Please do not talk at this time. August 26 HW: Get your CIS Signed. Please write down your homework and then look at the back wall to review the 7 learning styles…

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?

Please get a Course Information Sheet and a set of scoring Rubrics for this 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. I use a rubric to score this. You cannot make up these points either.

Work Habits Rubric A: ADVANCED Preparation – brings completed assignment on time Collaboration – participates effectively in individual or collaborative activities and works well with peers and teacher (initiates, seeks clarification, propels conversation, builds on other students ideas, encourages other students) C: BASIC Preparation – brings partially complete assignment on time Collaboration – participates in individual or collaborative activities and works with peers and teacher, but is sometimes off task and/or needs additional prompting F: FAR BELOW BASIC Preparation – assignment is late, incomplete or missing Collaboration – even with prompting, does not participate effectively and/or does not work well with peers and teacher

Tell your partner: How do you get an A in Work Habits if the teacher asks you a question about the reading?

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. Not all work is graded. Some work is practice. You can only redo graded work, but this is also the only work that goes in the grade book. You can rewrite essays for a better grade, until the end of the semester. You can retake tests once, and you get the highest score of the two, even if it was on the first test.

Tell your partner: How many times can you rewrite an essay? How many times can you retake a test?

Critical Thinking Rubrics Graded 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. When an assignment doesn’t have a specific rubric, it is graded with the Critical Thinking Rubric.

All proficient requirements A: ADVANCED All proficient requirements PLUS any of the following independent of instruction as appropriate: explains alternative or opposing perspectives addressed in a counter-claim demonstrates the following skills: creating metaphors, creating analogies, generating inferences, analyzing errors, creating categories, valid predictions demonstrates sophistication in: including depth, complexity, connections to prior content   B: PROFICIENT As appropriate: creates a reasonable and logical claim uses appropriate, historical evidence to support claim builds on or challenges other student’s ideas and/or perspectives demonstrates the following skills: compare and contrast, clarifying, analysis, questioning, categorizing, accurate interpretation of primary and secondary sources  Tell your Partner: How are the A grade requirements different from the B grade requirements?

C: BASIC As appropriate: creates a general claim that is poorly formed some evidence is missing, poorly chosen or incomplete mostly demonstrates the skills listed in “proficient” with some problems   D: BELOW BASIC incomplete claim incomplete evidence partially demonstrates the skills listed in “proficient” with many problems F: FAR BELOW BASIC fails to demonstrate requirements listed in proficient Tell Your Partner: What makes an answer C level work?

Growth Mindset I strongly believe I can be better in everything I do. Believe you can be better in all YOU do. Don’t get discouraged if you don’t get it the first time. Think about sports… practice, practice, practice!

Fixed Mindset Growth Mindset

Ungraded CIS Quiz How well do you understand our class policies? Please do not talk at this time. August 27 HW: No HW Ungraded CIS Quiz How well do you understand our class policies?

Ungraded CIS Quiz 1. Four ways to get in touch with Mrs. Caramagno are__________________________. 2. Cell Phone and iPods are allowed in class only ________________________________. 3. Some assignments receive two grades, an On Time Grade and a Skill Grade. T/F 4. Name three things you can redo for a better grade. 5. The lesson for what we do each day and all homework and downloads are located in which section of the web page? 6. What Attendance Policy does Ms. Caramagno follow? 7. If a student is absent what are three things they can do to get their work? 8. On Time Scores can be made up. T/F 9. The 4 class rules are: __________________________________________. 10. All school behavior policies apply to this classroom. T/F

Electronics are only allowed if you ask permission first. Please correct your own quiz and see how much you remember about these important policies…. (Any 4) Call her, e-mail her, come to her office hours, Facebook, text her, stop in at lunch. Electronics are only allowed if you ask permission first. True, you get two grades for some assignment. (Any 3) You can redo homework, class work, tests, quizzes and writing assignments. The Documents page for your class on Ms. Caramagno’s web page The Official School Attendance Policy (Any 3) Absent students can call, text or e-mail Mrs. C, check the web page, check Facebook, Twitter or ask a friend. F. Once lost, On Times scores cannot be made up, ever. Class Rules: Nothing Rude, Crude, Lewd or Nude True. All school behavior policies apply in the classroom including policies about dress code, food, cheating and phones. Please double check for your name and period and turn these in to the Turn In Box.

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.

Notebook Binders: You must have a binder for this class 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 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. Index- Continued 3A Index Page Title Pg. # Title Page 1A Index 2A – 3B CIS 4A 2A Name Period Subject 1A 1B 2B 3B CIS 4A 4B

KEEP EVERYTHING!!!!! Label Pages as we go. Add to your Index as we go. 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. I will usually not tell you which assignments I am going to grade carefully. KEEP EVERYTHING!!!!! 25

Please add… Rubric Guide- 6A Directive Words- 7A Vocab Word Map- 8A This is the first page of your vocab section after the index. Glue your Personal Definition on 8B Reading Like an Historian Chart- 9A Copies of these papers are in the Templates Folder

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-D Directive Words- Pg 7A Vocab Word Map- Pg. 8A Personal Definition- Pg. 8B Reading Like an Historian Chart- 9A

Anonymous Questions Please, 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.

