Welcome

Respect yourself by making the most of your education

Respect your peers by not distracting them or being negative about people or situations

As your teacher, it's my job to earn your respect and give you respect.

Be responsible for your actions by considering the consequences for your actions:

"What if EVERYBODY did this?"

Be responsible for your learning by working hard!

Be responsible for your classmates. You'll want to graduate AS A CLASS in three years.

Be mentally ready to learn

Be organized

Be on time: Yourself and your assignments

• Be Respectful of...
• yourself
• your peers
• your teacher
• Be Responsible for...
• your actions
• your learning
• your classmates
• Be Ready to learn
• Self and materials

Have all materials ready: Notebook, paper, pen/pencil

School Rules

Rules and Expectations

• Uniform Policy
• No...
• food, uncovered drinks, or gum in classes
• cell phones, i-pods, etc use in classes

Attendance

• Reasons to be in school every day
• We will miss you if you are not here!
• You will miss out on assignments, notes, tests, and other learning opportunities that you will have to make up, and it’s way harder to make up work.
• I will call your family if you are often absent, especially if your grades are suffering.
• Attendance and grades are closely linked. It is VERY hard to pass if you are gone - even one absence a month can KILL your grade.
• I give reading quizzes nearly every day at the beginning of class. If you are absent and this does not get made up you will receive a zero. You cannot make these up in the even of an unexcused absence or tardy.

If you have to miss school

• Let me and the office know as soon as possible. Give the office a written note from your parents
• When you arrive back to school, check the boxes and collect any work you’ve missed.
• Ask your classmates what you missed (ask at least two smart people)
• You will need to meet with me before or after school to get caught up.

If Rules are not followed...

• Quick verbal warning
• 10 min meeting with me after school
• 1 hour detention after school, phone call home (usually your choice)
• Admin referral, meeting with parents, etc.

Welcome to

World History!

Find your seat, but don't get too comfortable

• Answer in complete sentences please
• Some of this information WILL become public, so be aware. If there is anything you want me to know but don't want the whole class to know, there is space for you at the end.
• If there is a question you can't answer, it's okay to leave it blank.
• If you are a comic, now is a good time to use those humor skills.
• Feel free to talk to your table-mates as you work, I'll be coming around to practice your names.

Student Interest Inventory

• Formative assignments: 30% of your grade will be your classwork, homework, notes, short writing assignments, and daily quizzes. These assignments help you learn and practice the material
• Summative Assessments: 70% of your grade will be essays, tests, papers, and projects that show you've learned the material.

Grades

Interactive Notebooks

• You will need a spiral notebook ASAP (tomorrow would be ideal)
• Most of your classwork and notes will belong in this notebook.
• Notebooks will travel between school and home EVERY day
• They will graded on a weekly or bi-monthly basis

Your homework every night will consist of a reading assignment. You will need to take annotations of the reading in your interactive notebook. These annotations will be graded. You will also have a quiz every day (1st thing!) on the reading.

Homework