Drama and English 4: 8/19, 20/13

• Bell Ringer: Respond to the following items in list or paragraph form
• Briefly describe one joyful memory
• What are your goals after graduation?
• What do you need to accomplish that goal?
• What would you like me to know about you as a person or as a student?
• What have you heard about me or the class?
• What would you like to know about me or the class?
• Share and discuss the bell ringer.
• Answer all questions
• Hand out syllabus
• Assign students to mark up the syllabus as a reading assignment, noting all questions, vocabulary, areas of importance, and the like
• Give students a few minutes to work with a partner and discuss/compare/ share their markings and observations
• Return to open class and cover all that needs to be discussed from the assignment
• Be sure that all students have ample opportunity to know and understand the goals and basic processes of the class.
• Close
• Students are assigned to bring the syllabus back to class, next class, signed by their parents for a grade.