1. Welcome to 9th Lit

2. Welcome to Current Topics in Reading

3. Cell Phone Policy
Offense 1: I will remind all students in the beginning of class
Offense 2: Cell phone Jail
Offense 3: Referral

4. Expectations for Today
Respect yourself and others (BE KIND)
Actively Participate and collaborate 
Keep Cellphones and earbuds away.

5. All I Really Need to Know
Read the poem. Use the Metacognitive markers to annotate.
Be sure to make a few comments in the margins to remember why you chose that mark.

6. Now it’s your turn!
You teach people how to treat you
Use the sticky notes provided to write two of your own life lessons you learned from your childhood.
Family is the key to happiness

7. Share!
1)Take your sticky note and share it with a classmate. Read your phrase, then explains what it means to you. Physically trade your sticky notes. 2)Find a different classmate, and share EITHER your second sticky note, OR the one you have just received. Be sure to trade your note with your classmate. 3)Find a different classmate and repeat! You should now have two different sticky notes than when you started.

8. Class Lessons