Day One

Notecard:
Name

1. What's your favorite book/tv show/movie?
2. What are you looking forward to this semester (in life, not in English)?
3. What's your favorite color? Why?
4. If you were an animal, what would you be? Why?

Syllabus highlights

Name poem--choose an adjective for each letter of your name. Hang on wall.

Advertisement assignment

• With a partner or group of three, create a new product. You must include:

1. a creative, memorable name
2. a captivating visual
3. a clever slogan
4. a short (3-5 sentence) description of your product's main features

• Create an ad of the type that would appear in a magazine including your product's name, visual, and slogan.
• Write a 30-second radio commercial for your product.

(the visual and commercial will be presented to the class tomorrow)