Please find the desk with the same number as the one next to your name:

1.

2. William

3. John

4. Faith

5. Emma

6. Christopher S

7. Mitchel

8. Ayesha

9. Ashlyn

10. Daniel

11. Luis

12. Andrew

13. Vrindha

14. Connor

15. Edwin

16. Katherine

17. Paige

18. Elizabeth

19. Kelsie

20.

21.

22. Brian

23. Brandon

24. Stephanie

25. Ashley

26. Sam

27. Collin

Please then copy the list of materials

you will need from the side board.

28. Isabella

29. Franchesca

30. Rachael

31. Marissa

Period 1

Please find the desk with the same number as the one next to your name:

1.

2. Liam

3. Ryan P

4. Grant

5. Rohit

6. Steven

7. David N

8. Kiana

9. Sola

10. Jarod

11. Benjamin

12. Kristin

13. Samantha

14. Melanie

15. Cynthia

16. Darius

17. Aric

18. Christian

19. Justin

20.

21.

22. Anthony

23. Tobi

24. Ysabel

25. Kit

26.

27.

Please then copy the list of materials

you will need from the side board.

28. David M

29. Lucas

30. Nolan

31. Yaugen

Period 2

Please find the desk with the same number as the one next to your name:

1. Evan

2. Lars

3. Kyle C

4. Katie

5. Shayda

6. Kylie

7. Elizabeth

8. Madison

9. Stacy

10. Nikki

11. Harper

12. Colton

13. Stephen

14. Eva

15. Isamar

16. Richard

17. William

18. Kyle G

19. Chris

20.

21.

22. Anne

23. Gloria

24. Alyssa

25. Meizhen

26. John

27. Alex

Please then copy the list of materials

you will need from the side board.

28. Sylvia

29. Christina

30. James

31. Kyle P

Period 4

August 13

• When you arrive at your desk write down the materials you will need for this class

• Next, Complete the Personal Definition paper on your desk.

Please do not talk at this time.

HW: Bring all Your materials, especially your Binder Notebook on Wednesday/Thursday

• A Binder • Lined Paper• A folder or pocket to keep papers• Something to write with (pencils,

pens)• Glue• Scissors• Colored Pencils or pens• 3 colors of Highlighters (optional)

Have these Materials for Check off by Wednesday/Thursday!

Personal Definition- Sample: Mrs. Caramagno1. Glossary Definition-

Define yourself as if you were in a Dictionary

I am a dedicated educator and devoted wife with a passion for teaching, a zest for life, and a great enthusiasm for dance, friends and food.

Versions of the Word-Do you have a nick name? Write them here…

Mrs. C. and Tangle-Foot Sophia

2. Examples- Give examples of who you are, what you like, what moves you, etc…

My favorite movie is Strictly Ballroom. I love science fiction. My hobbies are designing and sewing clothes and costumes. I also make jewelry. I watched Korean Dramas all summer because I just love them! My favorite city is Paris and I speak some French.

3. Related Words- Write words that relate to you here (think of these as Blog tags for you!)

Fashion, Costume, Steampunk, Tea, Neil Stephenson, DramaBeans, Red, Orange, Belly Dance, Ballroom Dance, Drawing, RPG’s, Dr. Horrible’s Sing A Long Blog, Firefly, Joss Whedon, SCA, Renaissance Faire, Dickens Faire, Abney Park, Abigail Washburn, UC Davis, Sac State, UCLA

4. My Definition- How would you define yourself? Write that here.

I am a Type A personality with lots of energy and very high expectations for myself and others. I love teaching. I am very creative and enjoy the company of others. Its good I talk for a living because I never stop talking.

5. Graphic- Draw a picture or symbol

that represents you.

I turned 40 this year, so I made this

40’s dress and spent my summer

Swing Dancing. Sewing,

Costumes, and Dancing are some

Of my favorite things!

My mom made that cake!

Quick!

• Name three things about me from my Personal Definition!

Share Out…• Now that you have a

personal definition, pair up with the person in the seat next to you and tell them about yourself.

• Make sure you start with your name!

• When you are listening to your partner, jot down their name and 2 or 3 things about them on the back of your half sheet so you can tell a little about them later.

