Curriculum NightTuesday, September 9, 2014

8th Grade HORNETS

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it as a resource to find out • Lessons• Homework assignments• Test dates

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Rules and Expectations• Rules:

• Only 1 Rule… “Respect”• The classroom• The teacher• Your classmates

• HORNETS Expectations:• No food or gum• No playing with water

bottles• No book bags or

oversized “purses”• NO “Slides” or flip-flops• Bring Agenda everyday!

Gateway Year

• CMS Requirements for Promotion:• Class-work / Preparation• 70% or above in LA,

Math, Science, Social Studies, Health/PE, and one other elective

• Score at or above III on state EOG in Reading, Mathematics, Science

MAKE-UP WORK POLICIES• Absent students

• excused or unexcused • expected to collect missing

assignments from their teachers • on their first day back in class.

• Will have TWO days • For each day absent to turn in

assignments• Receive full credit.

• If not in after 2 Days…• Considered LATE• Can be turned in w/in 2 weeks

• Max score 80%• Not turned in…

• Max score 0%

• Not Absent• 1-5 Days Late

• Max score 80%• 14 Calendar Days Late is a Permanent

Zero!!!

HOT-lanta Field Trip

• March 5 & 6, 2015• COST

• $215.00• Highlights!!!

• Georgia Aquarium• World of Coca-Cola• CNN Studio Tour• Studio Movie Grill

• Dinner & Movie• Martin Luther King Jr. National

Historic Site• Jimmy Carter Presidential Library• Zoo Atlanta

• More Information to Come!!!

American History 8

• 1st Quarter• What is History?• Age of Exploration• 13 Colonies• Colonial Life

• Colonial Life Project• Road to Independence• American Revolution

• 2nd Quarter• American Government• Jefferson –Jackson• Age of Expansion• Slavery

• Copper Sun- Novel Study• Road to War• Civil War

• 3rd Quarter• Civil War• Reconstruction• Growth of Industry• World War I• Jazz Age

• 4th Quarter• Great Depression• World War II• Cold War• 1950’s• Civil Rights Mvmt.• Vietnam• New Tensions

Math I

• What is This?!?!• Breakdown

• 70% Algebra • 15% Geometry• 15% Algebra II

• Counts as HS CREDIT• BUT…

• Grade doesn’t transfer into HS GPA

• PASSES Class, but FAILS EOC

• Must re-take whole-class in summer school or repeat during 9th grade year to receive credit

• HS Graduation Requirements

• Counts as 1 of 4 years required for HS Graduation

Science 8

• Quarter 1• Scientific Inquiry, Formation of

the Earth, Geological Time, Hydrosphere, Water Preservation

• Quarter 2• Chemistry, Atomic Structure,

Elements, Reactions• Quarter 3

• Introduction to Microbiology and Evolution

• Quarter 4• Microbiology continuation, cell

structures, functions of organisms

HONORS Language Arts 8

• S.S.R. everyday beginning October• Novel Studies

• Quarter 1: The Giver• Quarter 2: TBD• Quarter 3: Non-Fiction for Research

Paper• Quarter 4: Literature Circles WWII

novels • Daily Oral Language- mini grammar

lessons• Literary evaluation/criticism of five

genres: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, and media

• Persuasive/argumentative writing• Academic and literary vocabulary

study• Text Springboard- digital and

consumable

Peace Out!!!

• Get Out!!!• Be Gone!!!• Have a Good

Night!!!