Week 1 of school:
Welcome to your
Senior year!
Mrs. Christ, teaching since 1988 and
celebrating 24 years at this wonderful
and deeply satisfying career!
Day one
perfect attendance=100% on
big test.
• Introduction
• Policies: shared another day!
• Now for the good stuff!!!
• Birth date line up
• One item yOu can’t live
without or best app.
• Two lies and a truth
Day 2
People don’t care how much you know until they
know how much you care.
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Syllabus given.
1. Never Absent
incentive/ex.credit/
Bathroom passes/type all written
work done at home.
Printer in pod not for student use!
Print at home or in lib. Before my
class. No email copies.
Pair-share interview
Write 2 paragraphs about what
you learned about your partner.
It can be an obituary, song, poem,
fairy tale, etc. Show me your
writing ability! Type at home by
Tuesday. If absent today or
added class later, do this on
yourself!
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Due Tuesday: Finish writing
assgn. Type if possible!!
Supplies for class
needed(notebook, highlighter,
pens)
get parent signature on syllabus.
Due by Friday
ID, schedule, and backpack
needed Monday when we get
your textbooks for all classes.
I love
Semicolons!
(Like a period)
"The difference between the possible and
the impossible lies in a man's
determination." Tommy Lasorda
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What is your worst habit?
What’s your ethnicity?
What are your plans post h.s?
How do you picture your adult life/career, etc?
If you were a car, which one would you be and why?
What would you rather be doing than going to school?
Name one place you want to visit before you die and why.
What’s your favorite food?
What comforts you?
What goals do you want to achieve?
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Who’s your fav. artist/group?
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Where have you traveled to?
Do you work? Have a car?
Day 3
20% of population count a teacher as person who most
affected their life in positive way.
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Signed Syllabus due
Nametags out.
Stand up/sit down
Finish writing
• HOMEWORK!!!
• Get books Monday.
• Type up interview by
Tuesday; it’s your
first grade!!!!
Interview questions
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What’s your fav.sport/hobby?
What is something only your bf knows?
If you could change your name, what would it be?
If you could be someone else, who would you be?
Where will you be in your life in 5 years?
Who’s your role model?
Tell your fondest memory.
STAND UP/SIT DOWN!
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BEEN IN DISTRICT WHOLE LIFE
MOVED MORE THAN 3 TIMES SINCE AGE 6
READ MAGS OVER SUMMER
LIVE WITH 2 PARENTS
LIVE WITH PARENT(S) PLUS OTHER RELATIVE(S)
HAVE 4 OR MORE SIBBLINGS
PLAN TO GO TO CSU OR UC IMMEDIATELY AFTER HS.
PLAN ON GETTING GOOD GRADES THIS YEAR
PLAN ON GOING TO TECHNICAL/VOCATION/TRADE COLLEGE
SPEAK ANOTHER LANG AT HOME
LIKE TO LEARN NEW THINGS
WILL BE FIRST IN FAMILY TO GRAD. COLLEGE
PARENTS OWN THEIR OWN BUSINESS
HAVE A SIBBLING IN COLLEGE
ARE VERY MESSY
READ A BOOK OVER SUMMER
LIKE TO WRITE SONGS, ETC.
SPEND MORE THAN 2 HRS DAILY ON INTERNET
IN ATHLETICS ON CAMPUS
WERE IN A SCHOOL CLUB LAST YEAR
CAN’T WAIT TO GET OUT OF HS!
COUNT A TEACHER AS A PERSON WHO MADE A DIFF. IN
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YOUR LIFE
Seniors: week 2:
Textbook day
• Get textbooks
• Ever lied to a teacher
before?
• “The dog ate my
disc…”pg.471
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• Homework:
• Typed interview due
tomorrow; first grade!
• Remember, no emailing
copies or not having it
printed BEFORE
CLASS!
11th grade:WEEK 2
• Get texts
Roots list of 50
introduced
Make cards for 4 of
them.
• Homework:
• TYPED INTERVIEW
DUE TOMORROW
• Start studying roots!
First quiz next week
on 1-25!
• Create 4 cards if you
didn’t.
• Enjoy a wonderful
• Three-day weekend
and get lots of
rest from your
first week at
school.
• On avg. , teens need
10-12 hours of sleep
per day!!!
11th grade: TUESDAY
• Show me 4 roots flash cards
• Create 4 more!!
• Enjoy a long, restful weekend!!