WELCOME TO ENGLISH 8

Room 206 Mrs. Rolph13, August 2015

MRS. ROLPH 43 years old

I LOVE teaching English !

My favorite grade to teach is 8th !

I love my job!

Went to PINT in 8th grade – Mrs. Howe was my PE teacher!

Married to high school sweetheart

Son, Michael just got married this year.

I love gardens, dogs, color, art, TV, movies and reading!

I make jewelry

I am really good at communication.

I am working on memorization, especially of names- but I’m

good at remembering faces.

SEAT PARTNERS Introductions – How to Shake Hands

Eye contact

Firm grip (think door knob)

Smile

What You Will Learn

This Year…

THE BIG GOALS

Reading Focus

Analyzing and interpreting what you read at a detailed, thoughtful level.

Writing Focus

Use your analysis and interpretations to create clear, thoughtful, well-supported, and well-crafted written work.

Reading Focus: Literary Analysis Reading for Deep Understanding Reading in a specific way in order to…

• Understand Main Ideas

• Think about the text, the author, and the ideas presented

• Discuss the text with others

• Create written responses to what you

read

All in an intelligent, thoughtful way

VOCABULARY:

WORDS ARE POWER!

The words you use, and how you use them.

You will learn

• The structure and origin of words

• How to analyze context to better help you understand new words.

Writing Focus:Use your analysis and interpretations to create clear, thoughtful, well-supported, and well-crafted written work.

CONTINUE TO EXPAND YOUR SKILLS IN TYPES OF WRITING

Summaries

Poetry

Narratives

Different Types of Essays

WRITING PROCESS Write clear, well organized papers that are detailed, well supported, and grammatically and mechanically complex and correct.

MLA formatting for essays

Text based evidence

Critical thinking

Peer editing

Revision

Presentations

Note Taking Skills Use of Cornell Notes to improve your

note-taking skills

DISCUSSION AND COLLABORATION

Discussing what you read

Discussing what you write

Reporting back to the group

Team oriented

PRESENTATIONS MANY throughout the year

• Individual

• Partner

• Group

BRAIN BREAK!

Increase oxygen to the brain

Wake you up

Give you time to process what you just

learned

Help your brain by reconnecting the two

hemispheres

Are often silly and usually more fun than

an English lesson

HOMEWORK

YES, HOMEWORK. Purpose of homework ?!?

Review, practice and reinforce

Instill good habits for the future 20% of work in college is classwork

80% is homework (yes, most of it!)

Nightly Reading 20 minutes Nightly Studying 5- 15 minutes

By the end of the year you will be…

And …

…ready for the demands & adventures of high school.

I NEED YOU! TA’s Needed I need FIVE really good TA’s Requires responsible, detail oriented,

trustworthy students of good character.

No D’s or F’s on report card last year To apply, write me a note telling me

why you would be good at the job. Perks – I feed you well. You will be busy. If not busy, time to do other class work.

NOTE TAKING – PRACTICE

Top of page AFTER the PINK Line

Your Name Mrs. Rolph English 8 14 August 2014 P. ___

MLA Format Paper Heading

CORNELL NOTES

Classroom Tour • Student Files • White boards • Dictionaries, Thesauruses • Pencil Sharpener• Sorter • Closure Binder • Hand Sanitizer & Kleenex • Sign-out Sheet• Trash cans vs. Recycling• Turn-it-in Baskets • Late, Try Again, or Absent Work Turn-in Basket • Daily (blue) cards• Tardy Sign-In • Art Supplies/Games • Mrs. Rolph’s Desk Area (Off Limits) • Projector – Note cords/safety • TA’s work area • First Aid Kit• Band aids

Class Procedures General

• No Food.

• Water only, with cap on. NO other beverages in class- or they end up in the trash can.

• Blue ink, black ink, or pencil only for assignments.

• Raise your hand and wait to be called on. (note signs)

• Don’t interrupt for trivial matters. Wait until lesson is done before sharpening pencils, asking for passes, etc.

• Always ask permission to leave your seat.

• One person out of seat at a time, unless otherwise instructed.

• Use the back of the room to get around.

• Restroom passes = 3 each quarter. No pass, no go.

• If tardy and not excused, sign in on Tardy clipboard. 3rd Tardy = Detention

• Keep it neat and tidy. I don’t want a bunch of junk on the floor. We clean up every day before you leave, AFTER the bell rings.

• I dismiss the class, not the bell.

Turn-in Assignments Procedure (Whole class) • Have work out on desk to be checked off before turn in.

• I will check off papers, but you will turn them in as a class.

