Mrs. Dionne JohnsonRoom 308

• Honors Language Arts

• Blended Language Arts and History

• AP Language and Composition

Welcome to Mrs. Johnson’s

Classroom

• Attendance/Seat Chart• Introduction• Abbreviated

Autobiography Assignment

Where should I sit?Your seats today will be recorded in the official seat chart. Please sit in the same seats everyday until you are told otherwise.

Of course, I reserve the right to move your seat, whenever and

wherever I feel will be in the best interest of our learning

environment.

A Little Bit About Me…

And something about you…

What do you enjoy doing? What are you passionate about? Where are you from? What is unique about your

home/family life? What is your greatest fear? What is your greatest success? Where do you see yourself twenty-

three years from this day?

So, what will we be doing this year?

And the tests? For EVERYONE:

GHSGWT EOCT (September 25) (May)

As applicable:GHSGT Assortment AP

Of interims, post-test, finals

(April) (ongoing) (May)

Classroom Guidelines

Guideline #1

Be in your assigned seat and working on the assigned bell work

when the tardy bell rings.

Guideline #2

Bring ALL books and materials to class and take them with you

when you leave.

Guideline #3

Treat each person in this room with respect and dignity.

Guideline #4

Follow all procedures and policies as outlined in your CGHS student

handbooks.

Guideline #5

All electronic devices, including headphones, should be out of sight

at all times.

Not Following Guidelines

will result in: 1st

Warning and documentation

2nd

Action Plan , Parental Contact, and 30 minute after school detentionFridays Only!!

3rd

Disciplinary Referral

Action Plan - 161

Classroom Procedures

Entering the room

Please enter quietly

Have a seat

Take out your materials

Review the agenda

Begin bell work assignment

When you are tardy

Enter quietlyExcused: Place excuse in the basket on top of the file cabinetUnexcused: Sign detention list on top of file cabinet Have a seat and take out your materials

After an absence

Go to the make-up work center

Copy the assignment from the calendar Retrieve any handouts Sign the clipboard Turn in the assignment by the appropriate deadline

Make-up tests: Thurs. @ 2:15 in 308/307.

Student Responsibility Card

This is for students who do not have the assigned homework

Fill it out

Sign and date it

Turn it in with the homework papers

All student work must be completed within

five days of the absence, per the school policy. Additionally:

Late daily work will be penalized 20 points. Late projects and essays will be penalized 10

points per day. Unit tests and quizzes must be made up within

five days.

Late/Make-up Work Policy

Composition notebook Hand sanitizer Blue/black ink pens Facial tissue Notebook paper Colored

Pencils Index cards Ream of

paper Post-it notes Flash drive

Multi-color highlighters Three-ringed

binder

Supplies

This is the age of Facebooking,

texting, and Tweeting. To capture the spirit of the moment, write the story of your life (your “abbreviated autobiography”) in 150 words.

As you listen to my abbreviated autobiography list some of the themes involved to help you write your own.

ABBREVIATED AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Abbreviated me…

Born in September, future day of tragedy, Virgo through-and-through: critical, organized, loyal to a fault. Savannah, G-A . to Ronald and Brenda hardworking, loving, of ten demanding. Brothers, one sister family of six. A little poor but always happy, no therapy needed. Church trips, crabbing in the marsh, beach-soggy, sandy sandwiches, family outings, Skidaway Island, picnics, and all. A lways something interesting to do. Typical teenager: misunderstood, fi rst job, fi rst car, fi rst accident, then another, everyone survived. Trig, snooze, history, snooze; A P English M r. Shaw: respect/admire/reason I’m a teacher. Graduated Windsor Knight. Off to Southern, bye Savannah, home again, home again, A rmstrong makes me strong. M arriage, kids, big decision…A tlanta here we come. L ittle red van, highways, speeders, skyscrapers, lights: family of four soon to be five. A djunct, special ed, finally my place, sigh of relief . Cardinal, Ram, K night: what a circle! Family grows a little bigger, smaller in some places, still very strong. Word count: 150

Be prepared to turn this assignment in when you enter the class on Friday.