1. Welcome to 10th Grade language arts!
My name is Mr. Tanner

2. Your schedule says English 10…
Don’t you already speak English?
You’re not here to learn English. You’re here to learn skills!
Problem Solve
Communicate
Collaborate
No matter what you do with your life, you need these three skills

3. Communicate You need to learn how to communicate This includes:
Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening
State your opinion/beliefs
Argue a claim
Support your arguments

4. Collaborate You need to work with other people
Learn how to work with people you don’t know or don’t like
Learn how to do your part but not everyone’s part
Edo

5. Solve Problems
Learn how to think, to reason, argue, persuade, understand, revise, improve, critique…

6. You’re in High School Now!
High school should be full of great times and opportunities
High school will also be full of difficult times
You have your whole adult life just ahead (don’t be in too big of a rush to get there)
You are making plans
You are developing habits
You are developing and understanding your personality
Likes
Dislikes

7. You’re in high school now You need to be responsible for yourself
Class Rules
Class Rules
Follow school rules/policies
Be Respectful
To the teacher
To your classmates
To school property
Speak at appropriate times only
Raise your hand
Arrive to class prepared and on time
Be honest
Avoid distractions
Cell phones (and other electronic devices)
Talking
Food and drinks (besides water)
You’re in high school now
You need to be responsible for yourself
Stay organized!
Make a schedule!
Make “to do” lists!

8. Every Action has a Consequence
Consequences for Misbehavior
1st offense – verbal warning
2nd offense – change seat and create a behavior plan after class with the teacher
3rd offense – parent intervention
4th offense – referral to the Vice Principal
Consequences for Behaving
A comfortable learning environment for all
Able to learn more effectively
Make the teacher happy!
Make your classmates happy!

9. Class Website Use it! Download documents See schedule Poem of the Week
Participate in discussion threads
tannerenglish.weebly.com

10. Take Advantage of Opportunities
If your life was a book, would anyone read it?
Memories, experiences and people
You have opportunities that only a tiny fraction of people on Earth have ever had
How many people live on the Earth today?
How many have lived on it in the past?
How many have had the opportunities that you have?
What will you do with your opportunities? Es

11. O Me! O Life! Oh me! Oh life! of the questions of these recurring,
BY WALT WHITMAN from Leaves of Grass
Oh me! Oh life! of the questions of these recurring,
Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish,
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the struggle ever renew’d,
Of the poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me,
Of the empty and useless years of the rest, with the rest me intertwined,
The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer.
That you are here—that life exists and identity,
That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

12. What Will Your Verse Be?
That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse!
The world is like a giant play
You will add a verse by living
What will your verse be?
This is the Essential Question for the year.
Spend the whole year (and rest of your life) answering this question