1. Daily Start-Up Your Name Your ID # Class Period Birthdate Your Age
8/14/17
Your Name Your ID #
Class Period
Birthdate Your Age
Home Phone Number
Parent/Guardian’s Parent/Guardian’s
Name

2. Daily Start-Up (Example)
James “Jay” McElroy
Period _______
9/10/
(209) XXX-XXXX
Margaret McElroy

3. Welcome to Transitions English
Mr. McElroy

4. Triad – Yourself and the 2 or 3 people with desks which touch yours.
Classroom Vocabulary
Triad – Yourself and the 2 or 3 people with desks which touch yours.
Partner 1 – The person sitting in the desk closest to the door in your triad.
Partner 2 - The person sitting in the desk furthest from the door in your triad.
Partner 3 – The person sitting in the desk closest to the back of the room in your triad. 3 1 2

5. Classroom Vocabulary (Cont.)
The 4 L’s:
- Look at your partner’s eyes.
- Lean toward your partner.
- Lower your voice.
- Listen attentively.

6. Coat of Arms
Today you will begin working on the design for your own personal “Coat of Arms.”
Your Coat of Arms should be something that represents you: who you are, what you have done, and what you hope to do in life.
You will present your Coat of Arms to the class later in the week.

7. Coat of Arms There SIX sections to your Coat of Arms.
Section 1 – Draw an animal which you feel represents you. Is it strong, savage, or beautiful?
Section 2 – Draw a picture of your greatest accomplishment. What have you done that was exceptional, special, or unique?
Section 3 – Draw a picture of what you see yourself accomplishing in life. What is the job or career you want? What will make you happy?

8. Coat of Arms There SIX sections to your Coat of Arms.
Section 4 – Draw a picture of your most prized possession. What is that one thing that means the most to you and is irreplaceable?
Section 5 – Draw a symbol of your strength that is not an animal. What is something else that could represent your gifts or talents?
Section 6 – Draw a picture of one of the most important people in the world to you (label it so I know who it is).
AT THE BOTTOM – You will write YOUR NAME.

9. CLASSROOM RULES Look around – Find the classroom rules
Point it out to your group
WE will create the rules for this class – starting today!
We will do it by thinking about/ answering 4 questions.

10. The 4 Questions
How do you, as a student, want to be treated by me as your teacher?
How do you think I, as your teacher, want to be treated by you as students?
How do you want to be treated by your classmates?
How do you think your classmates want to be treated by you?

11. Question 1 – How do you, as a student, want to be treated by me as your teacher?
In your TRIADS, you will pass the card around for 1 minute.
Each person will add to the list of ideas.
You may only pass ONCE!

12. Question 1 – How do you, as a student, want to be treated by me as your teacher?
Now take 2 minutes to discuss, with your TRIAD, the answers on your card. Each person should discuss the answers they added.
What did you mean by that answer and why do you think it’s important?
BE PREPARED TO SHARE!

13. Homework Begin working on your 60 Second Speech!
Bring back your 20 questions page COMPLETE by Friday!
Bring back the signature portion of your syllabus by Friday.
YOUR GRADES IN THIS CLASS WILL NOT BE COUNTED UNTIL THESE HAVE BEEN SIGNED AND RETURNED!

14. Exit Ticket
8/14/17
Your Exit Ticket for today is your Start-up 3x5 card, completed.
Turn it in to me before you leave today.

15. Daily Start-Up In your TRIADS, discuss the following questions:
8/15/17
In your TRIADS, discuss the following questions:
Think of a teacher you have had in the past whose class you really liked. What was it about them or their class that made you like it? DO NOT USE THEIR NAMES!!!
Now do the same for a teacher whose class you did not like. DO NOT USE THEIR NAMES!!!
Be prepared to share!

17. Question 2 – How do you think I, as your teacher, want to be treated by you as students?
In your TRIADS, you will pass the card around for 2 minutes.
Each person will add to the list of ideas.
You may only pass ONCE!

18. Question 2 – How do you think I, as your teacher, want to be treated by you as students?
Now take 2 minutes to discuss, with your TRIAD, the answers on your card. Each person should discuss the answers they added.
What did you mean by that answer and why do you think it’s important?
BE PREPARED TO SHARE!

19. Question 2 – How do you think I, as your teacher, want to be treated by you as students?
Now let’s share as a class and add to our CLASSROOM CONTRACT.

20. Question 3 – How do you want to be treated by your classmates?
In your TRIADS, you will pass the card around for 1 minute.
Each person will add to the list of ideas.
You may only pass ONCE!

