1. Welcome 2014 -15 English Agenda: 1.Goals & Personal Info - http://vimeo.com/18669276 2.Course Expectations 3.CheerioCanRead 4.Me Poem CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.

2. On the front of your index card, write the following:  Your Full Name:  Your Parent(s)/Guardian(s) name(s):  Their phone numbers:  Their email address:  Your email address:  Your birthday:  Last year’s English teacher:  On the back of your index card, write your most recent goal: What is the goal? Why is it important? How are you going to prepare yourself to achieve it?

3. Clear Goals  THINK/PAIR/SHARE: How can you explain how your current activities relate to the goal?

4. Course Expectations READ THE SYLLABUS and RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING PROMPTS: 3 things I learned_______________________________________________ 2 things I found interesting________________________________________ 1 question I still have_____________________________________________ **************** PARTNER – 3 FACTS AND A LIE; INTRODUCTION

5. Autobiographic Poem I AM Poem Template FIRST STANZA (full template on CCR) I am (two special characteristics you have) I wonder (something you are actually curious about) I hear (an imaginary sound) I see (an imaginary sight) I want (an actual desire) I am (the first line of the poem repeated)