1. -Go over rules and procedures for study hall, which are:  Bring work and be ready to study when class begins  Be quiet and respectful of others  Ask for help if you need help  If you need to use the restroom or see the nurse, quietly ask for the pass, leave, and return promptly -Last 10 minutes- find out your classmates’ academic strengths

2. 1. Turn in AP summer reading packet (worth 25 points) 2. Pass out Rosey’s Guidebook for Success; go over rules/notebook/honor policy/parent letter 3. Go over homework on Margaret Bourke-White picture, apple, and discussion board 4. Take summer reading quiz (worth 75 points) 5. Go over Jar of Hearts analysis 6. Bring A Walk in the Woods Wednesday

3. 1. Discuss homework and do reading of additional picture 2. Go over “Dog Days” and discuss 3. Assign and work on A Walk in the Woods group activity (p. 70)- due next Thursday; your teacher will randomly assign you into groups 4. Read and score Kincaid essay in guidebook (p. 54)

4. 1. Return summer reading packets, then-- 2. Finish going over Kincaid essay scoring 3. Work in groups on PACAW Chart on Kincaid Essay (on p. 398a); if time left work on A Walk in the Woods Group Activity 4. If time, begin reading “College Pressures” in Patterns for College Writing (we will read from this book, in general, every Friday) WARNING #1: Your JQ#1 is due tonight to www.turnitin.com! WARNING #2: We will write our first in-class AP essay next week; it will be worth 50 points.

5. 1. Reminder: You should have already turned in your summer reading journal to www.turnitin.com- worth 50 points 2. Take summer reading quiz- worth 75 points 3. Go over syllabus/notebook/journal 4. Assign homework on The Last Lecture and reading on Wadsworth book (p. 73-96) 5. Complete “paper clip” cooperative learning activity on The Last Lecture

6. 1. Hang up and share homework on The Last Lecture 2. Assign rough draft of Short Essay #1 on The Last Lecture and start to brainstorm on it 3. Wadsworth: Do ex. 2B on p. 81 and ex. 8 on p. 91 with a partner; do handout on paragraphs on own 4. Pass out packet on The Last Lecture and begin discussion of it 5. Remember your Journal #1 is due tomorrow to www.turnitin.com!www.turnitin.com

7. 1. Go over course rules and syllabus 2. Complete survey 3. Do SAT/ACT Practice #1 p. 152-154 (#1-15); p. 180-182 (#1-10) in The Real ACT Guide p. 88 in The Official SAT Guide 4. Pass out and begin to work on Packet #1- due next Friday with the quiz

8. 1. Get into groups, work on, and then go over Tuesday’s SAT/ACT Practice 2. Assign and work on in cooperative learning groups on Packet #1: Punctuation Focus: Commas, Apostrophes Vocabulary Focus: Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes The packet is due on Friday with the quiz!