The rain appears to have returned with the beginning of deer season. This will be a short week with Thanksgiving upon us. On Wednesday, the class schedule will be normal, 1-5, with a two-hour early release - so there will be no meeting of 6th and 7th periods. Fifth Period will be slightly shorter.
NEW NOTICE TO PARENTS: With the flu season upon us, unless a request for student make-up work is made very early in the morning of the desired day you wish to pick it up, it may not be filled by me. I am not free until 3rd Period and most days I am obligated to meet with my fellow Team 8 members in that time slot. My Planning Period is not until 7th Period which begins about 2:27, so I am unable to fill requests that have to be in the office by 2 p.m. With only 23 minutes for my lunch, I will not be able to address all needs during that time frame either, all the time. When work is provided, it is expected that some of it be ready by the student's return to school, especially if I have expended a Herculean effort to ready it for your pick-up based on these time constraints. For every day of an absence, the student is allowed one day of grace before the assignment is expected by the teacher. This is different if the end of the six weeks is approaching and the time frame is shorter, in order to avoid giving an "Incomplete."
**To Parents: It is imperative that students get and maintain a THREE-RING BINDER for their appropriate Social Studies class. Throughout the year, the teacher supplements the book with other curriculum materials which are the student's responsibility. Frequently, materials provided in class are usually copied on both sides in order to best utilize the sheet. Not all activities will be completed in the order they are provided, so it is important that students keep everything that is not completed immediately. It could be either a potential class or homework assignment. It is the STUDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY to be prepared if the teacher has provided the material.
**Students and parents are reminded that this weekly schedule of planned homework, quizzes, and tests is subject to change due to inclement weather as well as other factors, and may not always be accurate.
*In regard to paper assignments which are one-fourth of the six weeks grade every grading period, it is VERY IMPORTANT to have a Bibliography attached. How to do this will be reviewed in class and each student will receive examples (to be kept over the year in the above-mentioned binder) of how to do this important academic requirement. The correct format must be followed as well. An unwillingness to follow these guidelines will result in failing the assignment, which could fail the student for the grading period.
Another cause of failure is PLAGIARISM, which is an academic crime. This occurs when someone writing a paper copies someone's else's words and passes them off as their own. ALL WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE STUDENT WORK. This can result in a ZERO given for the assignment which is devastating to the student's grade.
Week of Nov. 23 - Nov. 27, 2009
Social Studies 8 - This class will have homework assignments NO MORE than twice a week over the academic year.
*Monday, Nov. 23 - Do "What Does it Mean?/People, Events, & Terms" Matching Pzls for hw.
*Tuesday, Nov. 24 - No hw.
*Wednesday, Nov. 25- No hw.
*Thursday, Nov. 26 - No School - Thanksgiving.
*Friday, Nov. 27 - No School.
Paper/Project WAS due on Friday, November 20. Ten points will be deducted for every day a paper/project is late until the end of the six weeks arrives or no points are no longer available. The end of the six weeks is Wednesday, November 25.
Each day the paper is late is a LETTER GRADE off the final grade earned until the points no longer exist or the end of the six weeks arrives, whichever comes first.
**This class will likely have its next test on Tuesday, Dec. 1 on the "Federalist Era/Early National Period" unit.
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World History I - This class will have homework two to three times a week, but no more than that.
*Monday, Nov. 23 - No hw. Don't forget about "Minoans & Mycenaeans" Outline Quiz tomorrow.
*Tuesday, Nov. 24 - Do "Ancient People of Aegean Chart"/Greece" Cwd Pzl for hw.
*Wednesday, Nov. 25 - First Period meets only - No hw.
*Thursday, Nov. 26 - No School.
*Friday, Nov. 27 - No School.
**World History I Six Weeks Paper is due on a staggered schedule, during the week of Dec. 14-20, provided we are in school those days. Each day the paper is late is a LETTER GRADE off the final grade earned until the points no longer exist, or the end of the six weeks, whichever comes first.
U. S. History 11- This class, like World History I, will have homework two to three times a week, but no more than that.
*Monday, Nov. 23 - No hw.
*Tuesday, Nov. 24 - Do rest of Chapter 7 & 8 qst., 33-59 for hw.
*Wednesday, Nov. 25 - No hw.
*Thursday, Nov. 26 - No School.
*Friday, Nov. 27 - No School.
**U. S. History 11 Six Weeks Paper is due on a staggered schedule during the week of Dec. 14-20, provided we are in school those days. Each day the paper is late is a LETTER GRADE off the final grade earned, until the points disappear, or the end of the six weeks, whichever comes first.
**Ms. Williams is available to assist in the morning in preparing for tests and quizzes.
TIPS on being more successful in class:
1) Don't cram the night before a test or quiz.
2) Study whatever we learned that day each night for as little as 15 minutes, so cramming won't be necessary come test or quiz time.
3) Rewrite some pertinent points from your notes to see if you can remember them without looking. The more times you write info, the easier it is to remember.
4) Study all the answers to your chapter questions, outlines, and video or fs questions. Some of these are always on the test.
5) Write down everything written on the board relevant to your subject. It might be the answer to an extra credit question on the test.
6) Come in the morning before a test or quiz for help reviewing that day. Your grade is likely to improve.
7) Don't procrastinate about doing your paper or project. You will have dug yourself a hole you might not be able to get out of, gradewise.
8) Complete the test review on your own, if we were not able to complete it in class.
9) Once you receive the test, complete the easiest questions first and save the most difficult for last.
10) Make sure you complete your homework assignments with consistency.
TIPS on improving your paper/project grade:
1) Make sure you meet the minimum requirement for length. (3 typed pages for U. S. History 11 and 2 for World History I & Social Studies 8)
2) Make sure you have the minimum number of sources. (3 for U. S. History 11 and 2 for World History & Social Studies 8)
3) Make sure you create paragraphs as you change ideas within your paper.
4) Make sure that all paragraphs have at least THREE sentences.
5) Make sure that all sentences have a noun and a verb to show action for the subject.
6) Avoid the use of contractions in all formal papers.
7) Make sure your name is on the paper and there is a title page while proofreading for mistakes.
8) Make sure the paper is written in third person; it is not acceptable to use "I" or "you" as the "voice."
9) Avoid beginning sentences with a number or numbers.
10) Make sure your use of nouns and verbs are consistent - you may not switch from present to past tense verbs and vice versa. Be consistent with whichever type you use.
11) Remember that historical figures are usually deceased, so past tense verbs are expected.
12) Avoid using people's first names unless you are referring to multiple members of the same family name, which need to be distinguished, such as Wilbur and Orville Wright or the various Earp Brothers. Therefore, use their last names when referring to them, but try to vary the reference.
13) Make sure your Bibilographic citations follow the proper format. Remember, an example for major types of sources is always on the board behind my desk in the room, should you need to consult it, if you have lost the copy given out at the beginning of the school year.
14) Write your paper in chronological order when dealing with a person's life; it's much easier than if you try to do it thematically.
15) If unsure, ask to come see me in the mornings before school and I'll try to help you.
16) Above all, DON"T PROCRASTINATE! Don't wait until two days or the night before the due date to begin work.
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