Greetings!
1) to learn research writing skills
We had a great first class for our 2015 school year! This is a great group of students, and I'm looking forward to this year.
This
first week of classes is about taking care of the business regarding
how the class is run. I handed out a lot of papers, which you will find
attached to this e-mail, inserted into the blog and on Dropbox. As I
told the students, they have multiple ways to find assignments and
handouts should they be missing any.
We began the class with a Quick Write;
today's Quick Write was to write about what they did
NOT do over summer vacation. For most of the semester, the
beginning-of-class writing activity will be practice with ACT and SAT
writing prompts or reflections on their progress and their work as
students.
I have 3 goals for this class:
After these beginning exercises, we got down to business with all of the handouts. We went over, at length, my Classroom Policies for
this class that included conduct, communication, and grading. I
especially talked about electronics and cell phone use in class. More
and more students have smart phones, and some find it difficult to keep
them stowed away during class. This year, if I suspect a student is
using his/her phone, I will ask and then confiscate the phone if
needed. Parents will get an e-mail if this happens. The students were
in agreement with me, and I don't anticipate this being a problem with
this class.
Writing 3 Syllabus
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Prichard
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