6th grade or middle school ELa tecahers what do you do teh first few days?

Do you make them do a writing sample?

Re: 6th grade or middle school ELa tecahers what do you do teh first few days?

I let them write a note to themselves about what they want out of the school year and how different they will be when the year is done,,,,, i have them also write about their lives from the beg ie (birth) up to today give them an outline and have them write form the outline to see how they can copy information as well