Hi There!  Welcome to sophomore English.  My name is C.E. Sikkenga and this  (drumroll please) is English 10.

Three things you will need every day

• a charged chrome book
• a writer’s notebook
• a writing utensil.

We’ll  use this site for  our home base.  Each day when you get into the room, log in here and you’ll find a warmup, usually to be done in your notebook.  We’ll base some informal writing assignments on those.  You’ll also find learning targets, links, digital copies of handouts etc–so if you’re ever absent, just go here before you ask “did we do anything while I was gone.”  (If we didn’t do anything, I’m not doing my job!).

LEARNING TARGET:  By the end of today, you should be able to define, in your own words “CLOSE READING” and explain why it’s an important skill.