Please find your name and desk number as you come in. You will sit in that desk this week.

Period 3 925.787.2591

Student Name Desk Number

Bael, Maila 26Boco, Jillian Gen 4Carrillo, Leslie 25Chae, Esther 28Doeden, Kenna 20Eckburg, Anders 30Iraheta Menjivar, Pablo 9Kemp, Kathryn 13Mata, Valeria 5McTighe, Matthew 6Michaels, Matthew 10Misner, McKenzie 12Mountford, Owen 17Nayak, Neha 27Palmiotto, Sara 3

Quach, Leyna 16

Ruweler, Madison 18

Sanders, Robert 7

Savu, Naomi 2Shah, Aanika 15

Silva, Katie 19Skousen, Christien 29

Tabaska, Christopher

8

Tham, Ren-Hui 21

Torres-Romero, Stephanie

1

Wilson, Tahvo 111

Yama, Owen 22

Please find your name and desk number as you come in. You will sit in that desk this week.

Period 4 925.787.2591

Student Name Desk Number

Amato Uia, Kalolaine 7

Barajas, Nancy 1

Biesty, Ryan 23

Carlson, Mackenzie 6

Choi, Eugene 21

Davis, Lincoln 12

Dean, Avery 27

Deleon, Emily 26

Jenez, Isabella 24

Koong, Amanda 30

Le, Asia 8

Madero Torres, Alvaro 3

Menand, Nicolas 17

Michelucci, Isabella 2Nishimoto, Cherilyn 25Nuckolls, Grace 15Olslund, Alec 19Radonjic, Aleksandar 5Ramachandran, Nithya 10Richardson, Kyra 20Sarathy, Rohan 16Sheffield, Sydney 22Tang, Kenneth 18Thornberry, Caroline 24Wall, Theiry 13Ye, Michelle 28Yeh, Ying Chen 29Zepeda, Matthew 15

Please find your name and desk number as you come in. You will sit in that desk this week.

Period 5 925.787.2591

Student Name Desk Number

Bialczak, David 27

Bice, Emma 12

Bowers, Scott 11

Burns, Madison 16

De Chavez, Ayn 9

De La Pena, Alexa 18

Delgado, Alexis 2

Estell, Rachael 15

Frazier, Kyler 26

Gambetta, Grant 29

Gumila, Michaella 19

Harrigan, Molly 28

Hernandez, Benjamin 4

Imanian, Meilad 20

Landaverde-Escobar, Karina

1

Lewis, Milani 21

Lu, Javin 5

Lundberg, Emma 22

Luy, Amiel Lenard 13

Martin, Emily 8

Pettit, Calista 17

Rivenbark, James 6

Robbins, Alon 25

Theil, Andrew 30

Wong, Victoria 7

Xia, Karen 10

August 19

• When you arrive at your desk write down the materials you will need for this class

• Next, Complete the Personal Definition paper on your desk.

Please do not talk at this time.

HW: Bring all Your materials, especially your Binder Notebook on Wednesday/Thursday

• A Binder • Lined Paper• A folder or pocket to keep papers• Something to write with (pencils,

pens)• Glue• Scissors• Colored Pencils or pens• 3 colors of Highlighters (optional)

Have these Materials for Check off by Wednesday/Thursday

Personal Definition- Sample: Mrs. Caramagno1. Glossary Definition-

Define yourself as if you were in a Dictionary

I am a dedicated educator and devoted wife with a passion for teaching, a zest for life, and a great enthusiasm for dance, friends and food.

Versions of the Word-Do you have a nick name? Write them here…

Mrs. C. and Tangle-Foot Sophia

2. Examples- Give examples of who you are, what you like, what moves you, etc…

My favorite movie is Strictly Ballroom. I love science fiction. My hobbies are designing and sewing clothes and costumes. I also make jewelry. I watched Korean Dramas all summer because I just love them! My favorite city is Paris and I speak some French.

3. Related Words- Write words that relate to you here (think of these as Blog tags for you!)

Korea, Fashion, Costume, Steampunk, Tea, Neil Stephenson, DramaBeans, Red, Orange, Belly Dance, Ballroom Dance, Drawing, RPG’s, Dr. Horrible’s Sing A Long Blog, Firefly, Joss Whedon, SCA, Renaissance Faire, Dickens Faire, Abney Park, Stanford, UC Davis, Sac State, UCLA

4. My Definition- How would you define yourself? Write that here.

I am a Type A personality with lots of energy and very high expectations for myself and others. I love teaching. I am very creative and enjoy the company of others. Its good I talk for a living because I never stop talking.

5. Graphic- Draw a picture or symbol

that represents you.

Since I hit my 40’s

I like to dress in a 40’s style!

Sewing, Costumes, Dancing

And anything from Korea are some

Of my favorite things!

My mom made that cake!

Quick!

• Name three things about me from my Personal Definition!

Share Out…• Now that you have a

personal definition, pair up with the person in the seat next to you and tell them about yourself.

• Make sure you start with your name!