• How to talk to your partner:

• LOOK at your partner• LEAN toward your

partner• LISTEN to your

partner• LOWER your Voice

when you speak to your partner.

Advice from last year…• With your partner, look at this list of advice from last

year’s World Studies Class. Record your answers to these questions on the back of your half sheet.

1.What comes up the most?

2.Which of these statements relates to academics?

3.Which relates to social life?

4.Which advice seems the hardest to follow?

5.How could this knowledge help you be a better student?

If you are a slow reader, look at the words in BOLD first.

August 14

• As you come in, please find your desk from last time.• When you arrive at your desk write down the

homework for this class (above and on the Whiteboard).

• Then, take out a half sheet of paper (you can share with a friend) and answer these questions:

1.What rules make you comfortable in a classroom?2.What is the most inappropriate thing you have ever

seen or heard about happening in a classroom?

Please do not talk at this time.

HW: Bring all Your materials, especially your Notebook on Wed/Thurs

Introductory Survey due Friday

Nothing:

Rude

Crude

Lewd

Nude

Mrs. Caramagno’s Rules

Rude- Being mean or showing disrespect

• Name some behaviors that are Rude:

Crude- Having to do with bodily functions

• Name some behaviors that are Crude:

Lewd- Having to do with reproduction

• Name some behaviors that are Lewd:

Nude- Being without clothes

• Explain:

Also:

• No food in class

• Water, Coffee and Tea are the only beverages allowed (we have a bug problem)

• No Cell Phones may be ON during class.

• Ask to use any electronic device before you use it or it will be confiscated (calculators, cell phones, iPods, etc)

Learning Styles• There are 7 dominant ways that people learn. You may

already know about them, but since people’s learning styles change during the teen years, we are going to take a survey to find out what your best learning styles are right now.

• This information is very helpful to have. It can tell you what you can do to be more successful at school and it can help you understand why some things are very hard for you, while other things are easy.

• This knowledge can also make you better at working with other people. If you understand how they communicate and process information, you will get along better. This makes your life easier.

The 7 Learning StylesAKA: Multiple Intelligences

1. Linguistic: Words!2. Logical – Mathematical: Numbers and Logic3. Musical: Music and rhythm 4. Body - Kinesthetic: Movement/ Hands On5. Spatial – Visual: Pictures and Images6. Interpersonal (Groups): Talking7. Intrapersonal (Alone): Individual Contemplation

Learning Styles/Multiple Intelligences Survey:

1. Read the statement on the handout.2. Decide how true it is for you:

1 = Mostly Disagree, 2 = Slightly Disagree, 3 = Slightly Agree, 4 = Mostly Agree

3. Mark your answer in the white box on your answer grid.4. Add up the columns and record your totals.5. Look at the totals and find out which ones have the

highest score. The 1 or 2 Intelligences that have the highest scores are the main ways you learn.

6. Read the description of your learning style(s) on the handout.

7. Chart your answer on the graph on the back of the paper.

Introductory Survey

• Please complete this survey by Friday.• It will help me learn about you, what you like and

how you learn.• I will use this information to craft lessons that work

for you.• The more information you give me, the better I

can do my job for you.• Survey is on the main web page under Surveys.• Here is the direct link:• http://www.mvla.net/teachers/SophiaC/Lists/

Introductory%20Survey/overview.aspx

Get out your 7 Learning Styles Assessment and a packet. Take a

moment to read about your dominant learning style.

August 15/16Please do not talk at this time.

HW: Online Survey must be completed by Friday

Quiz on the CIS and Learning Styles on Monday. No Notes allowed.

Please get out your Binder and supplies for this class to be

checked off.

Get a 3X5 card• Print your first name

(that you want to be called) on the front of this card very big and very neat.

• Draw a border around your name in the color that matches your highest learning style.

• If you have a tie in the top 2, make a double border in two colors

Mary

Front

Back- leave this blank

• How should the following learners study to be the MOST successful at learning new information:– Linguistic– Logical - Mathematical– Musical– Body - Kinesthetic– Spatial - Visual– Interpersonal (Groups)– Intrapersonal (Alone)

When we take notes in this class, we will be using different techniques that support the different learning styles. Sometimes these techniques will match your learning style and they will be really easy and helpful.

