1.  Please set up your journal  Paginate  Set up Table of Contents  Time: 1 minute  Do you have your Harlem Renaissance Reader? No? Please go get it if it’s in your locker… Thanks…

2.  Read chapters 1 & 2 of Great Gatsby (1-38)  active notes  be ready for quiz  (feel free to use SparkNotes or other resources to AID your comprehension! I linked a few sites on the Am Lit Great Gatsby page)  Vocabulary Unit 17 (periods 1, 2, 3, 5 only)  exercises 2 & 3 answers only in journals  be ready for quiz on units 17 & 18 on 1/28 (1, 2); 1/29 (3, 5); 1/30 (7)  Word Bank & journal due 3/27/13 before you leave for the day  Tempus Legendo Book Reviews  Tempus Tracker due 3/27/13  Both Book Reviews due 3/27/13

3.  Journal Keeper  Collector/Distributor (super-reliable!)  Timer Keeper  PowerPoint Advancer (wireless mouse)  Alternate

4.  Vocabulary Units  Every other unit you’ll have a vocab quiz to demonstrate your mastery = no more checking of HW  You’ll complete one or two more DYNAMIC unit presentations before the end of the marking period (New schedules! Tape them into your journals!)  Tempus Legendo Trackers & Reviews  REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU READ DURING TEMPUS, write an entry  When the Tempus Tracker sheet is full, turn it in and GET A NEW ONE  Finish your TWO book reviews on the wiki at your own leisure BEFORE 3/27/13 (the post pages on the wiki will be locked at 11:59 on 3/27/13)  SEE ME IF YOU ARE HAVING ISSUES POSTING TO THE WIKI

5.  Reading Homework  Expectations + your desire for “less work” + my requirement to check your comprehension mastery = QUIZ/other assessment instead of assigned written homework  MORE DISCUSSIONS: Seminar-style: opportunities for student discussion leaders!  Poor grade on quiz? Complete 5-item dialectical OR a 2-page WW writing assignment and TURN IT IN (within 2 weeks of the quiz grade being posted on PowerSchool) to demonstrate mastery of the chapter(s).  Due Dates for Papers  Writing Center? Should you use it?  Rewrite/Resubmission Policy Must EDIT and go to the Writing Center (I will not grade it without a pink slip from the Writing Center) Must be turned in within TWO WEEKS of the essay grade being posted on PowerSchool)  2 Weeks after the due date: I WILL NOT ACCEPT PAPERS/PROJECTS AFTER THIS TIME

6.  I had some math issues on the Essay Rubrics…  Extra Credit… added to Reading scores (they had the lowest avg)  Questions about grades? Exemplary (4)Acceptable (3.25)Limited (2.5)Unacceptable (1) Appropriate, relevant evidence is used from multiple sources and integrated well with the text of the essay Evidence is relevant and valiant attempts are made at integrating evidence and ideas Some evidence used and/or evidence is not integrated with the text of the essay Insufficient or irrelevant evidence used Writing: 20Writing: 16Writing: 12Writing: 6 Demonstrates an acceptable ability to reflect, revise, reshape and/or deepen initial understanding. Demonstrates some ability to reflect, revise, reshape and /or deepen initial understanding. Demonstrates little, if any, ability to reflect, revise, reshape and/or deepen initial understanding. Demonstrates no ability or little ability to reflect, revise, reshape and/or deepen initial understanding. Writing: 20Writing: 16Writing: 12Writing: 6 Demonstrates perceptive associations and connections between the story and other texts and/or outside experiences and supports these connections with examples from the text. Demonstrates some association and/or connection between the story and other texts and/or outside experiences that may not be supported with examples from the text. Demonstrates difficulty in making or supporting an association or connection between the story and other texts and/or outside experiences. Demonstrates no meaningful associations or connections between the story and other texts and/or outside experiences. Writing: 10Writing: 8Writing: 6Writing: 3 All ideas are logically discussed; chronological presentation of ideas; essay has an appropriate, sensible introduction and conclusion; paragraph breaks are logical Ideas are logically and chronologically presented; introduction and conclusion are present; paragraph breaks are acceptable Ideas are somewhat disjointed and not presented chronologically; attempt at introduction and conclusion made; paragraph breaks are questionable Ideas are difficult to understand; introduction and conclusion are absent or insufficient; paragraphs are insufficient Thinking: 15Thinking: 12Thinking: 9Thinking: 4 Few to no grammar errors (does not detract from reader's comprehension) Some grammar errors with no major impact on reader's comprehension Grammar errors sometimes detract from reader's comprehension Grammar errors make the paper next to impossible to understand Thinking: 10Thinking: 8Thinking: 6Thinking: 3

8.  Thank you for your honest feedback on the rubrics.  If you are having an issue or have a concern, or have suggestions for how I can better reach you or your peers, PLEASE LET ME KNOW by email, a quick chat, a note, WHATEVER. It makes me really sad to think any of you feel that you can’t talk to me.  My expectations are high because (a) I care about you (b) I want to do the best I can for you while you’re my student  If you didn’t know, my reasons for being a teacher: I like my job, and I like Hartford, and I like Classical Magnet. I hope to help make my community a better place, and I believe that a community will be improved through solid education. I believe that having solid communication skills will take you everywhere. Books and literature help us to examine who we are, and to help us to understand ourselves and the world better; writing about it is a way to grapple with those ideas.