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8 th Grade HORNETS

8 th Grade HORNETS. Curriculum Night Tuesday, September 9 , 2014. Contact Us!?!. E-Mail the easiest and fastest way to get a response; please use this as your primary contact method Wiki Each teacher has a website… use it as a resource to find out Lessons Homework assignments

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8 th Grade HORNETS

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  1. 8th Grade HORNETS Curriculum Night Tuesday, September 9, 2014

  2. Contact Us!?! • E-Mail • the easiest and fastest way to get a response; please use this as your primary contact method • Wiki • Each teacher has a website… use it as a resource to find out • Lessons • Homework assignments • Test dates • Other • BaileyHornets Website, PTA Blast, Connect ED

  3. 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!

  4. 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

  5. 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!!!

  6. 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!!!

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Peace Out!!! • Get Out!!! • Be Gone!!! • Have a Good Night!!!

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