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Slide 2 to English 9 CP with Ms. Velotta Slide 3 Class Overview: 1 st Quarter: 1.Summer Reading 2.Short Story Unit (fiction & nonfiction)* 3.Vocabulary 4.Image Grammar, Sensory details, Descriptive Writing* 5.Drama: The Miracle Worker 6.Research Paper* 2 nd Quarter: 1.OGT prep* 2.Poetry 1.Including the epic: The Odyssey (excerpts) 3.Drama: The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet* 4.Novel: A Separate Peace* * = accompanying lengthy writing assignment Slide 4 Supplies! Slide 5 NOTE: Though very important, this can be a very dull matter. So in an attempt to make it a little less dull Slide 6 Let me introduce you to: Office Mike West A.K.A. Ice Ice BabyIce Ice Baby Slide 7 But on a more serious note. We can make this class fun and about learning or we can make it about reprimanding student discipline (and still about learning.) Slide 8 #1. Respect Slide 9 #2. When the bell rings, class begins. Slide 10 #3. Class ends when I say so! Slide 11 #4. NO CHEATING! F PLUS an office referral & its consequences! Slide 12 #5. Do your work And do it ON TIME! Slide 13 #6. KEEP YOUR HEAD UP!!! Slide 14 #7. Absent Work Slide 15 #8. No Food or Drinks in Classroom Slide 16 #9. Raise your Hand!!! Slide 17 #10. Personal Communication Tools are great!!!! but not in the classroom Slide 18 GRADING Slide 19 PLAGIARISM IS SERIOUS! Slide 20 What we DONT want and what you WONT get: is Jerris experience. Slide 21 What we should strive for instead Is a great year with lots of learning, much growing, and many laughs along the way! Slide 22 40 Inspirational Speeches... in 2 minutes (Can you identify the movies?)