Week One


August 8th through 12th

Weekly Focus:
1. Classroom rules, procedures, and materials
2. Website and question box
3. Syllabus and grading policy
4. Student information sheets and citation binder
5. Listening skills

AKS Objectives Covered:
1, 3, 7, 15, 27, 31

Classwork:
1. Words in Context - Summer Fun
2. Memory Box - creation and partner interview
3. Language of Literature Scavenger Hunt
4. AKS Pre-test
5. Set up Writer's Notebook and Language Arts Binder
6. Writer's Notebook Prompt #1: "Why I Cannot Write Today"
7. Writer's Notebook Prompt #2: "Coming to school today was...painful because...and painless because..."

Homework:
1. Relax and Read