• A Writing Book, Unit 2: Journals
• High School English, Unit 9 "When Did You Last See Your Father?"
• Interactive written activities.
• Short stories: Stories through pictures ("Picture It")
• Jigsaw stories
• and bring to class.

• English Reflections (up to page 19)
• Study groups: Discuss what you are going to write for the newspaper sections. What articles are going into this section?
• Information about assessment (Self/peer assessment, peer-correction)
• Writing Sample Self-assess
• Writing Sample Partner-assess
• Marking code. Peer-marking of texts
• and bring to class.
• Find an email pal.
• Write to him/her every week.
• Put your messages and the responses in your portfolio.

The professor is a learning resource, so don't be afraid of asking questions. This is the period when you can bring up any problems that are troubling you. There will always be problems, confusion and misunderstandings in any course of study, so use this time to clear them up. The professor is there to help, counsel and advise.