1. Have students introduce themselves, give us a story to remember them by, and name their favorite gas station food. The next day, I brought up some of the ideas again to soidify them and to build rapport with individual kids. Example: chile button @ 7/11 (David Brewster)
2. Be up front about how being in AP is a choice and that the expectations will be high--in a tone that doesn't scare kids but lets them know I'm serious about what I do.
3. Made students read Huck Finn without apologizing.
4. Made good on my promise to collect summer reading journals.
5. Normed the classroom with sophomores by having them come up with rules based on the following questions: What should you expect of your teacher? What should your teacher expect of you? What should you expect of each other? How should conflict be resolved? What are fair consequences for breaking rules?
6. Asked them to sign the document they created and then posted it.
7. Had them write an introductory letter to me explaining (among other things) their history as a reader/writer. I showed them slides of my family and talked about a person in my life who has changed me (Sam) and then asked them to do the same thing.
8. Introduced my web site as a place to upload assignments and post feedback for me. Showed them a picture of the fish I caught this summer.
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