• When you are listening to your partner, jot down their name and 2 or 3 things about them on the back of your half sheet so you can tell a little about them later.

• How to talk to your partner:

• LOOK at your partner• LEAN toward your

partner• LISTEN to your

partner• LOWER your Voice

when you speak to your partner.

Advice from last year…• With your partner, look at this list of advice from last

year’s World Studies Class. Record your answers to these questions on the back of your half sheet.

1.What comes up the most?

2.Which of these statements relates to academics?

3.Which relates to social life?

4.Which advice seems the hardest to follow?

5.How could this knowledge help you be a better student?

If you are a slow reader, look at the words in BOLD first.

August 20

• As you come in, please find your desk from last time.• When you arrive at your desk write down the

homework for this class • Then, take out a half sheet of paper (you can share

with a friend) and answer these questions:

1.What rules make you comfortable in a classroom?2.What is the most inappropriate thing you have ever

seen or heard about happening in a classroom?

Please do not talk at this time.

HW: Bring all Your materials, especially your Binder on Wed/Thurs

Introductory Survey due Friday

Introductory Survey

• Please complete this survey by Friday.• It will help me learn about you, what you like and

how you learn.• I will use this information to craft lessons that work

for you.• The more information you give me, the better I

can do my job for you.• Survey is on the main web page under Surveys.• Here is the direct link:• http://www.mvla.net/teachers/SophiaC/Lists/

Introductory%20Survey/overview.aspx

Nothing:

Rude

Crude

Lewd

Nude

Mrs. Caramagno’s Rules

Rude- Being mean or showing disrespect

• Name some behaviors that are Rude:

Crude- Having to do with bodily functions

• Name some behaviors that are Crude:

Lewd- Having to do with reproduction

• Name some behaviors that are Lewd:

Nude- Being without clothes

• Explain:

Also, we follow some SCHOOL Policies in here as well:

• No food in class

• Water, Coffee and Tea are the only beverages allowed (we have a bug problem)

• Cell Phones should be OFF during class unless you have asked to use them.

• Ask to use any electronic device before you use it or it will be confiscated (calculators, cell phones, iPods, etc)

• Do not bring your books to school. We have a class set.

Your Books

You will only be graded on your own work.

I will NEVER give you a group grade.

Extra Credit

• We no longer do extra credit.

• If you want to improve your grade, redo your assignments or retake tests you didn’t do well on.

Bonus Points

• Use these to go to the bathroom or leave class to get something you have forgotten.

• If you run out of Bonus Points you can give me time after class.

• Please come and get a set of Bonus Points now… and put your name on them!

Contact Info for Sophia Caramagno

• My Phone/Text Number: 925.787.2591

• My Web Page: Sharepoint.mvla.net/teachers/sophiac

• My email: – Sophia.caramagno@gmail.com– Sophia.caramagno@mvla.net

• Office Hours: Lunch, before and after school, at Homework Club on Monday

• Twitter Homework Feed: ClassCaramagno

• Facebook: Sophia Caramagno

Please get out a piece of binder paper and a pen/pencil.

We are going to do a quick writing assessment. I just want to see

where you are. This is ungraded.

August 21/22Please do not talk at this time.

HW: Online Survey must be completed by Friday

Please get out your Binder and supplies for this class to be

checked off.

World Studies Writing Pre-Assessment

  Menu: Choose one of the below prompts to answer on a separate sheet of paper. Writing Time: 30 minutes maximum. Describe a person who is important to you and explain why.

Describe something you accomplished in the last year that you are proud of and explain why.

Describe a significant person in history and explain why they were important.

Describe an academic assignment you did particularly well and explain how it was well done. Requirements: Your paper should include the following:

1. Topic Sentence (answers the question prompt).2. Provide at least 3 reasons.3. Write at least three specific examples.4. Write a concluding sentence. 5. Length: Paper should be a maximum of 1 page long.

 

Thinking like an Historian

• How do we know what happened in the past?

Historians look at:• Writings

– Documents, fiction, stories, letters, reports, diaries, etc.

• Other Records– Film, photographs, video, drawings, etc.

• Artifacts– Things people made like clothes, furniture,

tools, art, etc.– Things people changed, like terraces cut into

the ground or dams put across a river.

Now you try it!• In a minute I will give you a group and a

collection of artifacts and documents. – These are all real things so please be gentle with

them!*

• Using what you know about the world, people and history, see what you can guess about the people who made these things.

• Record your ideas and your thought process on a piece of paper.

*ok, ok… some of them are accurate reproductions…

Bubble Notes- one strategy for recording your

thinking…

Fish image on

cup

People may have lived near

water

Fish species: goldfish

Goldfish requires

freshwater

Clay

Porcelaincup

Kiln

Fire

Blue dye or paint Paint

brush or drawing

tool

Note:

• These items should be considered separately. Don’t think of them as items to be taken together.– They are not meant to be found in the same

archeological dig!

• You don’t need to do ALL the items. Pick ones that interest you.

• Everyone needs to record their own ideas on their own paper about at least 1 item.

When you aren’t sure but it’s a good guess, put a

question mark!

