English 4 & 4H: 9/21/12

Guiding Q

• How do I learn to start/organize work

Bell Ringer

• Get the book chosen for your group and begin reading. Answer the following 2 questions based on the first ten pages of the book.
• How does the author start the book in the first 10 pages? and
• Why do you think the author starts the book that way

Activities:

• Remind students to check the agenda book or the online agenda and not to fall behind
• Hand out Cornell Notes guide sheet for section 6 of the notebook.
• Show the Cornell Notes PowerPoint slide show (It is posted in the class agenda book), and discuss the needs and techniques of note taking for critical thinking and survival skills
• Take up bell ringer for the day
• Take up signed midterm reports
• Take up any addition missing work that has occurred since the midterm grades were posted. All work that was assigned on or before 9/14/12 are now permanent grades