Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Parents:  Please complete all forms in the envelope and return them to your student's homeroom teacher.

Science:  Bring back your Lab Safety contract (signed by parent and student) if you have not already.  Finish the Student Inventory - due Thursday.  Review the Lab Safety Rules we discussed in class.  

Humanities:  Make sure your yellow sheet is signed by a parent by Friday.  Bring Wonder to class and make sure you have also read a non-fiction piece of literature by the end of this week (from the summer reading list).  Find an independent reading book.  Finish your current event from class today.


Core Connections:  
Personality Box due Thursday 8/13
Journal 1 and Parent Brag Sheet due Friday 8/14
Core Connections Supplies Due Monday 8/17 

Humanities Syllabus

1^st Quarter 2015

Contrast/Crossover

*A syllabus is an outline or summary of the main points of a course of study.

*We will have a Legacy Field Experience in Durham during this Quarter.

Week 1:  August 10 – August 14

Intro to the Course/Reading Expectations/Socratic Seminar Process/Native Americans/Intro To Journaling/Vocabulary/Summer Reading Activity/What Is An American?

Week 2:  August 17 – August 21

 Independent Reading Check/ Seminar 1-What Is An American?/Letter of Introduction/Cornell Notes/Poetry and Myths/Pre-Assessment /Geography/Colonial Era/Vocabulary

Week 3:  August 24 – August 28

IRC/Test/Oral Tradition/ATSOU Rebels/Folklore and Poetry/Colonial Era

Week 4:  August 31 – September 4

IRC/American Revolution/Novel Study 1

Week 5:  September 8 – September 11

Novel Study 1/American Revolution/Mecklenburg Resolves/Focus on Style and Structure in Literature/ATSOU Revolution

Week 6:  September 14 – September 18

Novel Study 1 Completion and Test/Seminar 2 Current Event/American Revolution

Week 7:  September 21 – September 25

IRC/U.S. Government/Legacy Generalizations

Week8:  September 28 – October 2

IRC/Test/Seminar 3/Pre-Field Trip Activities

Week 9:  October 5 – October 9

IRC/U.S. Government