1. Do Now 1.Ms. Lusk went for a run last night after work. As she was running, Ms. Lusk managed to trip over Sophie’s leash and rolled her ankle. Upon leaving the doctor’s office, Ms. Lusk learned that she tore a ligament in her ankle. What exactly does this mean for Ms. Lusk’s ankle and what are the problems associated with this? 1

2. Announcements Gonzaga barely beat WSU last night. 71-69 http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=323400265 Homework packets and quiz tomorrow 2

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4. Agenda FANBOYS with Ms. Lusk Steppin’ back from science Creating traits Essays finished (probably moving towards tomorrow’s class) 4

5. FANBOYS I apologize that yesterday was a hot mess. Please remember that I’m not a language arts teacher and I’m sincerely trying my best to help you all become better writers. 5

6. FANBOYS rules FANBOYS are used to separate TWO COMPLETE SENTENCES! If it is, make sure there is a comma before the FANBOYS. If it isn’t, you do NOT need a comma. 6

7. FANBOYS broken down Example: I didn’t want to admit it, but I kind of did like it. Buda’s was a place where one could go to get expired meat and other groceries.

8. FANBOYS example Ms. Lusk went for a run last night. She can lose weight. Combined: Ms. Lusk went for a run last night, so she can lose weight. 8

9. FANBOYS Practice Using the sheet I’m passing out, write sentences and connect them using FANBOYS. Raise your hands if you need help and I’ll race to help you. 9

10. Vision and goal We have a great class (I think ). However, it is not the BEST class yet. I sincerely believe that we will have the BEST class in this school, in this state, and hopefully in the nation. 10

11. Vision and goal We need to work on changing a few things around just so that our class can continue to get better and better. Working towards a goal (Ms. Lusk) Self monitoring and correcting (Students) Snotty (Ms. Lusk and students) I hope you realize that what you’re doing in our class isn’t just going to stay inside of Ms. Lusk’s four walls. 11

12. What’s a vision and goal anyways? Vision: What teachers ideally want their class to look like. Includes student behavior, work ethic, attitudes Goal: Something that everyone in the room is working towards 12

13. Ms. Lusk’s Struggles will be solved! We’re going to read over my personal vision and goal for this class. As you are reading with your group, underline words that stand out to you. You may Ink Think using Post-It notes that Ms. Lusk is passing out. 13

14. Creating class traits Class traits are things that successful students do when working in class. From my Vision and Goal, your group is going to nominate class traits. After you come up with some, I’ll write all of them down. Tomorrow we’ll have compiled a list of suggested class traits and you’ll vote on them. 14