ENGLISH 11ATHANK YOU FOR COMING BACK

Please sit in same seat from yesterday.

Please also set out your name card.

AgendaO Textbook Introduction – O Reading Strategies and PracticeO Policy reviewO Grammar Packs – some assembly requiredO Review Parts of SpeechO Pledge of AllegianceO Journals

O Learning Targets:O I will use a reading strategy to improve my ability to

understand and retain information. O I will know where important elements are in my textbook.

Textbook OverviewO What?O Where?O How?O Work through the Textbook overview.

English 11A: Thursday, Sept. 5

O AgendaO OpeningsO InferencesO Reading StrategyO Grammar Introduction and Overview

O Openings (Class starters) – put into Journal – O May be a journal – please number and put date

at top.O May be a grammar item – to copy down and

correct.O May be a discussion point

OpeningO Compose a sentence about one of

your classes. The sentence must be at least 10 words long.

Opening ContinuedO Compose a sentence about one of your classes. The sentence

must be at least 10 words long.

O For this sentence, underline and label any phrase you recognize and label its type.O Prepositional (starts with a preposition)O Infinitive (start with “to” plus a verb – to sing)O Gerund (ing form of a verb used as a noun)O Participial (ing or past participial form of a verb used as an

adjective)O Appositive (used to rename or describe a noun)O For examples, look at pages 4-6.

O Learning Target: To review phrase types and to determine which come most naturally in your writing.

INFERENCESO YES what is basis?

O Red WingsO MusicO To readO Teacher??O Organized - O Works HardO Stuffed animalsO MotivatedO Teaches upper classmenO CMU/WMUO MotherlyO Prepared

O NO - what is basis?O CookingO DivorcedO New glasses

O Smelly markersO GorillaO Fans

Class Policies and Norms

O Review the page of policies on the tableO What does each mean for this class?O What questions do you have?

O Norms – expectationsO What should be expected of each person

in the room during class?O What should be expected of the teacher

during class?

ReadingO Reading Strategies:

O Chart – what are the implications?O Why do some people “dislike” or “struggle

with” reading?O What do people who say they are good readers

do?O Practice Strategy

O Learning Target – I will use a specific reading strategy to improve my ability to read efficiently and retain what I have read.

Strategy – Close Reading

O Divide article in thirdsO For each section

O Read through itO Underline 3-4 words/phrases/sentences that seem

important to you.O Circle any word/phrase you do not understand.O At end of each section

O look at what you underlined and on right side – write a 1 sentence summary of that section.

O On left side – make a comment about the material, connect it to your own experience, or ask a question about what was said.

O Discuss

GrammarO Units 1-4O Insert pages for Unit 1O Review what you haveO Review Parts of Speech

O Nouns – What are they? What do they “do” in a sentence? Why does recognizing the noun matter?

O Prepositional and appositive phrasesO Page 4-5

Friday, Sept. 6O Debrief Reading ArticleO Journal 1O Grammar Pages 1-4O Intro to Tragic HeroO Overview of Oedipus