1. August 27 th -28 th First Class for the Year  Find your seat and take it – you will find a sheet with your name and picture, the top of the page is the front of the room  Go over general housekeeping issues  Go over the class syllabus  Receive a copy of the student contract  Go over class expectations  Do a quick writing exercise  HW: Have the student contract signed and returned by next class. This is a homework assignment.

2. One-hour delay schedule- Monday, August 27, 2012 Homeroom 8:40-9:40 Block 19:44-10:54 (70 min.)*resource switch at 10:12 Block 210:58-12:08 (70 min.) *resource switch at 11:26 Block 312:12-1:52 (@68 min. plus lunch) Lunch ILunch 12:15-12:45 Class 12:45-1:52*Students should report to block 3 before being escorted to lunch. *Resource switch at 1:17 Lunch IIClass 12:12-12:47 Lunch 12:48- 1:18 Class 1:18-1:52 Lunch IIIClass 12:12-1:19 Lunch 1:20-1:52 Block 41:56-3:06 (70 min.) *resource switch at 2:24 *Administrative homeroom 3:10-3:28

3. Part of Speech (7.9b) Write down the eight parts of speech. Give two examples for each one of the parts of speech and turn them in. Do not talk to anyone about this. This is a diagnostic to see if you know what they are. It is not important today to get this right. It is important for me to gage what you know against what you do not. We will go over these later.

4. Parts of Speech  Noun - Person, place, thing or idea  Verb - Action or a state of being  Adjective – Used to describe a noun  Adverb – Used to modify verb, adjective or another adverb  Pronoun – A word that takes the place of a noun. (I, you, he, she, it, they, etc.)  Preposition – Links a noun to another word (to, from, above, etc.)  Conjunction – Joins clauses, sentences or words  Interjection – Short exclamation inserted in a sentence (Ouch!!, Hi, NO!!!)  If you said “Articles” or “Determiners” – That is great. I can accept that. These are words like a, an or the.

5. Final Work for the Day  Take out a few sheets of paper and answer this question completely. Use complete sentences.  Who are you?  Do not ask anyone else what this means.  Do not ask me for more information this question.  Answer this to the best of your ability as completely as possible.  Work until I ask you to stop.  You are never done writing on any project. You will also be able to go back and rewrite, edit and improve it.  Bring this to the next class. That is part of your homework.