1st day back

1. WELCOME
BACK!!!
SEMESTER TWO
4th SIX WEEKS
ENGLISH 10

2. Late/Missing Assignments Policy
Changes
 Same day– No Late Deduction
 Same week – 20% Deduction
 Any later– 50% Deduction
NO MISSING ASSIGNMENTS AFTER TEST

3. 40 point assignment
1 Week Late= 20%
20% of 40 is EIGHT POINTS
36-40 is an “A” (90%) BUT
with late deduction of just
20% an A becomes
28-32 which is 70-80%
Later than 1 Week
Late= 50%
20 out of 40 is still 50% it’s a
lot easier to bring a 50 up to
passing (60%) than it is to
bring up a 0.
1. You got a 35 out of 40 but you turned it in 1 week late. What is
your final score and letter grade?
2. You forgot to do your homework but you remember to jot down
some answers during the last 20 mins of study hall. You think you
got about half of it done. What should you do?
3. You have some AWESOME answers to all the questions except 1
and its time to turn in the work. What should you do? Turn it in
late or turn it in now?

4. If you miss a day--
It is MY JOB to provide extra copies of the
assignments and to listen to students concerns.
It is YOUR JOB to find assignments on the blog or
on the back wall.
It is YOUR JOB to get a copy of the assignment if
you lost it.
It is YOUR JOB to communicate your concerns
with me.

5. Other Issues Last Semester:
Excuses
Shifted Blame
Lack of
Responsibility

6. New YEAR, New SEMESTER,
New YOU
“If you are NOT WILLING to
learn– no one can help you.
BUT
If you are DETERMINED to
learn– no one can stop
you.”
#cantstopwontstop #gonnaACEenglish10 #NewME

7. Check these kids out--

8. Structure--
GRAMMAR--- YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Non Fiction
2 Writing Assignments
2 Tests
Novel-- Hiroshima

9. Grammar– DO NOW
 3 points per day– 5 days a week– 15 points every week
1 point writing sentence
1 point correcting sentence
1 point for explanation
Ex: I went to mount rushmore over christmas break!!!!!!!
(2pts) I went to Mount Rushmore over Christmas break!
(1pt) Capitalize Mount Rushmore and Christmas– proper noun
Only 1 exclamation point because more than that is excessive

10. Grammar Day 1
The older boys are
jumping diving swimming
underwater and speak
Spanish to each other.

11. Answer
The older boys are jumping, diving,
swimming underwater, and speaking
Spanish to each other.
Reasoning
Commas needed to separate a list
Speak to speaking so that it matches
the other verbs AKA parallellism

12. Parallelism is when the same
grammatical forms are used to
create flow in a sentence.
Not Parallel :Jerry’s mother
thought he might enjoy
swimming or to play on the
beach
Parallel: Jerry’s mother thought
he might enjoy swimming or
playing on the beach.
Not Parallel:Jerry was swimming with
grace and he swam with speed as he
dove below the deep, dark waves of the
blue sea.
Parallel: Jerry was swimming with grace
and speed as he dove below the deep,
dark waves of the blue sea.

13. Thinking Question– Write to
Respond
What is the first book you ever
remember reading? Why is it
memorable for you? What do
you read just for fun now? What
makes this particular text
exciting to you?

14. Common Literary Terms
Plot
Theme
Character
Yes, even the train wreck twitter feeds and all their drama that
we can’t stop reading have some interesting plot twists and
characters

15. 1.Read the quotes– P287, 290, 293
2.Think about what they are trying to say
3.Answer these two questions:
a. How can reading change a persons life?
b. Why do you think Quindlen would write
about this?
4. Be sure to both ANSWER the question
and EXPLAIN your reasoning in your
journal.