Transcript Welcome to Texas History!

Welcome to
Mrs. Burkhart’s room!
Please sign in at the back and
pick up the information page
from me or on my desk
Information page
• Contains:
– Tutorial times
– Webpage and Contact information
– Class expectations
– Supplies – planners are required
– Grading policy
– District Scope and Sequence [what is covered
and when it is covered (approximately)]
My Webpage
• Access to acquire:
– Homework assignments – copies of most
handouts will be there.
– Project assignments – instructions, rubrics,
and due dates.
– Class notes for regular classes and pre-AP
that do not require a textbook.
– Extra credit possibilities – has to be Texas
related. Test extra credit – word find given
with every chapter or unit test!
Expectations
• Students copy the planner information (on
the small board) on the first day of the
week.
• Students are quiet at the bell and working
on the daily warm up.
• Students raise their hands to ask
questions or become involved in the
discussion.
Supplies needed
• Spiral notebook – any size
• Blue/black ink pens or pencils
• Colored pencils (really important right
now!)
• Highlighter – any color
Homework
• Homework is rarely given for regular
classes – reason: I need to see what they
can do
• Homework for pre-AP is usually a project.
Skyward “0” Notification
• This will set up a notification to send you an email every time your student receives a zero for
an assignment.
Set up:
• Log in to Skyward
• Click on My Account at the top right hand
corner
• At the bottom it will say E-mail Notification
• Insert a “0” in the Low box
• Click save
Open note tests!
Cornell Notes
•Re-read your notes about
key points.
•Study, highlight, flag the
ideas in the left column
and the summary at the
bottom. These are the
most important ideas and
will probably include most
of the information that you
will be tested on.
Pre-AP focus
• Focus on primary source documents
– AP test in high school involves analyzing 10
documents!
– They need to understand the vocabulary and
language used in the 1800s (it will also help
them on the SAT)
Examples of Authors from the 1800s
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Jane Austen – Emma, Pride and Prejudice
Charles Dickens – Oliver Twist, the Old Curiosity Shoppe
Rudyard Kipling – The Jungle Book, Captains Courageous
Herman Melville – Moby- Dick, Billy Budd, Sailor
Edgar Allen Poe – The Raven, The Fall of the House of Usher, The
Tale-Tell Heart
• Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
• Mark Twain – Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; A Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthur's Court
• Oscar Wilde – The Importance of Being Ernest; Picture of Dorian
Gray