Transcript Power Point - 8th Grade introduction to HS

Traits that Predict Success in an Honors/AP Course:
• is inspired to learn more about course content
merely for enjoyment
• enjoys challenges and persists through them
• is able to juggle daily homework and extracurricular activities, and still meet the additional
demands of an honors/AP course
• is prepared to do more independent work, is selfmotivated and well-organized
Option 1: Global
History and
Geography I
Option 2: Advanced
Placement World
History I
Both Global History I and AP
World History I span a vast time
frame - the dawn of humanity
through the 1700's.
Both courses are the first part of
a two-year sequence in Global
History
*
Global History and Geography 1
 Based on the New York State Learning Standards for
Social Studies (revised in 2014)
 Emphasis on important ideas, eras, themes,
developments, and turning points in world history
 Focus on a chronological understanding of history
and the relationship between geography and
cultures of an increasingly interdependent world
Skills developed include:
Analysis of stimulus material (text, map, photo, etc.)
Essay writing
AP World History 1
 Requires students to move towards a more
conceptual understanding of global history
 Emphasis on the development of historical
thinking skills, not just the collection and
memorization of information and events
 Focuses on the role of perspective in shaping how
history is interpreted and recorded
Skills developed:
Analysis of stimulus material (text, map, photo, etc.)
DBQ Essay
Enduring Issues Essay
Looking Ahead
th
to10
Grade…
Global History and Geography II
 Continuation of content and skill development from Global History I
 Culminates in the NY State Global Regents Exam* (June)
AP World History II
 Continuation of content and skill development from AP World History I
 Culminates in the AP World History Exam (May) AND NY State Global
Regents Exam* (June)
* Beginning in June 2018 the Global Regents Assessment will only cover
content from the 10th grade curriculum (1750 – modern day)
North Shore High School Writing Center
• 12th Grade Writing Fellows interact with tutees in oneon-one conferences.
• Students work together on writing in all disciplines
and on all stages of the Writing Process.
• Sessions create better writers, not merely a better
piece of specific writing.
• Focus is on critical thinking and writer’s craft, not just
editing or proofreading.
• The Writing Center is open every school day for
appointments and walk-in visits from 7:20 am - 8:00
am, and periods 4, 5, 6, and 7
https://nshswc.acuityscheduling.com/
Research and Writing Labs
ENGLISH 9R versus ENGLISH 9H
Grammar for Understanding Strategic use of Grammar
and Coherence
for Effect
Literature
Literature
•
approx. 4-5 whole-class texts
• approx. six whole-class texts
•
increasingly complex texts
• more rigorous text-complexity
•
slower-paced reading HW
• faster-paced reading HW
• close analytical reading for
authorial moves
• same as 9R, plus rhetorical and
critical analysis, cultural
context, genre deviation,
pastiche, allusory text etc.
ENGLISH 9R versus ENGLISH 9H
Composition
Composition
•
MLA Research Project
•
MLA Honors Project
•
mostly classwork
•
significant additional HW
(concurrent with English HW)
•
significant scaffolds in place
for literary essays
•
reduced scaffolds for
literary essays
•
writing assignments spaced
out with extended due dates
•
writing assignments more
frequent with less time
given
Oral Presentation
• basic public speaking skills
Uniform Assessments
•
model NYS Regents
Oral Presentation
•
artistry of public speaking
Uniform Assessments
•
•
model NYS Regents
may model IB assessments
"I suppose it is
tempting, if the only
tool you have is a
hammer, to treat
everything as if it
were a nail.“
-Abraham Maslow,
Toward a Psychology
of Being
Problem
#1
A line segment has
endpoints
A (3x+5, 3y) and B (x-1,-y).
What are the coordinates
(x,y) of the midpoint of
line of segment AB?
Problem #2
The coordinates of quadrilateral ABCD are
A (-3, -1), B (3, 1), C (7, 5), and D ( 1, 3).
Do the diagonals bisect each other?
Explain.
Earth Science Regents Lab
Earth Science Honors Lab
Classroom Globe
Demetrios (Jim) Mendonis
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Julie Ritter
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Nicole Masiello
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Steven Menchel
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