Fish image on

cup

People may have lived near

water

Fish species: goldfish

Goldfish requires

freshwater

Clay

Porcelaincup

Kiln

Fire

Blue dye or paint Paint

brush or drawing

tool

?

?

With your team…

• Pick your best one to share with the class!

Get out a 7 Learning Styles Assessment and a packet.

Your On Line Survey is due today.

Please make sure you have taken it and submitted it so you can get credit.

Here is a direct link to the Survey:http://www.mvla.net/teachers/SophiaC/Lists/Introductory%20Survey/overview.aspx

August 23Please do not talk at this time.

HW: No HW!

Learning Styles• There are 7 dominant ways that people learn. You may

already know about them, but since people’s learning styles change during the teen years, we are going to take a survey to find out what your best learning styles are right now.

• This information is very helpful to have. It can tell you what you can do to be more successful at school and it can help you understand why some things are very hard for you, while other things are easy.

• This knowledge can also make you better at working with other people. If you understand how they communicate and process information, you will get along better. This makes your life easier.

The 7 Learning StylesAKA: Multiple Intelligences

1. Linguistic: Words!2. Logical – Mathematical: Numbers and Logic3. Musical: Music and rhythm 4. Body - Kinesthetic: Movement/ Hands On5. Spatial – Visual: Pictures and Images6. Interpersonal (Groups): Talking7. Intrapersonal (Alone): Individual Contemplation

Learning Styles/Multiple Intelligences Survey:

1. Read the statement on the handout.2. Decide how true it is for you:

1 = Mostly Disagree, 2 = Slightly Disagree, 3 = Slightly Agree, 4 = Mostly Agree

3. Mark your answer in the white box on your answer grid.4. Add up the columns and record your totals.5. Look at the totals and find out which ones have the

highest score. The 1 or 2 Intelligences that have the highest scores are the main ways you learn.

6. Read the description of your learning style(s) on the handout.

7. Chart your answer on the graph on the back of the paper.

Get a 3X5 card• Print your first name

(that you want to be called) on the front of this card very big and very neat.

• Draw a border around your name in the color that matches your highest learning style.

• If you have a tie in the top 2, make a double border in two colors

Mary

Front

Back- leave this blank

• How should the following learners study to be the MOST successful at learning new information:– Linguistic– Logical - Mathematical– Musical– Body - Kinesthetic– Spatial - Visual– Interpersonal (Groups)– Intrapersonal (Alone)

When we take notes in this class, we will be using different techniques that support the different learning styles. Sometimes these techniques will match your learning style and they will be really easy and helpful.

Sometimes these techniques will be for a learning style you don’t do well, and they will be difficult. In this case, do your best. When you do difficult things, you are growing your brain!

Discuss the answer to this question with your partner.Write down your answers on your answer sheet so you are ready when I

call on you.

Remember: Look, Lean, Listen, Lower your Voice

Please write down your homework and then look at the back wall to

review the 7 learning styles…

August 26Please do not talk at this time.

HW: Get your CIS Signed.

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 RubricA: 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.

• 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• As appropriate:• 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

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.

Ungraded CIS Quiz1. 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

1. (Any 4) Call her, e-mail her, come to her office hours, text her, stop in at lunch.

2. Electronics are only allowed if you ask permission first.

3. True, you get two grades for some assignment.

4. (Any 3) You can redo homework, class work, tests, quizzes and writing assignments.

5. The Documents page for your class on Ms. Caramagno’s web page

6. The Official School Attendance Policy

7. (Any 3) Absent students can call, text or e-mail Mrs. C, check the web page, check Facebook, Twitter or ask a friend.

8. F. Once lost, On Times scores cannot be made up, ever.

9. Class Rules: Nothing Rude, Crude, Lewd or Nude

10. True. All school behavior policies apply in the classroom including policies about dress code, food, cheating and phones.

Please correct your own quiz and see how much you remember about these important policies….

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.

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

Index- Continued

3A

IndexPage Title Pg. #

Title Page 1AIndex 2A – 3BCIS 4A

2A

NamePeriodSubject

1A

1B 2B 3B

CIS

4A

4B

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.

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!!!!!

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

Anonymous QuestionsPlease, 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.

Index so far….• Name, Period and Subject- Page 1A:

• Index- Page 2A – 3B:

• CIS- Page 4A:

• Learning Styles Hand out- Page 5A

• Rubric Guide- Pg. 6A

• Directive Words- Pg 7A

• Vocab Word Map- Pg. 8A

• Personal Definition- Pg. 8B

• Reading Like an Historian Chart- 9A

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•Tutorial Center

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Donate!

Contact Info for Sophia Caramagno

• My Phone/Text Number: 925.787.2591

• My Web Page: Sharepoint.mvla.net/teachers/sophiac

• My email: – Sophia.caramagno@gmail.com– Sophia.caramagno@mvla.net

• Office Hours: Lunch, before and after school, at Homework Club on Monday

• Twitter Homework Feed: ClassCaramagno

• Facebook: Sophia Caramagno

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.