Room 7 Edublog

OBJECTIVES:
To create grammar placemats
To exercise vocabulary skills
To build library skills

BELLRINGER:
Describe your favorite gift and why it was your favorite.

AGENDA:
Introduce book report requirements, reading log, and sign-up sheet
If needed, library time to sign out books will be granted
Spend some time working on reading log with teacher assistance
Continue grammar placemat and family

HOMEWORK:
Reading Log
Syllabus Signed
UGO form signed

OBJECTIVES:
To discuss college readiness
To prepare expectations for the AP Literature and Composition test & course

BELLRINGER:
How many multiple choice questions are on the test?
Discuss:
55 Questions, 1 hour, 45% of score

AGENDA:
Mr. Brown gives college intro
Provide multiple-choice answering strategies
Students will complete the multiple-choice section of a practice test.

HOMEWORK:
Summer Reading: due Friday 8/29
Syllabus Signed: due Wednesday 8/27
Biblical Allusions: 14 due Friday 8/29

OBJECTIVES
Discuss college
Discuss book reports
Choose books

BELLRINGER:
Describe your favorite gift and why it was your favorite.

AGENDA
Mr. Brown presents college intro
Book report handouts and discussion
Library time

HOMEWORK
Media Form & signed syllabus due 8/27
5 paragraphs on “Hero” due 8/27/14
Mark Twain claimed, “We find not much in ourselves to admire; we are always privately wanting to be like somebody else. If everybody was satisfied with himself there would be no heroes.”
Respond with a narrative: Do you agree? Whom do you consider a hero? Why? Provide examples.