• Papers are passed BACK – you get the paper of the person in front of you.

Have Each Other’s Backs!

• Check that they have MLA on paper • Put YOUR paper on top of the stack. • Last person in row passes the papers to the RIGHT• Last person in the last row on the right will put the

papers neatly in the turn-in basket.

How To Enter The Classroom • Enter quietly

• Go directly to your seat

• Stop socializing as you walk into the room

• Hats off, back shelf or under seat – not on your desk. • Promptly get out planner, all supplies & homework

due

• Have homework out on desk ready to be checked off. • Begin warm up immediately after getting your

supplies out.

• WTDWYAD is always silent reading your AR book.

End of the Period• Work or Read until end of period. Packing up

early will result in you staying after the bell rings.

• Closure

• Check floor, clean up after yourself

• Straighten Desks

• Quietly wait for instruction and dismissal. • Do not leave your desk – no milling around at

the back of the room.

Leaving the Class

• Health office – 3 B’s: Blood, Bones or Barf

• Permission Only

• Ask at appropriate times, unless emergency!

• No going to office to call home during class.

• Counseling – by appointment only.

• Sign out sheet – fill out completely.• Need a pass, bring pass BACK stamped with time.

• Sign out, and back in.• Go only where you are given permission to go, and

come back within time allotted.

Procedures for Assignments

Turning in papers: • NEVER turn in a paper directly to Mrs. Rolph or to

her desk areas!

• Turn papers into the turn-it in boxes.

• We file graded papers in student files, after I get them back from you.

• If paper is late, write LATE at the top before you turn it in.

• If you were absent, write ABSENT at top of paper.

• If it is a Try Again, write TRY AGAIN at top of paper, • & staple first attempt to new paper.

Assignments

• Assignments are due when the class turns them in. If you finish it in class, it is still late.

• Neatness counts. Spiral notebook edges, rips, tears, scribbles are not ok. To make corrections, draw a line through once.

• No graffiti, doodles or artwork on your assignments.

• Put your name on all of your work. Again, no name papers will be thrown away.

• MLA format on all turned-in work unless otherwise stated.

Materials List Have EVERY DAY

• Book to Read (best if it is AR) • Planner • English Binder • Pens or Pencils • Binder Paper

Options if you forget supplies: • Use a colored pencil, grade will be

lowered. • Buy supplies from me with Talon

Tokens. • I don’t loan materials except during a

test • Check detritus can • Ask a neighbor • Planner – Make one by stapling paper

together

Respecting Materials and Possessions • Not ok to draw, write, scribble or scratch on

anything in the classroom that doesn’t belong to you.

• Not ok to touch Mrs. Rolph’s things

• Use bookmarks for all books that aren’t your own

• Not ok to damage anything that isn’t yours, in the classroom or out of it.

• Be aware if you tend to fidget – no death by fidget.

• Please, TELL ME if you see any messes or graffiti.

Discipline

the practice or methods of teaching and enforcing acceptable patterns of behavior

RESETS

Not a punishment !

A reset is just a chance to get back to being great. Procedure:

If I ask you to reset, do the following in your seat –

1) Stop

2) Quietly reset yourself by –

• Closing your eyes, covering your eyes, or putting your head down

• 3 count breathing

3) Once reset, you will be welcomed back to the group.

RARE! Resetting Outside

Procedure –

1) Teacher or other adult asks you to reset outside

2) You quietly leave your seat and go out the back

door

3) Do not leave the ramp – stay by the door.

4) Reset yourself by quietly breathing, positive self

talk 5) Take one or two minutes, maximum 6) When you feel you are reset, quietly reenter the classroom, and welcome back to the group

Note: Leaving the classroom without permission is

not a reset – it is a cut.

TALON TOKENS & COINS

4 Coins = 1 Talon Token See lists for what you can get with them!

Talon Tokens are not transferable.

How to get?

Being Responsible

Some examples:

• Beginning daily warm-up quickly and quietly

• Having homework out and ready to be recorded

• Following directions

CLASS POINTS

• Whole Class Earns

• 400 = Class Party

• Hire a Helper - Recognitions

• Good day is usually 10 per day

How to Get ‘Em ? Save class time!

Be Respectful, Responsible, and Safe!

Whenever the whole class is not wasting time – no cross talking, follows directions quickly, listens attentively, gets right to work at bell, etc.

School Rules: Planner Review

• Dress Code

• Profanity

• Gum

• Tardies/Cuts

Class Rules • Be Respectful

• Be Responsible

• Be Safe

And finally –

Welcome to 8th Grade English!

I am so glad you are here.

We are going to have a great year together.