Welcome to Grade 9 English Ms Amos ENTRANCE

Welcome to Grade 9 English Ms. Amos

ENTRANCE SLIP On the sheet of paper in front of you, write about your expectations for this school year. What are you looking forward to the most and least? What are you expecting?

STUDENT INFORMATION On the card given to you, please write the following information: 1. Your name 2. Name(s) of guardian(s) 3. Home phone # 4. Cell phone # for guardian(s)

SCHOOL RULES 1. No hats to be worn in school during school hours 2. No electronics (phones, mp 3 players) to be used during class time 3. No smoking on school property – automatic suspension 4. Attendance policy

EXEMPTION POLICY No more than 5 absences in any class (including advisory) n Two tardies = one absence n Must have a 70% in the course you wish to exempt n The teacher must agree to give you the exemption n Can only exempt a year-long course once n

CLASS EXPECTATIONS 1. Be on time & here for 60 minutes per day 2. Be ready to work (books, pencils, etc. ) 3. No food, but drinks are okay 4. RESPECT

COURSE OUTLINE n Our biggest focus for the first half of grade 9 English = ELPA n English Language Proficiency Assessment n Need to pass both sections to graduate; you rewrite each year in high school until you do

COURSE OUTLINE ELPA: ELPA n Written during exam week in January n Has 2 parts: n n Reading Comprehension (50 multiple choice) Essay Writing (2 essays)

COURSE OUTLINE Some of the big things we’ll cover: n Punctuation & grammar n Writing (different genres) n 1 Novel (The Giver or The Outsiders) n Poetry n Short Stories n Presentations

ORGANIZATION n Your binder should have four dividers in it for English class: 1. 2. 3. 4. n Punctuation & Grammar Reading (stories, novels, poetry, etc. ) Writing/Projects (duotang) Independent Reading/Personal Responses Keep these sections organized chronologically, and don’t put notes from other subjects with them

QUESTIONS? About anything…. . ?

“WHO’S A GOOD LIAR? ” n Each of you will come up with three sentences about yourself n Two of the sentences have to be TRUE and one of them must be a LIE

“WHO’S A GOOD LIAR? ” Here are the options for your 3 sentences: 1. I like to ___________. 2. I can ____________. 3. I have been to __________. 4. I am good/bad at _________. 5. One time, I __________. 6. I think that _____________. 7. My favourite _____ is ______. **You can use any of these**

EXIT SLIP On the sheet of paper in front of you, describe your feelings about English classes in the past. Have you usually liked them? What’s been good or bad about them? Add suggestions for this class if you have any.