21. Question 3 – How do you want to be treated by your classmates?
Now take 2 minutes to discuss, with your TRIAD, the answers on your card. Each person should discuss the answers they added.
What did you mean by that answer and why do you think it’s important?
BE PREPARED TO SHARE!

22. Question 3 – How do you want to be treated by your classmates?
Now let’s share as a class and add to our CLASSROOM CONTRACT.

23. Coat of Arms Continue working on your Coat of Arms
If enough people finish, we will start sharing them today.

24. Homework Continue working on your 60 Second Speech!
Bring back your 20 questions page COMPLETE by Friday!
Bring back the signature portion of your syllabus by Friday.

25. Start-Up – Discussion
8/16/17
With your partner/triad, discuss the following: What are TWO or THREE interesting facts about the city or country you were born in that people might not know?

26. Chromebook Rules
YOU are responsible for your chromebook and its condition.
If a chromebook is damaged, it will be easy to find out who damaged it. CHECK your chromebook for damage DAILY at check-out and report anything that may be wrong with it to me immediately.
YOU are responsible for making sure that your chromebook is PLUGGED IN when you put it away each day.

27. Forgot Your Password
Be sure to add your name and ID to the list at the front of the room BEFORE YOU LEAVE TODAY.
I will try to get your passwords reset by tomorrow.
For today, you will need to do your Start-up and Exit Ticket writing on paper and then transfer it to your document later.

28. Google Classroom
MOST of the assignments in this class will come to you by way of Google Classroom.
The log-in codes are on the board by period. Go to Google Classroom now and log in to your class.
Let’s look at what’s already there…

29. Start-Ups and Exit Tickets on GC
In Google Classroom, open the document titled “Start- ups and Exit Tickets – Week 1”
You will have one of these for every week.
YOU MUST PUT THE DATE WHERE INDICATED!
Notice it is separated into FIVE rows and TWO columns.
Each ROW is a day; Monday through Friday.
The COLUMNS indicate whether you are writing a start- up (left column) or an exit ticket (right column).
Unless otherwise specified, ALL ENTRIES MUST BE COMPLETE PARAGRAPHS OF NO LESS THAN FOUR (4) SENTENCES

30. Start-Up – Writing
8/16/17
Now write about the following: What are TWO or THREE interesting facts about the city or country you were born in that people might not know?

31. Past / Present / Future
For this assignment, you will be writing THREE (3) short paragraphs.
The first will deal with your past. The second will deal with your present. The third will deal with your future.
Each paragraph must be at least 4-5 sentences in length.
Remember to capitalize and punctuate properly.

32. Past / Present / Future
Paragraph 1- Past - In this paragraph, tell me about your past.
Some things you might want to include are:
where and when you were born
interesting things about the city/country you are from
how old were you when you moved to the U.S.
what was the first language you learned to speak/write
what schools you have attended and when

33. Past / Present / Future
Paragraph 3 - Future - In this paragraph, tell me about your future.
Some things you might want to include are:
what is the job or career you hope to have
do you plan to go to college or a technical/trade school
where do you hope to live
do you want to be married
do you want children

34. Homework Syllabus signatures due by FRIDAY!
Continue to work on your Past / Present / Future paragraphs if they are not finished. They will be DUE no later than MONDAY at 7:00 A.M.

35. Exit Ticket
8/16/17
Write about the following: Which do you think is the easiest for you to write about; your past, present, or future? Why is that the easiest? Which is the most difficult? Why?

36. Start-Up – Discussion
8/17/17
With your partner/triad, discuss the following: When you think about yourself in the future, what is the FIRST thing that comes to mind? Is it a job/career? Is it family? Is it a place? Why do you think that is your first thought?

37. Start-Up – Writing
8/17/17
Now write about the following: When you think about yourself in the future, what is the FIRST thing that comes to mind? Is it a job/career? Is it family? Is it a place? Why do you think that is your first thought?

38. Past / Present / Future
Today, you will continue working on your Past/Present/Future writing.
If you finish before the end of the period, please raise your hand and let me know so that I can read over what you have written.

39. Homework Syllabus signatures due by TOMORROW!
Continue to work on your Past / Present / Future paragraphs if they are not finished. They will be DUE no later than MONDAY at 7:00 A.M.

40. Exit Ticket
8/17/17
Write about the following: Do you think that it is important to remember where you came from in order to get where you are going in life? How can your past affect your future?

41. Start-Up – Discussion
8/18/17
With your partner/triad, discuss the following: What is the job/career you see yourself doing in the future? What are some things you can or should be doing RIGHT NOW to prepare yourself for that job/career?

