Thursday June 18th, 2015

Thursday June 18th, 2015

First week of class! No class Tuesday June 15th. Class runs Tuesday and Thursdays, between 5:30pm and 6:30pm. 

Our first day in class covered introduction, expectations, structure, what book we will read, and how we will write.

Introduce Class Structure

• Select class book to read based on LISD Summer Reading List (6th Grade, 8th grade)

Class Expectations

• What students should expect from instructor, and what instructor inspects from students

Class survey handout and Discussion

• Students provide their thoughts on reading and writing. Discussion to follow.

Journal and plot pyramid discussion

• Go over dialectical journal information, its importance, and the instruction handouts.
• Our class is expected to complete one journal entry on Monday night, and one journal entry on Wednesday night for homework.
• Plot pyramid, correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar required in journal.

Review books to read and make selection as class

• Went over LISD book list
• Students selected "Dog Days" by David Lubar

What to expect next week

• Go over agenda for next week
• I am researching best way to get class books in by next week and will have them come class time.