Sometimes these techniques will be for a learning style you don’t do well, and they will be difficult. In this case, do your best. When you do difficult things, you are growing your brain!

Discuss the answer to this question with your partner.Write down your answers on your answer sheet so you are ready when I

call on you.

Remember: Look, Lean, Listen, Lower your Voice

Now share what you have learned about yourself…

• What happens when an Interpersonal learner and an Intrapersonal learner have to work together?

• What happens when a Linguistic person has to explain something to a Visual- Spatial person?

• What happens when a Kinesthetic learner has to take a long multiple choice test?

• Why would it be important to know this?

Getting Help• My Phone/Text Number: 925.787.2591

• My Web Page: www.mvla.net/teachers/sophiac

• My email: – Sophia.caramagno@gmail.com– Sophia.caramagno@mvla.net

• Office Hours: Lunch Monday/Wednesday,

After school Monday/Tuesday

Twitter Homework Feed: ClassCaramagno

Facebook: Sophia Caramagno

• Do not bring your books to school. We have a class set.

Your Books

You will only be graded on your own work.

I will NEVER give you a group grade.

Extra Credit

• We no longer do extra credit.

• If you want to improve your grade, redo your assignments or retake tests you didn’t do well on.

Bonus Points

• Use these to go to the bathroom or leave class to get something you have forgotten.

• If you run out of Bonus Points you can give me time after class.

Class Information Sheet• Read over the Course Information Sheet for this

class. Pay close attention to the sections labeled: Assessments and Grading, Classroom Rules and Help.

• In pairs, looking at the three sections named above, underline those parts of the CIS that will help you be the most successful in this class. In other words….What do you need to know from those sections to be successful in this class?

• What does this document reveal about what I think is important?

• Sign your CIS when you are done.• Share Out

Grading:Work Habits = 10% 

- Preparation (Daily on time homework completion) = 5%

- Collaboration (citizenship and being prepared in class) = 5%

 

 

Content and Skills- Revision is Encouraged:

- Cornell Notes Skill Mastery (chapter notes): 10%

- Critical Thinking:  20%

- Academic Writing (essays and projects): 20%

- Content Proficiency (assessments, including 7 total units):  40%

10% of your grade is based on turning things in on time and participating appropriately in

class.

What does this really mean?• You get points for having complete work

on time.

• You only get one chance to get these points.

• You cannot make up these points.

• You get points for participating in discussions, activities and classwork. You get points for staying focused and on task.

• You cannot make up these points either.

90% of the grade in this class is based on what you have shown me you have learned.

This applies to both Content (like facts and vocabulary) and Skills (like writing and note

taking)

You get more than one chance to show me what you have learned and what you can do.

You get to show me what you have learned and what you can do in more than one way.

What does that really mean?

• You can resubmit graded work for a better grade.

• You can rewrite essays for a better grade.

• You can retake tests, and you get the highest score of the two, even if it was on the first test.

Classroom Scavenger Hunt

• Please find two people to be on your team.• Come get a handout and put your names on it.• Find the location of the items on your handout

and write them in the space provided.• There is a prize for the first team to finish with

all the correct answers!

Rubrics• Assignments will be graded with rubrics.

• You will always know what you need to do to get an A, B, C and so on for any particular assignment.

• The next two slides show you our general rubric in academic and non academic language so you know what the different grades stand for in this class.

• You have a copy of this on your sheet as well.

Notebook Binders:You must have a binder for this class.

• Notebook Organization– You will keep everything in your Binder.– Almost every page will have a page number.– Pages without a page number should still be kept, at the

back of the binder.

• Notebook Collection– Assignments will be checked off on the due date, but

sometimes collected later. At that time a random assignment will be selected and graded very carefully with feedback.

– You MUST NOT lose assignments between when they are assigned and when they are collected and scored.

We will set up our Binders on Friday

August 17

• Your On Line Survey is due today.• Please make sure you have taken it and submitted it so

you can get credit.

• Here is a direct link to the Survey:• http://www.mvla.net/teachers/SophiaC/Lists/Introductory%20Su

rvey/overview.aspx

Please do not talk at this time.

HW: CIS Quiz on Monday

Notebook Binders:You must have a binder for this class.

