Sept.+10+-+17,+E+10

Sept. 10

 * Hand out syllabus
 * homework: signatures on syllabus slip
 * 5 pts.
 * due Wed., Sept. 15
 * puzzles - mazes, words, pictures, and symbols
 * Which were easier for you? Which were harder?
 * Which were more fun? Is fun the same as easy?
 * Written questionnaire
 * 16 pts. in class

Monday, Sept. 13

 * Student handbook - attendance
 * 1st period - hand out books
 * Intro to multiple intelligences
 * Multiple Intelligence Notes
 * Start Sternberg TriMind notes
 * Start Sternberg TriMind notes

Tues., Sept. 14

 * Discuss Wiki
 * access through South web page
 * assignments, points, and due dates!
 * finish Sternberg notes
 * Sternberg Preference Inventory
 * paragraph on how well this applies to you
 * turn in - 10 pts.
 * Intro to Gardner
 * notes
 * Multiple Intelligence survey
 * Multiple Intelligence survey

Wed., Sept. 15

 * discuss Gardner survey
 * do charts on back
 * turn in - 10 pts.
 * How valid is it?
 * discuss Neurodiversity - notes!
 * shy, outgoing
 * ADD, ADHD
 * Asperger's, Autism
 * spelling!
 * left/right, other directional issues
 * what issues are there in addition to learning styles?
 * Go back to all the Multiple Intelligences notes
 * look it over
 * now that you know more, what questions do you have?
 * Use the margins of your notes
 * to write yourself questions
 * to comment on how this part applies to you
 * At the end of the notes, comment on ALL of this
 * What are YOUR strengths?
 * What are YOUR weaknesses?
 * What obstacles do you have to deal with?
 * How do you deal with these issues?
 * notes and comments
 * 15 pts.
 * stapled to completed essay
 * stapled to completed essay

Thurs., Sept. 16

 * what issues are there in addition to learning styles?
 * home life, screens
 * Go back to all the Multiple Intelligences notes
 * look it over
 * now that you know more, what questions do you have?
 * Use the margins of your notes
 * to write yourself questions
 * to comment on how this part applies to you
 * At the end of the notes, comment on ALL of this
 * What are YOUR strengths?
 * What are YOUR weaknesses?
 * What obstacles do you have to deal with?
 * How do you deal with these issues?
 * notes and comments
 * 15 pts.
 * stapled to completed essay

Fri., Sept. 17

 * Intro to Expository Essay
 * Thesis statement - controlling idea


 * Essay structure notes
 * write thesis statement for essay
 * write thesis statement for essay