Introduction to English 10: Practicing the Habits of a Lifelong Learner Essential Questions:
1. Who am I as a reader, writer, student, and person?
2. What habits of mind does it take to succeed in school?
3. What have people said over time about the value of reading and writing?
4. What makes someone a good reader, writer, and overall good student?
Learning Tasks:
A. Opening Assignment: Demonstration of the Importance of Language Arts (Social Media Example)
B. Answer the essential questions.
C. Go over syllabus, expectations, and procedures.
D. Create the title of your own autobiography.
Then, create at least 4 chapter titles. One of your chapter titles must relate to the first essential question.
E. Exit Slip: As a wrap-up, write one paragraph on one of the following prompts:
1. If I were the teacher of this course . . .
2. The thing I learned the hard way about school . . .
3. What I didn’t do this summer . . .
1. Who am I as a reader, writer, student, and person?
2. What habits of mind does it take to succeed in school?
3. What have people said over time about the value of reading and writing?
4. What makes someone a good reader, writer, and overall good student?
Learning Tasks:
A. Opening Assignment: Demonstration of the Importance of Language Arts (Social Media Example)
B. Answer the essential questions.
C. Go over syllabus, expectations, and procedures.
D. Create the title of your own autobiography.
Then, create at least 4 chapter titles. One of your chapter titles must relate to the first essential question.
E. Exit Slip: As a wrap-up, write one paragraph on one of the following prompts:
1. If I were the teacher of this course . . .
2. The thing I learned the hard way about school . . .
3. What I didn’t do this summer . . .
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