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Big Ideas: Who or what is in control?

Reading: Fill out the reading progress form.

Agenda:

1. Snowball activity
1. On a piece of paper write the following sentence starter: WHEN IT COMES TO THIS SEMESTER IN FRONT OF ME, MY #1 SINGLE BIGGEST SOURCE OF ANXIETY IS . . .
2. Now crumple up your paper and let the fun begin.
2. Ongoing conversations
1. This semester we are going to talk to a lot more of our classmates. We are all going to help each other learn.
2. Each of you will receive a conversation tracker. Each of you must talk to 75% of the students in class over the next three weeks.
3. You will track who you talk to and what you talk about.
3. Letter of Understanding
   
4. Work on your vocabulary. When should I check it?

Success Criteria:

1. I can identify what I am most worried about this semester. I have a strategy for how to deal with it.
2. I have a plan for how to talk to more of my classmates.
3. I wrote a letter that helped Mr. B better understand me as a person.

Homework:

1. Get some sleep
2. Finish SAT vocabulary letter F
3. Finish your third book of the year.