Thursday, January 31, 2019

"CWQ"s

The mini-quizzes you have been taking in class are labeled as "CWQ" (Classwork Quiz) in Thinkwave.  They count as classwork, not a quiz.

You are only exempt from these if you are legally absent n the day given.  If you are not, you are required to make up any you missed no later than 2 school days after it was given in class.  Same before-school times apply to these make-ups as all others.

If you were legally absent any day on a given week, please check Thinkwave to be sure I have not accidentally given you a 0 for a CWQ.  You must EMAIL ME with the DAY YOU WERE ABSENT so I can verify & correct Thinkwave, as necessary.  This needs to be done by the Friday night of that same week.

Any questions, please see me before or after class.

DUE: Monday, 2/25

IGNORE THE DATES WHEN YOU 
COPY & PASTE THE LINK.  
YOU ARE ONLY USING THE LINK FOR THE NOTES!!
THE DATES YOU MUST FOLLOW ARE ON 
THIS PAGE!!!

HAND COPY all notes into your binder.  You will have a quiz USING THESE NOTES at the start of class on the due date.  If you are late, you cannot make it up.  If you are illegally absent or cut, you cannot make it up.  If you are legally absent, you have until Tuesday, 2/26 to come before 7:15 am to show me your notes.  Follow the make-up procedure given out in class.  If you fail to make up the work by the deadline, you will earn a 0.


Click (or copy & paste) the link for the notes.  Remember, you can print them at school if you don;t have internet access at home, but you CANNOT BRING PRINTED WORK TO CLASS.

Label the notes as indicated in the link:
Ch 17 Sec 5:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2015/02/us-history-ch-17-sec-5-notes.html

Ch 18 Secs 1 & 2:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2015/02/us-history-ch-18-secs-1-2-notes.html

Ch 18 Secs 3 & 4:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2015/02/us-history-ch-18-secs-3-4-notes.html

Friday, 2/15: TEST TODAY

Your Chapter 13 & 14 Exam will be on Friday, 2/15.  The Quizlet Review has been open since January 30th.  If you have been in class, paid attention, done your homework, and study you should do very well on the test.  STUDY THE REVIEW IN QUIZLET - it was made using the material on your exam.  As a reminder, any information from Chapters 1-11 can show up on the exam, so be sure to review those chapters in Quizlet after you study for the current chapter.

You Chapter 14 Video packet is due at the start of class on this day as well.

Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Tuesday, 2/26.  Failure to make-up the exam will result in a zero for that test.  Cuts & illegal absences cannot be made up, and anyone late to class will not receive extra time on the exam.  Make-up period ends at 7:15 AM.  TO have the same amount of time for the test as was offered in lass, you must arrive to 1823 by 6:45 AM.  You can arrive after that time, but your time ends at 7:15 AM.

If you can't come before school to make up the exam don't be absent for it!

DUE: Thursday, 2/14

IGNORE THE DATES WHEN YOU 
COPY & PASTE THE LINK.  
YOU ARE ONLY USING THE LINK FOR THE NOTES!!
THE DATES YOU MUST FOLLOW ARE ON 
THIS PAGE!!!

HAND COPY all notes into your binder.  You will have a quiz USING THESE NOTES at the start of class on the due date.  If you are late, you cannot make it up.  If you are illegally absent or cut, you cannot make it up.  If you are legally absent, you have until Friday, 2/15 to come before 7:15 am to show me your notes.  Follow the make-up procedure given out in class.  If you fail to make up the work by the deadline, you will earn a 0.


Click (or copy & paste) the link for the notes.  Remember, you can print them at school if you don;t have internet access at home, but you CANNOT BRING PRINTED WORK TO CLASS.

Label the notes as indicated in the link:
Ch 17 Sec 4:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2015/02/us-history-ch-17-section-3-4-notes.html

Wednesday, 2/13: QUIZ TODAY

Vocabulary Quiz on these on Wednesday, 2/13.  
Your words will be due at that time.  
You may write them out as a list on paper 
OR 
you may write each on a flash card 
(use a flashcard for the required homework heading.)   
Required homework heading must be used.  
Use your knowledge, notes, online textbook, handouts, or the Internet to find the definitions.


