1. ABOUT ME Mr. Verlin Overbrook High School Computer Science
September 5 and 6, 2017
ABOUT ME

2. Do Now: September 5
Print your name on the classroom sign-in sheet in space space corresponding to the machine number where you will seated.
Take an index card and carefully write your contact information (name, parent address, parent phone number and your own cell number if you have one).
Listen for your name to be called while attendance is taken.
Turn in the index cards when asked (10 classroom points).

3. Class Intro.: Icebreaker
Icebreaker: line up in order of birthdate starting with January 1 without saying a word.
Hand signals?
Computer monitors?

4. Class Intro.: About Me Mr. Verlin: http://www.jverlin.com
Teacher: sharing knowledge and setting ex. for college THEN career readiness
3 years at O.H.S. and 17 years in P.S.D.
Computer Science
HTML and CSS (personal sites and blogs)
JavaScript (web based video games)
Swift (iPhone apps)
English and Writing: essay planning and writing
Hobbies
Technology
Cycling
Reading
Community Service: Volunteer F.F./E.M.T.

5. Class Intro.: O.H.S. Overbrook High School
Vision Statement
Mission Statement
Brainstorm: Classroom Norms and Incentives
Class 90-Minute Block Structure
Teacher Website:

6. Do Now: September 6
Log into your Google account at Create an account if you don’t already have one.
Open a new Google sheet.
Title columns “A”, “B” and “C” as follows:
Who I Was
Who I Am
Who I Will Become
Teacher will inspect in 5 min. (10 classwork points).

7. Objectives: About Me
The students will be able to pre-plan and draft a personal statement.
The students will be able to create an “About Me” page using Google sites in order to establish a presence on the internet.

8. Focus Lesson: About Me Direct Instruction Class Policies
Class Syllabus
Intro.
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Swift (iPhone/iPad app development)
Class Policies

9. Personal Statement: Set-up
Log on to your Google account.
Create a new Google sheet
Title columns “A”, “B” and “C” as follows: “Who I Was”, “Who I Am” and “Who I Will Become”.

10. Focus Lesson: Personal Statement
Direct Instruction: Pre-writing
Guided Practice: generating an ideas list suitable for sharing
Independent Practice: choose one section of the pre-write and list 10 ideas for each section in the form of keywords and phrases only.