Welcome! Week One...

Welcome to 9th Grade Honors English/Language Arts!  I am very excited to be your teacher, and I'm looking forward to a challenging, rewarding, and enjoyable year.  Below is our schedule for the first week:

Tuesday - First day of school!  "Great Wall of Happiness" exercise, syllabus handouts, overview of class, teacher and student contracts.  Homework (HW):  Please bring back signed syllabus for Friday.

Wednesday - Interest inventory exercise. Independent reading overview. HW: Bring independent reading book related to a current event to class on Wednesday for check off.

Thursday - Summer reading book Tweet exercise.  HW: Finish Tweet activity for Wednesday.

Friday - Introduction to "current event" Fridays.  Current event article/SOAPS activity.   HW:  A Day in the Life of You short paper due Monday.  Final tweet exercise and independent reading book due in class Wednesday.