This will be some of you on Monday morning.
This might be some of you on Tuesday, Wednesday, and especially Thursday morning...if you haven't been working on your summer reading assignment. I know summer is coming to a close, and soaking up every last minute of freedom from academic responsibility is a must right now, but I wanted to give you guys a solid warning to you...if you're one of those lovely procrastinator types.
The first wave of summer reading assignments are due on Thursday. We will go over the submission procedures in class. It is important that you have your activities AND your annotations ready to go. One of the policies at Austin is that late work is never accepted. We know this is different from middle school. We still expect the work, completed with a little care. Why do I mention this? You WILL have homework during the first week from multiple teachers. You need to focus on getting THAT done. If you need to do your summer reading this weekend, then get busy. That's my advice - take it or leave it.
Now, on another note: you might have a couple of friends that are thinking about Pre-AP English, but are either scared of the difficulty, the workload... or the summer reading. If they have any questions, tell them to come see me during the first week. I'll be happy to talk to anyone who is thinking about leveling up.
My classroom is almost ready, and I am sending my syllabus to print tomorrow. I am so frickin' excited to kick off this year, and I truly hope you are as well. We're starting with some stuff that might be familiar to you, but a little more 'high school', a little more challenging, and a little more mature. I look forward to hearing your voice and input, working together to get our learn on. :-)
Grab a sno-cone from The Ice Barn, finish your summer reading, and do something fun this weekend
This might be some of you on Tuesday, Wednesday, and especially Thursday morning...if you haven't been working on your summer reading assignment. I know summer is coming to a close, and soaking up every last minute of freedom from academic responsibility is a must right now, but I wanted to give you guys a solid warning to you...if you're one of those lovely procrastinator types.
The first wave of summer reading assignments are due on Thursday. We will go over the submission procedures in class. It is important that you have your activities AND your annotations ready to go. One of the policies at Austin is that late work is never accepted. We know this is different from middle school. We still expect the work, completed with a little care. Why do I mention this? You WILL have homework during the first week from multiple teachers. You need to focus on getting THAT done. If you need to do your summer reading this weekend, then get busy. That's my advice - take it or leave it.
Now, on another note: you might have a couple of friends that are thinking about Pre-AP English, but are either scared of the difficulty, the workload... or the summer reading. If they have any questions, tell them to come see me during the first week. I'll be happy to talk to anyone who is thinking about leveling up.
My classroom is almost ready, and I am sending my syllabus to print tomorrow. I am so frickin' excited to kick off this year, and I truly hope you are as well. We're starting with some stuff that might be familiar to you, but a little more 'high school', a little more challenging, and a little more mature. I look forward to hearing your voice and input, working together to get our learn on. :-)
Grab a sno-cone from The Ice Barn, finish your summer reading, and do something fun this weekend
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