Materials needed for Geography class:
AGENDA - everyday in class!
- Three ring binder / folder.
- Paper for taking notes that can be added to the three ring binder.
- Colored pencils, Labeling pens (blue, red, green, black ball points) and a highlighter.
- May wish to have a computer disc or a jump drive for research in the computer lab.
Materials needed for ILA class: AGENDA
2 Notebooks (one will stay in class)
Pens /Pencils
Loose leaf paper
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Grading:
A 90 -100%
B 80 -89%
C 70 - 79%
D 60 -69%
F Below 55%
Class Rules:
- Be on time for class with materials.
- Be ready to learn.
- Turn work in on time.
- Treat yourself and others with respect.
- Minimize calling out in class by raising hand.
In Geography we try to stay on schedule, but some topics take longer than others and sometimes we can even move faster
than our plan! Therefore, even though a particular lesson is slated for a particular date, the class of that day may not be about the topic listed for that date. Please check your student's agenda for the "real" topic of the day.
Geography classes have access to one set of textbooks and one set of atlases so you may not see these books coming home. (Students may check out a textbook or atlas to take home should they need to. The atlases are the new blue cover Nystrom. Older siblings may have purchased a red cover a few years ago and these are still useful for home.)
Work is done in class and during the Resource period. If student's use this time wisely, they shouldn't have more than 20 to 30 minutes of Geography tasks to finish on a given evening. If your student has used time at home to complete an assignment and is lost as to what needs to be done or it seems to be taking an inordinate amount of time to complete, please sign the agenda and your student and I can re-hash what they needed to do to complete the assignment without frustration. I have noticed that some of the students really go overboard to complete minimal assignments and while it's really nice to see their vigor, I hope that they understand the given directions. If, however, I assign a project over four days and the student chooses to wait until the last day to do the work, they should expect to use at least 80 minutes of their evening that night on Geography.
Assignments are listed by the week in my classroom and I expect the students to copy the assignments into their agendas.
If students are ill, I expect them to make up the missed work which could include worksheets, tests, readings, notes, computer or A-V time or projects. If you are going on a trip, I will have an assignment for the student to complete while away.
I have a notebook in the classroom with notes from activities that students may copy when they've been absent.
Extra Credit Geography : As we study physical and human geography , extra credit will be available on selected topics.
It's hurricane season in the Caribbean. How are hurricanes formed? What is a beneficial part to
a hurricane? How (and when) are they named? Describe a timeline of a hurricane - as it forms
to as it dies.
Please call or e-mail me with any concern. I try to respond on the same day.
Weekly assignments Geography:
9/7 Labor Day - National Holiday
9/8 Word of the Day - Geography Pre-test Geography due Friday - All family members encouraged to help! Due Friday 9/11
Start Geography Survey - due Thursday
9/9 MN Map - in class
9/10 Mn Map - in class
9/11 Pre-test due; review of grades on MN Map
9/14 First HUM article - We will do this together in class so expectations on articles are known.
9/15 Turn in Article #1; View video "Geography for Everyone" Take notes in any format; Quiz over material. Notes about:
T. O. D. A. L. (every map needs these) - title, orientation (compass rose), date, author (name), legend (key)
Dailey's Laws of Mapping: - label in ink, neatness, spelling counts, accurate, color used with a purpose
HUM on articles (highlight main idea, underline supporting details, use margin notes to define words/restate ideas;
4 properties of the physical world that maps represent (area. shape, distance, direction)
9/16 Same -(MAP testing causes short and long periods so everyone will be finished today.)
9/17 "5 Themes for Planet Earth" video. Take notes on worksheet provided.
