Events

Welcome to my web page.  My name is Patsy Smith.  I've been teaching high school English two years. This school year my classes consist of English I,II,III,IV and Practical Writing Inclusion and two Special English classes.  I enjoy teaching and hope to help make your student's high school years enjoyable as well as informative.  Go Bees!!!

8/25-8/29

Mon.-First Day of School Activities-1.  School and Class procedures. 2.  Index Card grouping icebreaker 3.  Literary terms from newspaper-board and orally

 Tues. 1.  Icebreaker activity-students guess grouping. 2.  Boardwork-to,too,two,your, you're,their,there,here,hear,than,that,then,further,farther,-meanings and spelling. 3.  TAKS Vocab. 4.  If time NP literary terms

Wed.  Icebreaker Activity-About Me-group accordingly, students guess how and why grouped. 2.  Short Story-"The Martian Child"-Prior knowledge, what do students think it's about?, overview of story and author.