1. Welcome! Please have a seat anywhere you would like. (Week 1 only) Have on your desk your summer reading assignments*: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (1 page front and back) Book of Your Choice (1 page for the book of your choice) *If you do not have this assignment with you today, I will let you know what to do momentarily.

2. English, Grade 8 Mr. Migdalias  Welcome to Mr. Migdalias’s class!  Welcome back to Pennbrook!  Welcome back to middle school!

3. English, Grade 8 About Mr. Migdalias  Graduated from West Chester University  A big fan of poetry  Third year teaching at Pennbrook Poetry Reading, Spring 2010

4. English, Grade 8 What to expect this year  Vocabulary (workbook, Units 1-8)  Level C (periods 2 & 4)  Level D (periods 3, 7 & 8)  Grammar (all classes)  Subject / verb agreement  Pronoun case/usage  Pronoun / antecedent agreement  Sentence types/structures  Literature  The Outsiders (novel; all classes)  Our Town (play; all classes)  Chains (novel; all classes)  “Flowers for Algernon” (pds. 2 & 4)  Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel; periods 3, 7 & 8)  A play by Shakespeare (period 8 only)  Poetry & short stories (all classes)  Writing (all classes)  Text dependent  Cross text analysis  Argumentative  Literary analysis  Analytical Edgar Allan Poe

5. English, Grade 8 Mr. Migdalias Classroom Rules  Follow all directions and procedures.  Keep all hands, feet and objects to yourself.  No profanity, name calling, teasing or putdowns

6. English, Grade 8 Supplies  Pens and pencils  Highlighter  Three ring binder with dividers (enough for 5 sections)  Lined Paper (bell work section)

8. Pds. 2 & 4 ‘ Take out your agenda / assignment book. ‘ Copy the following into your English / Language Arts Section for today: ‘ Have English notebook prepared and class guidelines signed by next Monday. ‘ If you didn’t today, bring summer reading assignments to class tomorrow. (Due by Friday)

9. Pds. 3, 7 & 8 ‘ Take out your agenda / assignment book. ‘ Copy the following into your English / Language Arts Section for today: ‘ Have English notebook prepared and class guidelines signed by next Monday. ‘ If you didn’t today, bring summer reading assignments to class tomorrow. (Due by tomorrow/Wednesday)