1. 29 October 2012 一 Bell Ringer You have home prep due. Before you turn it in, see if you can find someone who forgot his or hers. Tell them your answers. Let them write what you say. Do NOT let them read and copy your paper. We will move forward with today’s agenda eight minutes after the bell rings.

2. 29 October 2012 一 Bell Ringer You have home prep due. Before you turn it in, see if you can find someone who forgot his or hers. Tell them your answers. Let them write what you say. Do NOT let them read and copy your paper. We will move forward with today’s agenda in seven minutes.

3. 29 October 2012 一 Bell Ringer You have home prep due. Before you turn it in, see if you can find someone who forgot his or hers. Tell them your answers. Let them write what you say. Do NOT let them read and copy your paper. We will move forward with today’s agenda in six minutes.

4. 29 October 2012 一 Bell Ringer You have home prep due. Before you turn it in, see if you can find someone who forgot his or hers. Tell them your answers. Let them write what you say. Do NOT let them read and copy your paper. We will move forward with today’s agenda in five minutes.

5. 29 October 2012 一 Bell Ringer You have home prep due. Before you turn it in, see if you can find someone who forgot his or hers. Tell them your answers. Let them write what you say. Do NOT let them read and copy your paper. We will move forward with today’s agenda in four minutes.

6. 29 October 2012 一 Bell Ringer You have home prep due. Before you turn it in, see if you can find someone who forgot his or hers. Tell them your answers. Let them write what you say. Do NOT let them read and copy your paper. We will move forward with today’s agenda in three minutes.

7. 29 October 2012 一 Bell Ringer You have home prep due. Before you turn it in, see if you can find someone who forgot his or hers. Tell them your answers. Let them write what you say. Do NOT let them read and copy your paper. We will move forward with today’s agenda in two minutes.

8. 29 October 2012 一 Bell Ringer You have home prep due. Before you turn it in, see if you can find someone who forgot his or hers. Tell them your answers. Let them write what you say. Do NOT let them read and copy your paper. We will move forward with today’s agenda in one minute.

9. Turn that home prep in! I have started a timer. It will stop when everyone in class has turned in their home prep. If somehow the class can’t complete this, I will record your class’s time as 9:99.9 on the chart.

10. Can I? Pick Up Country Creation WS Home Prep Turn In 1 st period 9:14.50:37.87:31.3-:--.- 2 nd period 2:13.24:16.79:98.0-:--.- 4 th period 0:47.30:57.29:99.9-:--.- 5 th period 0:43.30:53.99:99.9-:--.- 6 th period 0:53.73:30.89:99.9-:--.-

11. Today, we are paper boxing. Head your paper in the upper right-hand corner with your name, today’s date, and the period you have civics. Label each box with the following terms: Errare humanum estTabula rasa Respice, adspice, prospiceFacta non verba

12. Errare humanum est To err is human. We ALL make mistakes sometimes. Admitting to your mistakes allows you to avoid mistakes in the future. In two complete sentences, write about any mistakes you’ve made in civics during the last nine weeks.

13. Tabula rasa Erased slate; blank slate. At the beginning of the 2 nd quarter of school, everyone starts with the same grade: an A. Whatever you did in the first nine weeks has nothing to do with your grades during this nine weeks. If you want to do well, now is the time to start. Copy the following sentence: “I have the highest possible grade in my civics class right now.”

14. Respice, adspice, prospice Examine the past, examine the present, examine the future. You have looked at your mistakes. You know where your grade is right now. In nine weeks, where will you be? In two complete sentences, write how you expect your grades to look at the end of this quarter AND how you expect this nine weeks will be different from the 1 st quarter.

15. Facta non verba Deeds, not words. Why should you believe what I say? Why should I believe what you say? In three complete sentences, write three things you will DO during this 9 weeks to meet your goals. Your home prep tonight is to get this paper signed by a parent or guardian. It is due tomorrow, the 30 th of October.