Ms. Adkins
Expectations/Procedures
Free-Verse Poetry
Theme
High School
100

What is Ms. Adkins favorite band?

accepting: Creed, Buckcherry, Brooks and Dunn, Hootie and the Blowfish

100

When entering the classroom, what should you do first?

Retrieve your IN and complete bell work

100

What is free-verse poetry?

Poems that do not have to rhyme or have an exact amount of lines, stanzas, syllables, etc.

100

What is theme?

The message the author is trying to send you

100

What is the ECHS mascot?

the lion

200

How old is Ms. Adkins

22

200

If you miss a day of class, what is the procedure when you return?

Get your missing work from the blue folders, get notes and bell work from a class mate

200

Who was the original author of "Where I'm From?"

George Ella Lyons

200

Can you have more than one theme in a text?

Yes, it depends on the reader and how they perceive it

200

How many lunches are there at the HS?

2- first and second lunch

300

What is Ms. Adkins favorite color?

Blue

300

If you have a missing grade, but know you turned your work in, where should you look to make sure you put your name on your paper?

The Beyoncé Bin

300

Which part of speech was very important in our poems?

Adjectives

300

What did we liken a theme topic to?

a hashtag

300

Who is the principal of ECHS?

Mrs. Holbrook

400

Where did Ms. Adkins go to college? What was her major?

UPike. English

400

Explain what a week's worth of bell work should look like? 

On one sheet of paper, include the date, question, and answer in full sentences. Make sure there is a precise separation of each day's work. 

400

How many senses must you inhibit within your poems?

ALL 5 SENSES

400

What did we liken a theme statement to?

a tweet

400

what are our school colors?

Maroon, black, and white. Fun fact: one of our school colors used to be gold!

500

What is Ms. Adkins dog's name?

Roxie

500

What is the procedure for retrieving and putting away chrome books?

Ms. Adkins will call on each row to get their chrome books and numbers will be assigned to each student for their chrome book. When putting away, Ms. Adkins will call on rows, put your chromebook back in the slot where you got it from. Plug it in. 

500

Hopefully you paid attention... Try your best to recite a line from Ms. Adkins poem

answers will vary

500

Tell me a theme of "The Necklace."

answers will vary

500

What is the technical name for your English class?

English I