WELCOME TO WORLD GEOGRAPHY

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WELCOME TO WORLD GEOGRAPHY

• Mrs. Eleanor Joyce
• Room 205

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• Write the following information on your index
  card
• Name
• Period
• email address
• Anything you would like for me to know about
  youhobbies, sports, family news, pets, etc.
• Why do you think it is important to study world
  geography?

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Rules

• No backpacks in class.

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Rules

• Supplies you will need for World Geography
• Colored Pencils
• Pencils paper
• Highlighter
• Three-ring binder or a section of a larger
  notebook
• Two subject dividers.
• One for current notes
• One for SOL notes

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Rules

• Be in your seat when the tone sounds..
• Yes, the tones are for eighth grade students
• Go to the bathroom,get water or go to your locker
  before the tone sounds.
• Do not interrupt class unless it is an emergency

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Rules

• Seats will always be assigned.
• Do not change seats without the permission of the
  teacher. I will help work out any seating
  problems you may have.

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Rules

• Place papers in the tray for your class period.
  Always!!!!
• Never, ever and I mean never place a paper on my
  desk or hand it to me unless I tell you to.

YES
NO
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Rules

• Homework is assigned only when necessary.
• Homework is assigned at least two days before it
  is due
• I will not take homework that is late. I will
  NEVER accept late homework. Students who are
  absent must abide by the school policy on makeup
  work.

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Absences and Make-up work

• All students need to be in school everyday.
• Students who are absent must abide by the school
  policy on makeup work.
• When a student is absent, class work and homework
  that is assigned is placed in the folder for your
  period in the file holder beside the map of the
  world.

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Absences and Make-up work

• Do not say Mrs. Joyce didnt give me the work.
  That is not acceptable. You are totally
  responsible for getting and completing make-up
  work.
• I need one responsible person for each class
  period who will make sure these folders are kept
  up to date for students who are absent.
• You are responsible for checking that folder to
  get your assignments.

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Absences and Make-up Tests

• Make-up tests are NOT given during class time.
• Tests must be made up before school or during
  lunch.
• It is to your advantage to take the test as soon
  as possible when you return to school
• Tests are assigned several days in advance. If
  you are absent the day before the test and you
  know the test is being given the next day, please
  plan on taking the test when you return to class.

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• Everything you need to know about homework and
  what is going on in class is posted on
  schoolnotes.com. When you are absent, make sure
  to check this site. Some worksheets will be
  posted to the web so you can print them out and
  complete them before you come back to school.
• Any assignments not made up within the prescribed
  time period will be recorded as a 0.
• Extra-credit is also posted on the schoolnotes
  website.

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Grades

• Grades are based on total points earned.

• Tests
• Quizzes
• Classwork/homework
• Extra Credit

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Tests

• Tests are all written in SOL format.
• Some tests will be taken online.

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Extra Credit

• 50 points maximum per six weeks.
• Students can earn no more than 5 points per
  school day.
• Extra credit is always available at
  Schoolnotes.com

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Extras

• Stock Market Simulation
• Each student will invest 100,000. in
  hypothetical money in the stock market.

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Extras

• Current Events League meets
• Four meets per year.
• Top 10 students are recognized at the awards
  ceremony in the spring.

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Extras

• Relationship with Moriah Moore a volunteer in the
  Peace Corps in Bulgaria. She is a graduate of
  Salem High School and the University of Virginia.

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Extras

• Where is Bulgaria?
• In Eastern Europe
• How does it compare in size to Virginia?

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Quiz

• 1. Where must you place all papers?
• In the tray for your class
• 2. Is homework accepted late?
• NO
• 3. Do you ever place papers on the teachers
  desk?
• NO

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Quiz

• 4. When is it OK to get water, go to your locker
  and go to the restroom?
• Before the tone sounds
• 5. Where must students be when the tone sounds?
• In their seats
• 6. Is it OK to sit in any desk?
• NO, Seats are assigned.

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Quiz

• 7. What is a high school credit class?
• a class that counts toward your graduation
  credits.
• 8. Is world geography a high school credit
  class?
• Yes
• 9. Is there an end-of-course SOL test in world
  geography
• Yes.

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Quiz

• 10. Are backpacks allowed in class?
• NO
• 11. Who is responsible for getting make-up work
  assignments?
• The Student
• 12. How many points extra credit all allowed each
  six weeks?
• 50 (maximum 5 points per school day.

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Quiz

• 13. Where are extra-credit assignments found?
• On schoolnotes.com
• 14. When can a student make-up tests?
• Before school or at lunch
• 15. What materials must a student have for World
  Geography?
• colored pencils, highlighter, paper, pencil, two
  subject dividers.