MondayJanuary 5, 2009

Agenda• Announcement: Happy New Year!• Warm up/discussion “What did YOU do this Winter Break/Your New

Year’s resolutions?”• Mr. Hampton: What I did this winter break/my new year’s

resolutions• House keeping: Having out ALL materials before bell; where’s my

notebook? New bathroom passes; Strike System Changes (last week of Jan. 19); where’s my ludology lesson?

• Time to Refocus; Deadlines Loom Ahead• FCAT Writes = 36 days• FCAT Exam = 64 days

• Prepare for your hand to hurt; our unit on Writing a 5-paragraph essay begins Tuesday.

• Exam Grades

HOMEWORK STRIKE SYSTEM IN EFFECT

Objective(s):• Identify new year’s

resolutions and explain them to the class during discussion.

Materials Needed:• Paper

• Pen/Pencil

Warm Up, 1/5/09 [5 min]

• What did YOU do this winter break? Explain in as much detail as you can! Do you have any New Year’s Resolutions? If you don’t believe in them, tell me why. If you do believe in them, do you believe you can keep them for the entire year?

WARM UP

Mr. Hampton’s Break/Resolutions

• Mr. Hampton spent most of his time in South Florida, landscaping his mother’s front yardNO

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Mr. Hampton’s Break/Resolutions

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Mr. Hampton’s Break/Resolutions

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Mr. Hampton’s Break/Resolutions

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Mr. Hampton’s Break/Resolutions

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Mr. Hampton’s Break/Resolutions

• After gardening for a solid week, Christmas came—and since I love gifts—I’ll tell you what I got. NO

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Mr. Hampton’s Break/Resolutions

• After gardening for a solid week, Christmas came—and since I love gifts—I’ll tell you what I got (the cool/weird stuff)– An autographed Tim Tebow picture,

addressed to Me. – A grill– Boxers (no, not a joke)– Fallout 3

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Mr. Hampton’s Break/Resolutions

• Fallout 3– From the makers of Oblivion– Post-apocalyptic world– Help/kill everyone; up to you

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Mr. Hampton’s Break/Resolutions

• My resolutions (as Mr. Hampton):– Combine composition notebook and 3-ring

binder into 1 notebook next year. – More of YOU using the smartboard.– Use the laptops in this class for something

GOOD and MEANINGFUL. – More vocabulary development

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Housekeeping!

• Some stuff that we need to discuss:– Have out ALL materials before the bell; as we get

closer to the FCAT Mr. Hampton = EVIL with the strike system.

– Where’s my notebook? You will get them back next week.

– New bathroom passes; rewards for not using them!

– Jan. 19 Strike System = 3 to get homework– Where’s my ludology lesson?!?

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Deadlines

“Time is my greatest enemy.”

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Deadlines

• FCAT Writes– 36 days away

• FCAT Exam– 64 days away

• But…

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Deadlines

• FCAT Writes– 36 days away

• FCAT Exam– 64 days away

• But…weekends don’t count…and I only have you 4 days of the week.

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Deadlines

• FCAT Writes– 21 school days away

• FCAT Exam– 37 school days away

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Deadlines

• It’s time to RE-FOCUS our energy for the next 2 months—doing so WILL be the difference between you passing and not passing.

• I mean ALL of your classes!

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Tomorrow…

• Prepare for your hand to hurt over the next two weeks—our unit on writing a 5-paragraph essay begins tomorrow!

• “YOUR WRITING WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN!”

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Exams

• If you wish to know your exam grade, come and see me—you may not take them yet. NO

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