1 Find your seat Please sit here until

1. Find your seat. Please sit here until I have you memorized 2. Get the pink paper off the front table. Greetings! 3. Make a name tent on the pink paper. Write your first and last name so we can see it. 4. Complete the Interest Survey for me please while everyone gets settled.

Welcome to English with Mrs. E Greet me and others as you enter Put away your cell phones/electronic devices Classroom Norms EACH day Get documents off front table and begin warmup in journal Be respectful (No food or drink)

Learning Goal Understand classroom expectations and define a community of learners through brainstorming

Who is this crazy teacher?

Your attitude makes a difference I want you to know… What it means to be human To Communicate!

5. Not letting me make a mistake. 4. Insults, rudeness, or the forbidden phrase. 3. Dishonesty. Mrs E. ’s Top FIVE Pet Peeves 2. Phlegm. Ew. 1. Ignoring me or others.

Don’t be a jerk. Class Rules

Questions?

What does it look like, sound like, feel like? How do you function in it? ! On your sticky note… Learning Community Student Learner

Welcome to English with Mrs. E Greet me and others as you enter Put away your cell phones/electronic devices Classroom Norms EACH day Get documents off front table and begin warmup in journal (NEED COMP NOTEBOOK MONDAY) Be respectful No food or drink

Tuesday 7/25 Obj: Identify components of rhetoric and create a definition Get papers off table. Turn in syllabus signature sheet if you have it. With a partner next to you-what is visual rhetoric? (take your best educated guess if you have no idea)

Remind 101 Couple things… Who remembers my pet peeves? Summer Read

Closure How do you define rhetoric based on our discussion today?

Welcome to English with Mrs. E Greet me and others as you enter Put away your cell phones/electronic devices Classroom Norms EACH day Get documents off front table and begin warmup in journal (NEED COMP NOTEBOOK MONDAY) Be respectful No food or drink

Wednesday 7/26 DUE Tues: syllabus sign Turn in signed syllabus if you have it Have your name tent out What elements of rhetoric can you list from memory?

7/26 Procedures review Restroom What to do when absent Website

7/26 Team Building Who can work together to accomplish the task the quickest?

Rhetoric, then, is all around us in conversation, in movies, in advertisements and books, in body language, and in art. We employ rhetoric whether we’re conscious of it or not, but becoming conscious of how rhetoric works can transform speaking, reading, and writing, making us more successful and able communicators and more discerning audiences.

7/26 Obj: Identify and discuss what was rhetorically effective about the narrative essay With your group: Read through the essay. Complete the rhetorical triangle for the essay. Discuss which aspects of the essay you feel are most effective.

Welcome to English with Mrs. E Greet me and others as you enter Put away your cell phones/electronic devices Classroom Norms EACH day Get documents off front table and begin warmup in journal (NEED COMP NOTEBOOK MONDAY) Be respectful No food or drink

Turn in signed syllabus Comp Notebook Monday! Happy block day! 4/27 -28 Turn to a partner-share the best thing about your week and the worst thing about your week Procedures: turnitin

7/27 -28 Obj: Identify and discuss what was rhetorically effective about the narrative essay With your group: Read through the essay. Complete the rhetorical triangle for the essay. Discuss which aspects of the essay you feel are most effective.

Blobs and lines… What we don’t want…

45 minutes Narrative Time… Handwritten Headphones/music (on LOW) is allowed