1. Writing 1/Writing 2—January 5, 2016 You may sit where you want today. I will change seating depending on behavior. Journal #1: Many people make a New Year’s Resolutions, but quickly abandon them when they realize how impossible they are to achieve. Experts say that you should create goals instead of resolutions. – Make a list of 3-5 achievable goals for the New Year. – Choose two of those goals and write a paragraph for each on how you plan to achieve those goals. Be sure to: – Include a topic sentence for each paragraph. – Use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Homework: – Returned signed syllabus by Friday.

2. Contact Information Email: brasino.vanessa@cpatc.orgbrasino.vanessa@cpatc.org – I may only receive emails from students from the school email. If you send me an email from a personal account, I cannot respond. Homework/Assignment notifications: My teacher page at cpatc.org

3. Classroom Rules 1. Arrive to class on time. 2. Be prepared for class. 3. Follow classroom procedures. – Journals – Bathroom – Class “issues” 4. Do your own work. 5. Consume food and drink outside of class. 6. Cell phones and head phones off and out of sight. 7. No heads down or sleeping.

4. Grading Assessments 40% (tests, projects, essays, etc.) Quizzes 30% Classwork 20% Homework 10% You will not have a semester exam. All assignments are due on the due date. I post multiple notices in class and on the school website, and give you plenty of time to complete them. Major assignments (essays, projects) receive 10% off for each day they are late up to 5 days. After the 5 th day, the assignment is a zero. Missing work will be accepted on a case by case basis. No missing work will be accepted after progress reports go out. Extra credit opportunities are offered throughout the semester. Take advantage of them. No extra credit will be given at the end of the semester.

5. Make-up Work Policy Excused absence: Students may make up work following excused absences and receive full credit. Unexcused absence: Students may make up work following an unexcused absence and earn 75% of earned credit for the work. Students get one day per absence to return work.* Make-up work will not be accepted late whether excused or unexcused. *Tests and quizzes must be made up after school or lunch (by appointment only) and must be made up within the week they were missed.

6. Materials Pencils/Pens Paper Binder or notebook

7. Assistance Mondays: Peer tutoring during lunch. Thursdays: After-school tutoring 3:30-4:30. I am available other days if you make an appointment.

8. Emergency Procedures Fire Drill: Quickly and quietly exit the classroom (leave your belongings). You will go out to the parking lot and stand in the parking spaces marked 104, and you will be silent. Once there, I will take attendance, so you need to stay with me. Code Red: Everyone will quickly and quietly move to the right side of the room (near the doors and the bulletin boards. You will stay silent and not make any noise. The drills will be intense and scary. You will get used to it. Code White: We will walk as a class to the Mets Stadium. Once there, I will take attendance, so you need to stay with me. Tornado Warning: Everyone under the desks.

9. Questions

10. Group Story Directions: As group, choose one of the story starters. On a single sheet of paper, write the story starter. When I say go, you will pass the paper around your group, and each person will add a sentence to the story until I call time. – The ugly old woman stretched out her wrinkled hand and placed it on my shoulder. – He fired his Colt.45 in the air and shouted, “Stop right there!” – “Aha, these are the professor’s fingerprints,” said the detective. – The dragon turned and looked at me with fire in his eyes.

11. What are the characteristics of a “monster”? AppearanceActionsMotivations

12. Create a Monster Using the paper and glue stick, create a monster. Once your group has finished the monster, write the characteristics of a monster on the paper.