Welcome!

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS YEAR!

Classroom JobsEvery student has a role in how the classroom

operates. Some positions you will apply for, among many more, are:

Class Security GuardClassroom Motivator

Power point clicker

Class Distributor

Class Collector

Homework Stamper

Board Writer

Board Eraser

Blog Administrator

Class Escort

Classroom Decorator

Class Artist

Quizzes and TestsWe graph our test scores!

We make goals!We work to meet our goals!

We reflect on our work

• We select two items to reflect on every unit

• We give ourselves a grade and defend it

• We reflect on study skills we have employed to be successful!

• We create new goals for every unit

• We give constructive feedback

We involve our parents!

Students share their class notebooks with their parents!

• My favorite piece of work in his/her notebook is…

• What does your student’s notebook reveal about him/her as a student?

• My student’s biggest concern is…

We become teachers!

• The best way to learn is to teach the concepts ourselves

• We communicate with adults on campus about important concepts

We get rewarded!

• STAR STUDENT OF THE MONTH!• We get rewarded for improving test

and writing scores!• We celebrate!

We connect literature to society today!

There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the

conviction that envy is ignorance;

that imitation is suicide… -Emerson

Is there anything in your life that you are as passionate about as Patrick Henry in his speech?

Socratic Seminars: What tests do we put our politicians through before we respect them as world leaders? Who is a significant

person in your life?Who is a modern day Mockingbird? (To Kill a Mockingbird)

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. - Thoreau

Learning Styles• We will take multiple approaches to learning course content to meet

the needs of the many individual learners that make up this class.• Approaches include:

• Socratic Seminars• Sentence Frames

• Student generated analogies• Chalk Talk• Tic-Tac Toe

• Writing Songs• Creating visuals

• Talk Shows• Role Plays

• And many more…

We have a class website!• www.mrsgentry.weebly.com

Most importantly, we will have class discussions about themes we study in literature via our class blog (found on my website! )

We will use the website to access our class calendar and homework.

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• My sophomores will participate in CAHSEE boot camp in my class.

• They will work as teams, have team captains, and compete for an A grade for third quarter!

• Be ready for lots of writing!

Things to look forward to during CAHSEE boot camp…

• Grammar songs• American Idol

• Bring It On Contest• Cubin it up

• Mrs. Gentry’s singing• Team Spirit Days

• Games• Hard work

• Passing the CAHSEE!!!

READING AND WRITINGFreshmen and sophomores will

complete all following essay genresGrade Level LITERATURE Writing

Freshmen Romeo and JulietThe Odyssey

•Friendly letter•Business letter•Autobiography

Sophomores Lord of the FliesA Midsummer Night’s Dream

•Biography•Persuasive essay•Expository essay•Response to literature•Research paper

Themes we will explore through

literature this year!

Based on our reading, what does the author believe

we as a society value?Does reason exist

in love?How do we balance the values of the old while still progressing with the new?When can chaos be

considered a good thing?

What does it mean to be truly free?

Are we inherently good or evil?

Note from teacher…

• I am very excited to be working with your students this year! My goal is to make them critical, individual thinkers, who improve themselves through self-reflection and self-exploration.

-Mrs. Gentry