9/18 Atlas Scavenger Hunt; "Map Skills" video; POP QUIZ over notes from this week (9/15)
9/21 In class: Map of the Continents need to have colored pencils and pens for labeling; Name that Continent worksheet
9/22 and 23 MAP testing - long and short periods "Latitude"; "Longitude" Packet on Time Zones due Friday 9/25
9/24 "Map Skills" - take line notes; Location worksheet
9/25 Vocabulary quiz on the first 12 words (closed notes); Place, HEI, Movement and Region woksheets
9/28 Finish location worksheet; Do Place worksheet; Turn in World Time Zones
FIELD TRIP OPPORTUNITY: Students are going to Century College to view the Climb Theater production of
"Power to the Eighth" on October 8th from 8:00 -12:00. A tour of the campus
will follow the play and students will complete an activity about college in their future
upon returning to Skyview. The field trip is free. Students will eat lunch in
Skyview's cafeteria. Permiision slips have been passed out to students and we would
like them returned by Friday, October 2nd.
9/29 Waldo Packet on location due Friday
9/30 Continue Waldo
10/1 Continue Waldo
10/2 Waldo due; Work to complete HEI, Movement and Region worksheets
10/5 "The Greatest Places" :Madagascar, Tibet and the Amazon River
10/6 "The Greatest Places" :Iguazu Falls, Namib Desert, Greenland, Okavango Delta
10/7 "The Greatest Places" map due at beginning of class; "Climate" web notes
10/8 Century College Field Trip and Tour and Climb Theatre play"Power to the 8th"
10/9 Begin Climate Map
FIRST PARTY OF THE YEAR 6:30 - 9:00 PM
10/12 Continue Climate Map
10/13 Turn in Climate Map at beginning of hour; Begin Climate Packet
10/14 Finish Climate Packet and turn in
10/15 Education MN meetings - no school
10/16 Education MN meetings - no school
10/19 "The Earth's Atmosphere and Climates" note taking
10/20 Expolre Test hours 1-4; "Remember the Titans" hours 5-7; CONFERENCES 4-8 pm
10/21 Continue "The Earth's Atmospere and Climates" note taking
10/22 Text review of climates, atmosphere, etc. systems on Earth; Climate Packet due Monday 10/26
CONFERENCES 4-8 pm
10/23 CONFERENCES 7:30 to 10:30 am; Teacher workshop
10/26 Climate packet due
10/27 Population packet due
1028 Test over Climate and Atmoshere including vocabulary
10/29 "Forces of Nature" web notes
10/30 Where would you live? Dia De Los Muertos
11/2 "Dia De Los Muertos" Mexico's culture
11/2 Physical Feature Map
11/3 Courage Retreat
11/4 "Ring of Fire" web notes
11/5 "Forces of Nature" line notes
11/6 Add information from "Forces of Nature" posters to complete line notes
11/9 Pangaea - construct the super continent; HUM the reading
11/10 Canada map - make sure it has TODAL on it
11/11 Finish Canada map; Read pages 172-180 in text VETERAN'S DAY
11/12 HUM article "Toxic Muktuk " Arctic habitat what's happening
11/13 Computer lab. 8th grade house - Conquistadores and Aztecs: Find your way through the site.
Weekly assignments ILA:
9/7 Labor Day
9/8 Where has your foot taken you this summer?
9/9 Finish Foot
9/10 Creative Writing - What is behind this door?
9/11 Finish creative writing story DUE TO PROBLEMS IN THE COMPUTER LAB students will be able to keyboard it at home this weekend or write it out in ink to turn in on Monday 9/14
9/14 Map Reading Test this week. Reading about Maya Angelou and her poem "I Love the Look of Words" which examines
onomatopoeia - words that imitate natural sounds. Students are to create a poem (5 lines minimum) exploring this
kind of poetry. Due Thursday at beginning of class.
9/15 "Mrs. Flowers" Excerpt from "I know why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou Use 5 sentences to compare Mrs.
Flowers to someone who is a role model in your life. Due Friday.
9/16 Reading MAP Test
9/17 We will use today to catch up on assignments this week. I didn't plan enough time for discussion and completing
activities.
