1. Warm Up 8/16 Login into the computer
Open the “Blended Learning” folder on the desktop
Click on Achieve 3000
…Wait…

2. A Letter to Myself By Me
Write a letter to the person you will be by the end of this year. The letter should contain at least three main paragraphs. Here are some possible starting points:
What should I remember, or laugh about?
How do you hope you will be different from the person you are today? Describe how you imagine you will have changed?
What advice would you give to your future self? Give yourself some goals and aspirations.
Make sure you have a beginning, a middle and an end to your letter. Follow all grammar and spelling conventions.
You will hand this assignment in for a grade. I will give them back to you on the last day of class.

3. Logging onto OneNote Login to the laptop Click the “One View” icon
Click the “Waffle” icon in the top left corner
Choose “OneNote”
Go to “Shared with Me”
Choose your class Notebook
Find your name in the left hand column. Drop it down to reveal tabs

4. Syllabus Scavenger Hunt
Go to “Handouts” in the Online Notebook.
Download the syllabus
You have 20 minutes to answer all the questions.
Let’s review.
Go home and print out the “Parent Letter.” Have your parents sign it. Bring it back Wednesday for a 10 pt. grade.

5. The Inner Pinnacle Struggle of Adolescence

6. The Inner Pinnacle Struggle of Adolescence
Go the CW and HW tab in OneNote
Choose “The Inner Pinnacle Struggle of Adolescence” page
Read the poem and answer the prompts in the notebook.
I expect complete and thorough responses to the questions.

8. Answer the following questions using specific evidence from the text
What are your first reactions to the poems? What do you understand? What confuses you? What did you like? What did you dislike?
What images stood out to you? Write the line and explain what you think is trying to convey.  
Clearly, the author is struggling with something, how would you describe their struggle? Write line(s) you think support your claim.
Find one simile (uses like or as) and one metaphor (doesn’t use like or as) and explain your interpretation of the message you think the author is trying to convey.

9. Dear Santana
Objective: Demonstrate writing proficiency in a letter to Santana.
Directions: Use the following prompts to write a letter about you to me. Complete the letter in “Class Notes” of the OneNote Notebook.
Your name & nickname
Age
Job
Your favorite word & why
A description of the people in your home (who they are, how they’re related to you…pet, too!)
A description of what you do after the 2:00 bell rings
A description of your favorite place
The thing you are most concerned with about this class (English and /or Intensive Reading) & why?
A reading skill that you’d like to improve upon the most
A description of the best teacher you’ve ever had
Complete this starter: The most important thing that you need to know about me is___.