First week!

Welcome to the first week of school! I'm looking forward to meeting everyone and kicking off the new year together.

WEDNESDAY: (minimum day)All-school Sea King Day and barbecue.

Due:n/a

Homework: Make sure your dialectical journals are ready to turn in on Friday.

FRIDAY: Journal warm-up, introduction to the class: overview and goals. Collect dialectical journals. Summer reading: Just Mercy video and discussion. Discuss syllabus, including upcoming units, procedures and routines, lockdown instructions. Show "The Week.com" e-mails. "Eleventh Grade: The Dark Side" PowerPoint. Interest inventory group activity. Announcements, "A Castle of My Own" Assignment.

Due:Summer reading homework: dialectical journals.

Interest inventory sheet that is filled out in class.

Just Mercy worksheets after we discuss them in class.

Homework: (for next class)
Review summer reading books for next week.
Sign up for TheWeek.com current events e-mails.
"A Castle of My Own" Assignment

By Friday, September 6:
Please get syllabus and Turnitin.com form signed and ready to turn in next week.

By the following week, we'll be starting Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Please consider buying a copy (or requesting one through my group order) for annotation. It's currently $1.62 on Amazon.