Please do not talk at this time Aug. 28/29 HW: No HW! Today we will be learning how to read like an Historian. This is the most important skill, next to writing, that I will teach you all year. We are going to practice this A LOT, because it is a Common Core Skill and you will be tested on it when you are a Junior. You will need 2 pieces of paper and a half sheet. Share a piece of paper for the half sheet with your partner.

What is History- Pg 10A Please title your first page like this. You may take notes in any form you like.

Story What is Story? Examples? a narrative, either true or fiction, in writing or spoken, that is designed to interest, entertain, or instruct the listener or reader Examples?

Istor What is istor? Inquiry Ancient Greek Meaning “Inquiry” “Istoria” = History Inquiry To explore or investigate by asking questions and searching for evidence. Historians are DETECTIVES!

Now, Hide your notes! Get your half sheet and put your name on it. They answer the questions on the next slide without looking at your notes. Did you understand today's lesson? That is what I want to know!

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Source Source: where you get your information from! Primary Source A document created during the time being studied eye witnesses, diaries, interviews, official records Secondary Source A document created later by someone that did not experience the event Books, articles, your textbook, your teacher

Questions to ask when sourcing… Who wrote this? What is the author’s point of view? When was it written (a long time or short time after the event)? Why was it written? Is this source believable?

Corroboration Corroborate: cross-checking an event to confirm it happened Questions to ask… What do the other pieces of evidence say? Am I finding the same information everywhere? Am I finding different versions of the story? Why might that be? Where else could I look to find out more about this?

Please get the handout from the front of the room. This is pg Please get the handout from the front of the room. This is pg. 11A/B in your binder. Sorry! Its numbered wrong!

November 5, 2011… Who started the infamous Los Altos Cafeteria fight of 2011?

Imagine that you are the principal of a school and you just found out that there was a fight in the lunchroom during lunch. You’ve asked many students and teachers who witnessed the fight to write down what they saw and who they think started the fight. Unfortunately, you have received many conflicting accounts that disagree about important details of the fight, like who started it, when it started, and who was involved. It’s important to remember that NO ONE is lying.

In pairs, answer with your partner:

How can there be different stories

Who saw the fight and why does it matter?

What makes some people more believable?

How can there be different stories

Who saw the fight and why does it matter?

What makes some people more believable?

Discuss:

Today's Take-away:

Please do not talk at this time Aug. 30 HW: Finish your proposal as the Principal When we first did the Lunchroom Fight activity, we focused on sourcing. You wondered how two accounts of the same event could be different if no one was lying, and you considered why some accounts might be more reliable or trustworthy than others. Today we’re going to revisit the Lunchroom Fight activity, and you’re going to receive actual evidence from eyewitnesses and others connected to the fight. Your job is to figure out who should get suspended for starting the fight. In order to figure that out, you’re going to need to source,contextualize, and corroborate. In other words, you’re going to need to read and compare multiple pieces of evidence in order to figure which are more reliable and how they all fit together to fill out the story of what happened in the lunchroom that day.

HW: Write your Suspension Report, pg 11C HW: Write your Suspension Report, pg 11C. Use what you know to complete the Suspension Report. Set up your paper like this now.... Use the language of Reading Like a Historian from pg. A in your binder.

Today's Take-away:

Please get out your handout from yesterday, pg Please get out your handout from yesterday, pg. 11A/B Then get an evidence handout, one per pair.

Directions: Read through the headnote and all the evidence. Then go back and identify pieces of context that shed light on who started the fight. Write each piece of context in the correct part of the first column of the handout. For example, from the headnote we learn that Justin’s father fired Max’s mom and dad. So we’re going to write that in the “Town context” part of the handout. Continue doing that for all the evidence. You need to find at least TWO additional pieces of context for each of the areas of context. Do ONLY the first column now....

In the Town? In the School? In the Cafeteria? What do we know? In the Town? In the School? In the Cafeteria?

In the Town? In the School? In the Cafeteria? What do we know? In the Town? In the School? In the Cafeteria?

Check your work! How many of these were reported by more than one person?

Discussion Questions What facts do all the stories have in common? What facts differ between the stories? Whose version is most believable? Why? What other sources would you like to hear from to determine what really happened? Who do you think started the fight? What EVIDENCE do you have to support this?

To prepare for tonight’s homework…. Decide which information is said by more than one person (corroborating) Decide which information comes from reliable sources (sourcing) Putting both of those together, decide what you think happened. Then say what happened, why you think that and why your conclusions are accurate.

HW: Write your Suspension Report HW: Write your Suspension Report. Use what you know to complete the Suspension Report. Set up your paper like this now.... Use the language of Reading Like a Historian from pg. A in your binder.

Takeaways from the Day History is an account of the past Accounts differ depending on one’s perspective We must rely on the evidence we have to construct our accounts We must consult multiple pieces of evidence in order to build our account We must question the reliability of each piece of evidence