MR. HARTONG’S PROCEDURES AND EXPECTATIONS FOR LEARNING IN WORLD HISTORY
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LEARNING:
- Assignments (including h.w., class work and some projects) are varied. If you do not do well in one area make sure you are doing well in another area. This work is designed to help you “experience” learning and is the practice you will need in order to show mastery of your learning.
- Unit assessments contain multiple choice, short answer and extended response style questions like the state assessments. They will make up the largest percentage of your grade so you will have to show proficiency in order to pass the class. Projects will also be used to show mastery and therefore are important as well.
PROCEDURES:
- All work is to have your full name and the period at the top of the page.
- All work is to be done in pencil, blue or black ink - no exceptions. You may lose points or receive no credit.
- Work is communicated via, remind101, progress book, my web site, emodo, the team bulletin board folders, the classroom shelves, and it is also written on the board every week (the last week and current week). There is NO excuse for you to not know what is going on in class!
- You are the only one responsible for make-up work when absent; not me or your parents.
- Completed absent work is to be placed in the “absent” file folder and not to be handed in to me or placed on my desk.
- You will be given an extra day plus the number of days you missed to make up absent work for full credit.
- You will have to keep a written account of all class work for each week in your assignment book. Behavior marks and loss of privileges will result without a properly filled out assignment book.
- Class notes will be 3 hole punched and kept in a 3 prong folder IN ORDER! You’ll use these notes to complete unit review sheets to prepare for unit assessments.
- 20 pages of loose-leaf paper must be kept in the front of the 3 prong folder prior to your notes. This is your journal.
- You are to keep everything we do - NOTHING is to be thrown away until after grade cards each 9 weeks and then I will provide a list of what you need to keep and what can be thrown away. It is also posted on my website. Some things we will keep all year in order to prepare for the end of year final.
- Once per week we will block opposite the science class. This will typically take place on Thursdays and Fridays.
- Technology will be utilized and all students are to adhere to school’s acceptable use policy or risk losing technology privileges.
- Fire and tornado procedures have been discussed and are posted in the front of the room.
BEHAVIOR:
- Respect yourself, respect others and respect the school. In short, be a TIGER! You all know what that means.
CLASSROOM MATERIALS:
-TECHNOLOGY – though not required, technology is a critical part of our classroom. Our class will use technology for bell work, exit work and everything in between. That said, please be responsible with your personal device and don’t use it unless you are first prompted by me to do so.
-FOLDER - a BLUE 3 prong folder with 2 pockets; a plastic folder might last the whole year, the paper ones will last about half. The 3 prongs are necessary for your journal and for your notes to be kept in order.
-PAPER – 20 loose-leaf pages should be bound in the center of your folder as your journal. Extra paper should be available for classroom assignments.
-PENS - only blue or black ink for work, HOWEVER when we peer check work in class it is nice to have a RED PEN.
-PENCILS – preferably mechanical so you do not have to keep sharpening them in class as it is a disturbance.
-ASSIGNMENT BOOK – your first one is provided to you by the school and after that I believe there is a cost.
-BOX OF TISSUES – we never have enough!
Current Event Policy and Explanation
Current events (CE’s) are an attempt to tie our world history content to contemporary historical events found in the media while incorporating historical analysis skills along with reading and literacy skills.
Requirements
- One article will be turned in for every unit studied due by the Friday of the week we have our unit assessment over that particular unit. For example, if we have our Greek Unit Assessment on a Tuesday, the CE would be due by the Friday at the end of that week.
- That said, you may turn the CE in early into the “early current event” folder.
- I will be choosing the articles you read but on many occasions you have a variety to choose from.
- You will use a standard CE w.s. to summarize your article; these can be found in the classroom or on my website.
- Do not plagiarize word for word what you read in the article. Use your words to summarize like a 7th grader!
- Read the whole article…the conclusion is usually the most important part!
- Being that this is a literacy assignment as much as a history assignment you are to write neatly with proper punctuation and grammar throughout the worksheet.