9/18 We will start the novel "The Jacket". It is a fiction example and students will use it to create a sample report that they
will use on a fiction book of their choice for a reading assignment 1st trimester. We'll be reading it inclass.
9/21 "The Jacket" Due today ?'s # 1,2,3,5 from "Mrs. Fowers"
9/22 "The Jacket"
9/23 "The Jacket" May be ready to report activity. Students will find 3 nouns, 3verbs and three adjectives that describe
what happens in the book and create a poster rating the book and describing the actions.
9/23 Work to complete "The Jacket " report.
9/24 "Broken Chain" story in text; Pre-reading activities; start reading story
9/25 Finish story. Writing activity - create a new ending to the story
9/28 Start spelling and vocabulary work Spelling (weekly): write words 10 times each, write the dictionary definition citing
part of speech and language the word is from, then make -up a sentence using the word. Complete the activities
in the orange workbook about usage and vocabulary development. (Spelling and vocabulary tests every Friday.)
Turn in re-write of "Broken Chain" ending and the grammar review on page 28 in the textbook.
9/29 Complete plot structure diagram using "The Wise Old Woman" from the text.
9/30 Finish "The Wise old Woman"
10/1 Library checkout of a fiction book to be used for Trimester 1 book report.
"Road Warrior: Listen Up" in text
10/2 Spelling and vocabulary test; "Memory: A Matter of Brains and Brawn"
10/5 Spelling/Vocabulary work week 2; quizzes on Friday Begin "The Landlady" Yellow Chrysanthemums
Begin story map and look for foreshadowing in the story
10/6 Continue "The Landlady"
10/7 Answer ?'s #1-5 about "The Landlady" and write an ending to the story - Either what you want to see happen or
what you see Roald Dahl planning for the ending.
10/8 Century College Field Trip, Tour and play "Power to the 8th" by Cimb Theatre
10/9 Spelling/Vocabulary Quizzes; Kindness Is An Accomplishment activity
10/12 Vocabulary page 82 and Grammar Link page 83 in text Spelling / Vocab work week 3
10/13 Describe the book report project for first trimester and due dates; Text work
10/14 Reading Day
10/15 Education MN meetings - no school
10/16 Education MN meetings - no school
10/19 Week 4 words for spelling, vocabulary and grammar work
10/20 Explore test hours 1-4; "Remember the Titans " worksheet for credit in ILA
CONFERENCES 4-8 pm
10/21 "The Monkey's Paw"
10/22 Quizzes on spelling and vocabulary; "The Monkey's Paw"; CONFERENCES 4-8 pm
10/23 CONFERENCES 7:30- 10:30 am; Teacher workshop
10/26 Spelling and vocabulary week 5; "The Monkey's Paw"
10/27 Finish "The Monkey's Paw" Discuss the story for understanding; Answer the ?'s in the text; Get ready to Compare and Contrast with "Three Wishes
10/28 "Three Wishes" read story
10/29 "Three Wishes" Compare and contrast -Venn Diagram
10/30 Week 5 quizzes; the Simpsons- "The Monkey's Paw"
11/2 Consrtuct a poster in a small group to tell of the dangers of the Monkey's Paw to the community
11/3 Courage Retreat
11/4 Rough draft of the tri 1 fiction book report due; Elements of stories -style
11/5 Start "The Tell-Tale Heart"
11/6 Quizzes for spelling and vocabulary; Continue "The Tell-Tale Heart"
11/9 Finish "The Tell -Tale Heart" and questions
11/10 Elements of stories - setting Describe a setting that you're familiar with in 5 sentences; Read Paulson's "In Trouble"
What do you think is the most important sentence in the story? Support your answer.
11/11 Tri 1 book report due; "The Green Mamba" setting
11/12 Finish "The Green Mamba" Answer questions.
11/13 Quizzes on spelling and vocabulary week 7; Library check in / check out
