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1. Welcome! English 9

2. Today’s Agenda • Welcome back • Review calendar • Second semester overview • Second semester skills checklist Read Write Speak Listen

3. This week in English 9 • This week in English 9 Read Write Speak Listen

4. Second semester overview • Empathy • Empathy • Empathy by the crate • Empathy by the bucket Read Write Speak Listen

5. Second semester overview • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee • Wow! What a great book! • Read, write, discuss together • The bone-crushing expository essay Read Write Speak Listen

6. Second semester overview • The empathy project • What is it like to live somebody else’s life? • Kind of a lot of work but: • Spread out over the semester. • Lots of class time to work. • Even people who don’t like school, enjoy this project. • Many students describe this as the best part of freshman English. Read Write Speak Listen

7. Second semester overview • Romeo and Juliet • Be still my heart. I am all a-flutter! • Everybody will “get it.” Many of you will like it. • Lots of fun, almost exclusively done in class. • Many teachers named Fitzgerald describe this as the best part of freshman English. Read Write Speak Listen

8. Second semester overview • Choice book / poetry unit • I couldn’t decide between the two, but I think we’ll have time to do both. • Another choice book opportunity – this time the list is more focused on novels. • A survey of poetry (which will make you physically stronger and more attractive to people you’d like to date). Read Write Speak Listen

9. Skills checklist • We’ll start a new checklist for second semester. • Rate yourself on a scale of 1-5. • Set reading, writing, and academic goals for the semester. You are in charge of your learning. Ste goals that will help you. Read Write Speak Listen

10. Homework • Finish the checklist if you didn’t have time in class. Read Write Speak Listen

11. Bye! • Come back tomorrow! Read Write Speak Listen