Download - Mrs. Dionne Johnson Room 308
Mrs. Dionne JohnsonRoom 308
• Honors Language Arts
• Blended Language Arts and History
• AP Language and Composition
Welcome to Mrs. Johnson’s
Classroom
• Attendance/Seat Chart• Introduction• Abbreviated
Autobiography Assignment
Where should I sit?Your seats today will be recorded in the official seat chart. Please sit in the same seats everyday until you are told otherwise.
Of course, I reserve the right to move your seat, whenever and
wherever I feel will be in the best interest of our learning
environment.
A Little Bit About Me…
And something about you…
What do you enjoy doing? What are you passionate about? Where are you from? What is unique about your
home/family life? What is your greatest fear? What is your greatest success? Where do you see yourself twenty-
three years from this day?
So, what will we be doing this year?
And the tests? For EVERYONE:
GHSGWT EOCT (September 25) (May)
As applicable:GHSGT Assortment AP
Of interims, post-test, finals
(April) (ongoing) (May)
Classroom Guidelines
Guideline #1
Be in your assigned seat and working on the assigned bell work
when the tardy bell rings.
Guideline #2
Bring ALL books and materials to class and take them with you
when you leave.
Guideline #3
Treat each person in this room with respect and dignity.
Guideline #4
Follow all procedures and policies as outlined in your CGHS student
handbooks.
Guideline #5
All electronic devices, including headphones, should be out of sight
at all times.
Not Following Guidelines
will result in: 1st
Warning and documentation
2nd
Action Plan , Parental Contact, and 30 minute after school detentionFridays Only!!
3rd
Disciplinary Referral
Action Plan - 161
Classroom Procedures
Entering the room
Please enter quietly
Have a seat
Take out your materials
Review the agenda
Begin bell work assignment
When you are tardy
Enter quietlyExcused: Place excuse in the basket on top of the file cabinetUnexcused: Sign detention list on top of file cabinet Have a seat and take out your materials
After an absence
Go to the make-up work center
Copy the assignment from the calendar Retrieve any handouts Sign the clipboard Turn in the assignment by the appropriate deadline
Make-up tests: Thurs. @ 2:15 in 308/307.
Student Responsibility Card
This is for students who do not have the assigned homework
Fill it out
Sign and date it
Turn it in with the homework papers
All student work must be completed within
five days of the absence, per the school policy. Additionally:
Late daily work will be penalized 20 points. Late projects and essays will be penalized 10
points per day. Unit tests and quizzes must be made up within
five days.
Late/Make-up Work Policy
Composition notebook Hand sanitizer Blue/black ink pens Facial tissue Notebook paper Colored
Pencils Index cards Ream of
paper Post-it notes Flash drive
Multi-color highlighters Three-ringed
binder
Supplies
This is the age of Facebooking,
texting, and Tweeting. To capture the spirit of the moment, write the story of your life (your “abbreviated autobiography”) in 150 words.
As you listen to my abbreviated autobiography list some of the themes involved to help you write your own.
ABBREVIATED AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Abbreviated me…
Born in September, future day of tragedy, Virgo through-and-through: critical, organized, loyal to a fault. Savannah, G-A . to Ronald and Brenda hardworking, loving, of ten demanding. Brothers, one sister family of six. A little poor but always happy, no therapy needed. Church trips, crabbing in the marsh, beach-soggy, sandy sandwiches, family outings, Skidaway Island, picnics, and all. A lways something interesting to do. Typical teenager: misunderstood, fi rst job, fi rst car, fi rst accident, then another, everyone survived. Trig, snooze, history, snooze; A P English M r. Shaw: respect/admire/reason I’m a teacher. Graduated Windsor Knight. Off to Southern, bye Savannah, home again, home again, A rmstrong makes me strong. M arriage, kids, big decision…A tlanta here we come. L ittle red van, highways, speeders, skyscrapers, lights: family of four soon to be five. A djunct, special ed, finally my place, sigh of relief . Cardinal, Ram, K night: what a circle! Family grows a little bigger, smaller in some places, still very strong. Word count: 150
Be prepared to turn this assignment in when you enter the class on Friday.