Welcome Class of 2023!

 

Do Now!

• Get a handout from the front table
• Get your seat from John or the seating charts on the table, sit down and follow the directions on the Do Now sheet!

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can explain the importance of being ‘literate'

Announcements: 

• 32gb Flashdrives available from John SOON

• Today is a SPECIAL MONDAY Schedule

Advisory

8:30-9:20 (50)

Period 1

9:25- 10:25 (60)

Period 2

10:30 – 11: 30 (60)

Lunch

11:30 – 12:05

Period 3

12:10 –1:10 (60)

Period 4

1:15 –2:15(60)

Period 5

2:20 – 3:20 (60)

Advisory

3:25-3:45 (20)

Homework:  

• Read for fun!

Agenda [60]

• Do Now - Find your seat [on the projector] and then start on the Do Now handout
• Exploring our ignorance [10]
• Write about a time when you felt “ignorant” about something.  
• Think about when people expect you to understand something but, for whatever reason, you just don't.  
• What does feeling ignorant feel like?
• If you finish early please go over what you wrote - you will be sharing this with a partner and, in summary, with the class
• CAREFULLY READ ALL of the instructions on the sheet you got at the door and fill out the top box only.
• Discussion and partner notes: Ignorance [10]
• Pair - Share - Collaborate: 
1. Shoulder Partner or trio if uneven
2. Choose a person to go first
• 1 minute to share what you wrote in the top box.
• Partner takes notes in the 2nd box about what you say - without commenting
3. The person on the LEFT goes next
• 1 minute to share what you wrote in the top box.
• Partner takes notes in the 2nd box about what you say - without commenting
4. When instructed compare notes and write down any similarities in your stories of feeling ignorant
5. Random Called: Share out

• Classroom Routines and Habits of Being/Mind [25]
• Strong Start
• Line up if the door is closed
• Enter quietly and check Projector
• Projector -> Board -> Computer
• Silently complete do now
• Typing.com
• Care of the computers
• Food or Drinks = Detention then Referral
• Messing with computers in ANY way = Referral
• Homework
• Mini-Lecture: The Role of a 9th Grader [10]
• Yearly learning targets
• What this class is ABOUT 
• What is the nature of Self?
• What is the nature of Truth?
• What is the nature of Technology?
• This is a class in critical thinking
• It's not about the grades, it's the skills...
• And the attitude...
• Exit Ticket: Thumbs up for 9th? (with reason) [05]