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
Please call or e-mail me with any concern. (651-702-8086 /ldailey@isd622.org) I try to respond on the same day.
Weekly assignments Geography:
EXTRA CREDIT: Haitian Earthquake- What's happening now? How is their government handling the crisis?
How are the people doing? Is aid getting where it needs to?
Japanes Earthquake - 6.9 How are earthquakes measured? Was there damage? Were they prepared?
Chilean Earthquake - 8.8 What happened? Why is the earth's axis changed? How does this
daylight? How are the people coping? Were they prepared?
2/18- 3/2 Reading and reacting to "So Far from the Bamboo Grove"
Project to go along with the book is to illustrate a poster of a memorable scene and provide a caption for it.
3/3 Test on "So Far from the Bamnoo Grove" captioned poster due.
3/5 - 3/10 Monsoon Asia = Indonesia, Thailand, India
"The Jungle Book" - How did the British Empire effect India's economy?/ What was a colonial system? Who
benefitted? Constructed respose 5 paragraph essay (one page minimum) due Monday 3/15.
3/11 - 3/12 TEACHERS MEETINGS - No school for students
3/15 - 3-19 Europe Desk Top Map: This is the most complicated map the stdudents will do this year. They will need to
plan each part. This map is "layered" with WWI, WWII, the Cold War and the European Union. Lecture notes
will be taken and materials provided for students to understand what's to be on the map and why.
3/22 - 3/26 Students will be working in groups to present information from The Holocaust: A Case Study. They can
use poster boards, power points, etc. for this project.
3/29 - 4/2 SPRING BREAK
4/5 - 4/8 Presentations
4/9; 4/12 -13The Devil's Areithmetic film about the Holocaust. Student's will answer questions and complete an essay.
Due Tuesday 4/13
4/14 Essay due from The Devil's Arithmetic; Europe today: the countries
4/15 Europe today: Physical Features
4/16 Europe today: the people - Junior Scholastic magazine articles.
4/19 Europe today: economics
4/20 Europe : Junior Scholastic magazine
4/21 Africa
Weekly assignments ILA:
2/26 - Reading Day: Trimester 2 book report on fiction is due March 4th.
3/1 Persuasive Essay work . Need to have an oral presentation with a visual cue (could be done on a powerpoint or
make a poster or pull a video to punctuate the presentation - see me for an okay)
3/2 The structure of the persuasive essay
3/3 Looking at how to to put the parts of the persuasive essay together; examples; Plan a sample one - turn in Monday
3/4 Continue to demonstrate parts of the essay
3/5 Computer lab. to research information for formal presentation.
3/8 Computer lab for research
3/9 Computer lab for research
3/10 Working on the parts
3/11 - 3/12 Individual conferences with each student on progress
3/15 Typing of persuasive essay
3/16 Presentations
3/17 Speaker on the Holocaust
3/18 Presentations
3/19 Presentations
3/22 Study Island reading - placement review; context clues with vocabluary
3/23 Study Island - comprehension
3/24 Study Island - individual work
3/25 Study Island - Poetry
3/26 Reading day - Non-fiction book report for 3rd trimester.
4/5 Night by Elie Wiesel
Have a great day!
Mrs. Dailey
