8/30/07

English 3 & 4

Aim
1. What will we be doing this year?
2. What will be required of students?

Launch: Which part of the class calendar for this year sounds most interesting to you? Which part of the calendar worries you a little? (Review the calendar if you need to. Please ask me for a copy if you did not get one.)

Agenda
1. Survey of launch answers.
2. Finish group brainstorming of questions.
3. Go over group questions.
4. Complete sample reading log as a class.

Homework: None.

AP

Aim
1. What is poetry?

Launch: What makes something a poem? How do you know when you are reading a poem? What is poetry for, anyway?

Agenda
1. Tea party
2. Class discussion/lecture on poetry
3. Define this week's vocabulary words.

Homework: Study vocabulary and work on your summer reading journals.