Hello all!
We've had a great first week, and I think a lot of the students understand now what level of effort I expect in the class. We've had one quiz, and we'll have another one on Friday (through Ch 10 of Anthem). Our first test is planned for Tuesday, right after MLK Day. It will be over the skills and concepts we've covered while reading through Anthem, including (but not limited to as this is an English class): tone, mood, characters, setting, conflict, figurative language, imagery, author's purpose, diction, and events and analysis of Anthem. In addition to this list, students have been creating Annotations of every chapter. While these are called "notes" they really are the classwork and homework expected of each student. These "notes," as well as the skills listed above, becomes their study guides.
As a head's up, on Thursday, we will be in the lab to create our electronic accounts the students need for this class. You can see the assignment on the Resources page of the blog if you'd like to preview it. As such, they will be creating professional gmail accounts in class (unless they already have one that meets the requirements). A lot of times, gmail will ask for a phone number in order to confirm that the account is being created by a person and not a bot. If they have a cell phone of their own, please allow them to bring it to class on Thursday to facilitate this. A backup plan is to put in your cell phone number, and then have them call you from a friend's phone so they can get the code. If they cannot create their accounts during class, they will not be able to finish the assignment (as you need a professional gmail account to sign up for the other accounts).
If you feel like this will be a problem, you can go ahead and help them sign up for a professional gmail account before Thursday morning. Please use the guidelines on the Electronic Accounts Assignment.
Thank you and have a great week!
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