Tuesday, 8/30/05
Welcome! Seating charts. Names.
I. Copy homework into assignment book. If you don't yet have an assignment book, use a sheet of paper in your binder, or notebook. Be sure to copy the assignments again into your assignment book when you get one. This is what we do on the first day of every week. The homework for the entire week (and sometimes beyond) will be on the board the first day of each week, and the first thing we do is copy it into our assignment books.

II. Warm Up. (+1/2 point for each correct.)

  1. By when (day and date) must you have a spiral notebook exclusively for English?
  2. Choose the one that is incorrectly spelled, and spell the word correctly. If all are correct, write "no mistake." a) equiptment  b) laboratory  c) multiply  d) parallel  e) no mistake
  3. Copy. 10% of 40 = _______
  4. (1) "Uncle was skeptical that the plane would fly. He didn't see how it could work."
  5. Copy and fill in the blank. tobacco : cigarette : : meat : _______
  6. Don't do anything stupid. Copy the sentence and change it's meaning by adding one piece of punctuation.
  7. There is one mechanical/spelling error in these seven questions. Find it and fix it.
III. Correct Warm Up. Go over. Be sure to save. You get the extra credit you earned on Friday.

IV. Class Expectations.
Web Site: http://school.mrcoward.com
If you can access the info online, do so tonight, print the handout, and bring it tomorrow for extra credit.
Read and sign on. Due tomorrow. (Quiz!)  Parents read and sign by Friday.
Get a spiral notebook!  What to do when you're absent.

V.Can You Be Perfekt?
Write 150 words about fun (in any way related to fun!).  No mechanical mistakes are allowed. Put name, date, and period in the upper right corner. Give the page a title. Ink. Not ripped. Due Friday. 20 points, -5 for each mechanical mistake I find. Get "everybody and his mom" to proofread it for you!
Bonus options: a) Go for three hundred words! b) Use a colon and a semi-colon correctly. c) Go for more than "It is fun to see Spot run."

VI. Messages from Last Year.