42. Start-Up – Writing
8/18/17
Now write about the following: What is the job/career you see yourself doing in the future? What are some things you can or should be doing RIGHT NOW to prepare yourself for that job/career?

43. FRIDAYS
On Fridays in this class, when I can, I want to give you a “Catch-up Day.”
That means, on Fridays, you need to bring work from other classes, homework, make-up work, and/or anything else you need to get done before the weekend.
You CAN work on things for this class or for Transtions English also.
I am available to help you with that work.

44. Past / Present / Future
Today, you will continue working on your Past/Present/Future writing.
If you finish before the end of the period, please raise your hand and let me know so that I can read over what you have written.

45. Homework
Continue to work on your Past / Present / Future paragraphs if they are not finished. They will be DUE no later than MONDAY!!!

46. Exit Ticket
8/18/17
Write about the following: How was your first week of school? Which class or classes do you think will be the easiest for you? Which will be the most difficult? Why?

47. Start-Up – Discussion
8/21/17
With your partner/triad, discuss the following: What are some things you like to do in your spare time? Do you have any specific hobbies, sports, etc.? Why are these things interesting to you?

48. Start-Up – Writing
8/18/17
Now write about the following: What are some things you like to do in your spare time? Do you have any specific hobbies, sports, etc.? Why are these things interesting to you?

49. Career Clusters Interest Survey
Today we will begin looking at a Career Clusters Interest Survey.
This is designed to help you discover possible career paths based on what you are interested in.
You may find yourself surprised by the results of the survey…

50. Exit Ticket
8/21/17
Write about the following: In which box(es) did you have the most things circled? Was that different from what you expected? Why or why not?

51. Start-Up – Discussion
8/22/17
With your partner/triad, discuss the following: If money didn’t matter, what would you do with your life? How would you spend your time? What would make you happy?

52. Start-Up – Writing
8/22/17
Now write about the following: If money didn’t matter, what would you do with your life? How would you spend your time? What would make you happy?

53. Career Clusters Interest Survey
Today we will begin looking at a Career Clusters Interest Survey.
This is designed to help you discover possible career paths based on what you are interested in.
You may find yourself surprised by the results of the survey…

54. Exit Ticket
8/22/17
Write about the following: In which box(es) did you have the most things circled? Was that different from what you expected? Why or why not?

55. Start-Up – Discussion
8/23/17
With your partner/triad, discuss the following: Looking at the boxes from the survey, which one do you think your chosen career would fall into? Was that the box you had the most circles in? Why do you think that was?

56. Start-Up – Writing
8/23/17
Now write about the following: Looking at the boxes from the survey, which one do you think your chosen career would fall into? Was that the box you had the most circles in? Why do you think that was?

57. cacareerzone.org Career Zone On your chromebooks, go to this address:
In the middle of the page, under “Explore Job Families,” click START EXPLORING.
Now let’s look at the different job families available.

58. Career Zone You will be doing research on TWO different jobs/careers.
One will be the job or career YOU have chosen for yourself.
The other MUST come from the box in the survey we took in which you had the most circles.
If those are the same, you will still research two different careers from within that family.

59. Career Zone
You will fill out the worksheet in Google Classroom with information about BOTH of the two careers you are researching.
These worksheets will be DUE by the end of the period.

60. Exit Ticket
8/23/17
Write about the following: Did looking at this career information change your mind in any way about what you want to do? Was the description of your chosen career what you expected?

61. Start-Up – Discussion
8/24/17
With your partner/triad, discuss the following: What are a few interesting things you learned about your chosen career from researching it on cacareerzone.org ? Was there anything that surprised you?

62. Start-Up – Writing
8/24/17
Now write about the following: What are a few interesting things you learned about your chosen career from researching it on cacareerzone.org ? Was there anything that surprised you?

63. Career Zone
You will fill out the worksheet in Google Classroom with information about BOTH of the two careers you are researching.
These worksheets will be DUE by the end of the period.

64. Exit Ticket
8/24/17
Write about the following: Why do you think it is important to research possible careers? How can doing that be helpful to you?

65. No Start-up Today
8/25/17

66. FRIDAYS
On Fridays in this class, when I can, I want to give you a “Catch-up Day.”
That means, on Fridays, you need to bring work from other classes, homework, make-up work, and/or anything else you need to get done before the weekend.
You CAN work on things for this class or for Transitions English also.
I am available to help you with that work.

67. No Exit Ticket Today
8/25/17