free?
Are we inherently good or evil?
Based on our reading, what does the author believe we as a society value?
Does reason exist in love?
How do we balance the values of the old while still progressing with the new?
When can chaos be considered a good thing?

16. REVOLUTION

18. Note from teacher…
I am very excited to be working with your students this year! My goal is to make them critical, individual thinkers, who improve themselves through self-reflection and self-exploration.
-Mrs. Gentry 