You may share with another subject as long as you can bring your binder everyday.

• Notebook Organization is based on page numbers.

• I give these in class and they are posted at the end of every PPT

Notebook Set Up You MUST use a binder

Index- Continued

3A

IndexPage Title Pg. #

Title Page 1AIndex 2A – 3BCIS 4A

2A

NamePeriodSubject

1A

1B 2B 3B

CIS

4A

4B

Pages are numbered 1 A,B; 2 A,B and so on….

Name, Period and Subject Page 1A:Index Page 2A – 3B:CIS Page 4A:Learning Styles Handout Page 5A

Write neatly and be careful about labelling pages. As we add things to the notebook, continue to add to your Index.

Helpful Notebook Info: When I collect a Binder Pages:

• Label Pages as we go.• Add to your Index as we go.• A sides are ALWAYS on the

right side of the Notebook.• B sides are ALWAYS the

back of the page.• Go on to C and D if you

need to, but keep the page number.

• Don’t forget to number handouts as well as binder paper.

• A few days before I will give you a list of pages to be collected.

• Remove these pages from your binder but keep them in order.

• Put your name on EVERY page.

• Staple them together and turn them in as a packet.

• I will check that you have all the pages, but I will only grade one or two carefully.

• The carefully scored assignment will be chosen at random.KEEP

EVERYTHING!!!!!

Please add…

• Rubric Guide- 6A

• Vocab Word Map- 7A– This is the first page of your vocab section

after the index.– Glue your Personal Definition on 7B

• Copies of these papers are in the Templates Folder

Assessment and Grading:

Grading Scale: Skill Level Name Letter Mark SIS Final Grade Percent Scale

Advanced + A+ 94-100

Advanced A 87-93.99

Advanced - A- 80-86.99

Proficient + B+ 74-79.99

Proficient B 67-73.99

Proficient - B- 60-66.99

Basic + C+ 54-59.99

Basic C 47-53.99

Basic - C- 40-46.99

Below Basic + D+ 34-39.99

Below Basic D 27-33.99

Below Basic - D- 20-26.99

Far Below Basic F 0-19.99Incomplete I 0

Basic Rubric- Academic Language, From Robert Marzano

Rubric Score

Rubric Description

AIn addition to B work, uses inferences and applications that go beyond what was explicitly taught in class.

B+/A-In addition to B work, partial success at inferences and applications that go beyond what was directly explicitly in class.

BNo major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and/or processes (simple or complex) that were explicitly taught.

C+/B-No major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and process and partial knowledge of the more complex ideas and processes.

CNo major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes.

D+/C-Partial knowledge of the simpler details and processes but major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and procedures.

DWith help, a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes and some of the more complex ideas and processes.

F+/D-With help, a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes but not the more complex ideas and processes.

FEven with help, no understanding or skill demonstrated.

Non Academic Language

Rubric Score

Rubric Description

AIn addition to B work, makes a very deep connection, combines information in a new way or provides examples not given in class. Creates something new or presents something in a new way from what was given in class.

B+/A-In addition to B work, makes a somewhat deeper connection or combines information in a new way but does not explain fully

BAccurate and complete work, shows mastery of basic and complex info and skills taught in class.

C+/B-Accurate and complete basic info and skills, but complex info and skills has some missing parts or some incorrect info.

CAccurate and complete basic info and skills but incorrect or missing work for complex info and skills

D+/C-Some basic info and skills are incorrect or missing. All complex info and skills are incorrect or missing.

DOnly some of the basic and complex info and skills can only be shown and only with help.

F+/D-Only some of the basic info and skills can be shown and only with help. No Complex info or skills can be shown even with help.

FEven with help, no understanding or skill demonstrated.

Anonymous QuestionsPlease, take out a piece of

paper and write an ANONYMOUS question or

questions for me. What do you want to know?

Do not put your name on this

paper.

Index so far….

• Name, Period and Subject- Page 1A:

• Index- Page 2A – 3B:

• CIS- Page 4A:

• Learning Styles Handout- Page 5A

• Rubric Guide- Pg. 6A

• Directive Words- Pg 6B

• Vocab Word Map- Pg. 7A

• Personal Definition- Pg. 7B