English 9 Class Notes
As with the notes for my junior and senior students, I decided to wait until this afternoon to post notes due to the unusual schedule and jumbled activities this week. Each day we practiced conventions error correction, and we contextualized our next text, The Odyssey, with Before Reading notes and introduction to the twelve Olympians.
Very importantly, we were visited by Mr. Gutman, one of our counselors, who went over some graduation and credit requirement basics with you. He also covered goal-setting and achievement behaviors and attitudes. Armed with this information, the support of your family, friends, and colleagues at school, I hope you’ll make the right decisions over the next four years to your best success.
We’ll begin The Odyssey in earnest next week. See you then.
Open-house
Freshmen, juniors, and seniors, and parent I enjoyed meeting many of you last night. Open-house provides me a good opportunity to connect students and their folks, practice names, and shed some light on what happens in my classroom.
For those interested in traveling with me in 2011, please remember to return the bottom portion of the invitation letter you took as you left so I can prepare appropriately for the meetings on Tuesday, September 8, and Wednesday, September 9.
Parents, my classroom door is always open, and I hope you’ll all have the opportunity over the year to come and observe your students in authentic learning situations. As I said, I looked forward to working with your sons and daughters.
Finally, as of this afternoon, the air-conditioning in T-12 is operational. Thanks to those concerned who put in calls. Now I can go back to a shirt and tie, although the t-shirt and shorts were comfortable.
Best.