Comp/Lit 9: 8/30/10

Welcome to LGHS Class of 2014!

• Each student was introduced to the class then assigned his/her own seat.
• Once everyone was seated, we got the class started. We used a power point presentation to take us through the entire class.  
• The first order of business was the Ender's Game test.  The summer read test is 20 questions and is meant to check to see if each student read or not.
• Following the test, the students picked up the "Job Application" handout and the Course Expectations handout and the Ender's Game Paragraph Packet.  The students were expected to work on the Job Application handout and begin to read through the Course Expectations.
• Once each student had completed his/her test, we reviewed the test as a class.  We introduced the scoring protocols (since we will scores several tests in class), then the students returned the test to the owner.
• We discussed taking ownership of the student's work.  We had them check to make sure that the test had been accurately corrected, then we collected the corrected test.
• I then passed out the calendar for the next two weeks.  I used the calendar to discuss the homework assignments: Complete the Job Application, bring $30.00 for the Vocabulary & Grammar Workbooks, bring your students ID, complete the Ender's Game Character Chart for the one assigned character (on page 1 in the packet), and get the Course Expectations signed.
• At this point we began to move through the power point.  The purpose of the power point was to take the class through the highlights of the Course Expectations.
• In the end, I introduced two long-term assignments: The Personal Museum (due Wednesday September 8), and the Time Capsule that is due at the end of the 6-week grading period.