As you come in . . .
Welcome to
Honors English!
Mrs. Weizer
K124
4th period
1. Check the back board for this period’s
laptop list.
2. Take the laptop assigned to you.
3. Find the seat that corresponds to your
laptop number.
4. Log on to your laptop. Your password
was reset to 12345 over the summer.
5. Visit: http://tinyurl.com/96mkdro
6. Once you’re finished, close your
laptop.
7. Head to the back board and sign up on
one of the posters.
8. Put your summer reading assignment
on the stool up front.
9. Return to your seat and we’ll get
started.
Welcome!
I’m thrilled to be your teacher!
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Mrs. Weizer, formerly Miss McConnell, a graduate of NPHS
B.A. in English from Muhlenberg College
M.A. in English from Arcadia University
Lived and studied abroad one year at the University of St
Andrews in Scotland
8th year at NPHS; 9th year of teaching
Also taught in Allentown (middle school) and West Lawn
(home of NFL QB Chad Henne)
Married this summer, July 27, and honeymooned in
Jamaica, mon!
Founded the Dance Team, former coach; current adviser to
the Accolade
I’m about 2 in this picture. Notice my “stove”!
Me and my two
younger sisters,
Lindsay & Emily
I danced
from age 5
to 13. Here I
am at age
11, posing
at the end
of my
Bluebird
solo.
My kindergarten picture. I
attended North Wales
Elementary School &
Pennbrook Middle School!
Here I am with my husband, Mr.
Weizer, at our wedding ceremony. We
were married on July 27 at the William
Penn Inn. It was a beautiful day—the
best day EVER!
Here I am getting ready for my
senior prom in 2000!
A little more about me . . .
• Mom to a tiny black kitten named Amelia
• LOVE to read, write, cook, and shop
• Used to be a member of a National Championship hip hop
dance team—we’re on YouTube
• Die-hard Phillies & Flyers fan
• Can’t go a day without listening to music: Lady Gaga, The
Beatles, The Traveling Wilburys, Biggie, 2Pac, Outkast, JayZ, Kid Cudi, Raphael Saadiq, Motown (Stevie Wonder, The
Temptations, Boyz II Men), Michael Jackson, Classic Rock
(Led Zeppelin, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Pink
Floyd, The Who, Fleetwood Mac, etc.) . . . Almost
everything except country & screaming music
• I’ve wanted to be an English teacher since I was 12 years.
What are the rules* in this room?
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*I hesitate to call these rules because they are actually attitudes and ways of behaving
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Be on time!
Be ready!
Be safe!
Be courteous!
Be heard!
Be hungry to learn!
Be civil!
Be original!
• I expect that as juniors
in high school, you
understand how to act
in a classroom. If you
are not able to follow
these Eight BeAttitudes, be prepared
to experience
consequences.
What will I be doing this year?
• Anything and everything!
• Major works:
– The Scarlet Letter
– Moby Dick
– The Great Gatsby
– The Sun Also Rises
– The Crucible
Summer Reading Quiz on The
Red Badge of Courage is
TOMORROW, Tuesday,
September 5th, an English testing
day.
•Other topics:
•Short Stories
•Poems
•Vocabulary
•Writing . . . Lots of
writing!
•Grammar
How will I be graded?
• We’ll check out the phenomenal grading policy I have
created for you.
• Highlights and Key Concepts:
– Homework will be checked randomly. If all homework
assignments are completed, your grade will increase by 2%. If
one to two assignments are missed, your grade will not be
affected. If you miss more than two assignments, your grade will
decrease by 1% for each missed assignment.
– Extra credit is not offered in this course. If you have failed to
complete assigned work during the marking period, you will not
have an opportunity to complete extra work at the end of the
marking period.
– English testing days are B, D, F—even vocabulary quizzes have to
be on testing days now—no more quiz every Friday
Back to the laptops…
• Fill out the survey through the
website I directed you to earlier.
• Your answers will give me plenty
of information about you!
• The more I know about you, the
better I can teach you!
• Once you are finished, hit
SUBMIT.
• Close your laptop.
Group Time!
• Gather underneath the chart paper that has your name.
• Introduce yourselves. Pick a recorder.
• Flip the paper over. The back is where you’ll be recording
this information.
• Find a common letter in your names (first, last, or middle).
• Come up with an adjective that describes your group. The
adjective MUST start with that common letter.
– i.e. If I was working with Mrs. Lawler, Mr. Maurer, and Mr.
Manero, we could choose the letter “R” or even “E.” We might
call ourselves Team Radical or Team Erudite.
• Once you’ve come up with your team name, write it at the
top of your paper. Be as creative (or not) as you want.
We’re all…human?
• Once you have your group name, I want you to
come up with as many common traits as you can.
Think about what makes you all similar.
• Start with the obvious and then move towards
the more obscure…if you can!
• Maybe you all have a size 14 shoe or were born
on the 4th of July.
• Write your common traits on the top half of your
paper, under your team name.
• Try to come up with at least four or five common
traits.
Only one of us is . . . a celebrity?
• Then, brainstorm unique traits and
qualities-- items that only apply to
one person in the group. Find at
least two unique qualities and
strengths per person. Again, go
beyond the obvious.
• Write these unique traits on the
bottom half of the paper.
• Once all groups are finished, you
will ALL share what you’ve found.