1. Welcome to Speech Class! Ms. Stotz Room 207 Ms. Stotz, Speech 2010/20111

2. Let’s Get Started unit 1 Step 1: 5 Take a moment to write down 5 questions/concerns you have about your transition from middle school to high school. What are you thinking right now? No question/concern is silly. Get Started, you have 5 minutes to complete this activity. Step 2: Think, Pair and Share Turn to your partner and share your differences and similarities. Put a star by the ones you have in common. Get busy, you have about 3 minutes. Ms. Stotz, Speech 2010/20112

3. Choose 1 person from each pair to write one question from your lists on the board. Ms. Stotz, Speech 2010/20113

4. “We’re all a little bizarre. It’s just that some of us are better at hiding it, that’s all.” Emilio Estevez in The Breakfast Club http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =3fb0pYkqnCM&feature=related Watch This… Ms. Stotz, Speech 2010/20114

5. Turn to page 1 of your book, Making the Most of High School … Read and Discuss with Class: Pages 1-3 Homework Read pages 7-19 Complete the handout Ms. Stotz gives you on your way out today. Due: Next class period For Days 1,3,5 (Wednesday, September 1, 2010) For Days 2, 4, 6 (Thursday, September 2, 2010) Ms. Stotz, Speech 2010/20115

6. Ticket Out the Door http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=Sv1I4q6lOpo &feature=related Congratulations, you have made it through your first day of Speech Class! In your journal (or on a piece of paper), write a short paragraph (3 to 5 sentences, 7 to 10 words in length) comparing your concerns about high school to those concerns of your classmates. Keep this because we will look at it on your last day of Speech Class. Watch first Ms. Stotz, Speech 2010/20116

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8. Let’s Get Started unit 1: Day 2 Summarize at least one of the topics you read about on pages 7-19. Topics include, but are not limited to: Environment Hormones Self-Absorption Academic Issues Social Issues Responsibility Ms. Stotz, Speech 2010/20118

9. Today’s Activities: Think, Pair and Share your summaries. Review Homework and Discuss Reading Turn to page 20. Homework: Read Pages 25-35 in Making the Most of High School. Complete the guided learning handout. Ms. Stotz, Speech 2010/20119

10. Ticket Out the Door – 3,2,1 Ms. Stotz, Speech 2010/201110 In your Journals, list the following: 3 Advantages of High School 2 Fears Most High School Students Have 1 Thing You Liked Most About the Chapter

11. Let’s Get Started Unit 1 – Day 3 Define the following addition problem in your own words. Complete this activating strategy in your journal. Learning + Style________ Learning Style Ms. Stotz, Speech 2010/201111

12. Learning Style Survey Please take the next 15-20 minutes to complete the survey. Place the survey in your notebook when you finish it and open Making the Most of High School to page 35. Read pages 35 t0 40 and complete the guided worksheet. Ms. Stotz, Speech 2010/201112

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