1. Focus Read Write

2.  Identify the school  Identify the class  Video Tape a scripted welcome

3.  Why did students get placed in this class?  What does this class help students with?

4.  Why this class should be at every school.

5.  Grade Killer Sheet  Binder Checks  Backpack Checks  Catch-Up Friday Other English Class help  Grade Monitoring  Personal Testimony

6.  Independent Reading 20 min per day  In Class Independent Reading 10 min per day  (Why class time to read is important)  Reading from purple book  CRAPPS and Flow Maps  Biology/Textbooks = making meaning and note- taking  Reading Meetings During In-Class Reading with Targeted reading strategies  Library  Personal Testimony about Reading Activities

7.  Prompt Attack (What do the directions ask you to do?) underlinig  Getting Started (stealing your opening from the prompt)  Paragraph Building: Hamburger/Color Coding  Hopscotch- What it is and How it helps.  Sentence Frames  Personal Testimony about Writing