Leadership Public Schools

Mr. Hester – LP for 9th Grade English – Tuesday, August 24

Daily Students will be able to…
Objectives:  Learn about Mr. Hester and build investment in him.
 Identify key policies and information for being a student in Mr. Hester’s class.

Materials  Seating charts

needed  Launch
 Extra KWL charts
 Syllabus
 Syllabus scavenger hunt
 Contact information sheets
 Exit slip
Launch Check for binders and collect letters as students walk in.

Reflection on the first day. [5 minutes]

Heart of the 1. Introduce objectives, agenda, and homework for tonight.
LESSON 2. Quote of the week??
3. Finish Mr. Hester KWL
a. Introduction to Mr. Hester
i. Write and share in pairs about “Want to know” box.
ii. Give talk about myself with PowerPoint.
iii. Write and share in pairs about “What I learned” box.
b. Cold calling about information about me.
i. What is one sport that I played when I was younger? … [name]
ii. What is one city that I taught in before Richmond? … [name]
iii. What is another city that I taught in before Richmond? … [name]
iv. Do I think that I am a good teacher? … [name]
v. Do you agree? … [name] Why?
vi. What do I hold everyone in class to? … [name]
vii. Where did I go to college? … [name]
viii. What is another sport that I played when I was younger?
4. Syllabus [30 minutes]
a. Group reading of the syllabus.
i. Read first page with cloze
ii. Introduce idea that we will never laugh at each other for poor
reading.
iii. Read the second page with cold call reading.
iv. Read page three silently by themselves with questions afterwards.
v. Practice partner pair reading voice levels.
vi. Read page four in partner pairs switching off each one.
vii. I walk through page five with the class tracking me around the
room.
b. Review model binder expectations.
5. Syllabus scavenger hunt [10 minutes]
a. Pass it out to students face down and instruct them not to turn it over.
b. Remind students of their partners.
c. Outline behavior expectations.
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Mr. Hester – LP for 9th Grade English – Tuesday, August 24
d. Allow students to begin
e. Students who are finished may raise their hand and then Mr. Hester will
take one of their answer sheets to check over later.
i. Those students may then sit quietly
6. Contact information sheets [7 minutes]
a. Students complete contact information sheets.
b. Pass back contact information sheets.
7. Exit slip [5 minutes]
a. Five question quiz on some of the things that we’ve learned so far.
HW 1. Have your parent/guardian sign the syllabus.
Assignment 2. Fully set up binders.