Homework Heading (required on all work submitted):
Your Name                                                   US History
Class Period                                                Assignment
(in this case, your assignment is Ch 14 Vocab)


If you are making flashcards they MUST be rubber-banded together BEFORE submitting AND BEFORE the bell rings (there are rubber bands behind my desk - ask me!), and you top card must be a heading card (see above.)  You will get extra credit for making flash cards.

Link to Vocab list: 
Copy & paste the link below for the Vocab List:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2017/02/us-history-chapter-14-vocabulary.html

Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Friday, 2/15.  

Remember: The quiz is timed, it is not the full period, and any time you miss due to lateness 
cannot be made up.p

REMEMBER: ALL PRIOR VOCAB WORDS ARE FAIR GAME FOR THE QUIZ AS WELL!!!.

DUE: Tuesday, 2/12

IGNORE THE DATES WHEN YOU 
COPY & PASTE THE LINK.  
YOU ARE ONLY USING THE LINK FOR THE NOTES!!
THE DATES YOU MUST FOLLOW ARE ON 
THIS PAGE!!!

HAND COPY all notes into your binder.  You will have a quiz USING THESE NOTES at the start of class on the due date.  If you are late, you cannot make it up.  If you are illegally absent or cut, you cannot make it up.  If you are legally absent, you have until Wednesday, 2/13 to come before 7:15 am to show me your notes.  Follow the make-up procedure given out in class.  If you fail to make up the work by the deadline, you will earn a 0.


Click (or copy & paste) the link for the notes.  Remember, you can print them at school if you don;t have internet access at home, but you CANNOT BRING PRINTED WORK TO CLASS.

Label the notes as indicated in the link:
Ch 17 Sec 3:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2015/02/us-history-ch-17-section-3-4-notes.html

Friday, 2/8: QUIZ TODAY

You will have a Chapter 13 QUIZ for part of the period on Friday, 2/8.  The Quizlet Review has been open since January 30th.  If you have been in class, paid attention, done your homework, and study you should do very well on the quiz.  STUDY THE REVIEW IN QUIZLET - it was made using the material on your quiz.

YOUR CHAPTER 13 VIDEO PACKET IS ALSO DUE TODAY!!!

Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Tuesday, 2/12.  Failure to make-up the exam will result in a zero for that test.  Cuts & illegal absences cannot be made up, and anyone late to class will not receive extra time on the exam.  Make-up period ends at 7:15 AM.  TO have the same amount of time for the test as was offered in lass, you must arrive to 1823 by 6:45 AM.  You can arrive after that time, but your time ends at 7:15 AM.

If you can't come before school to make up the exam don't be absent for it!

Thursday, 2/7: QUIZ TODAY

Vocabulary Quiz on these on Thursday, 2/7.  
Your words will be due at that time.  
You may write them out as a list on paper 
OR 
you may write each on a flash card 
(use a flashcard for the required homework heading.)   
Required homework heading must be used.  
Use your knowledge, notes, online textbook, handouts, or the Internet to find the definitions.


Homework Heading (required on all work submitted):
Your Name                                                   US History
Class Period                                                Assignment
(in this case, your assignment is Ch 13 Vocab)


If you are making flashcards they MUST be rubber-banded together BEFORE submitting AND BEFORE the bell rings (there are rubber bands behind my desk - ask me!), and you top card must be a heading card (see above.)  You will get extra credit for making flash cards.

Link to Vocab list: 
Copy & paste the link below for the Vocab List:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2017/02/us-history-chapter-13-vocabulary.html

Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Monday, 2/11.  

Remember: The quiz is timed, it is not the full period, and any time you miss due to lateness 
cannot be made up.p

REMEMBER: ALL PRIOR VOCAB WORDS ARE FAIR GAME FOR THE QUIZ AS WELL!!!.

DUE: Monday, 2/11

IGNORE THE DATES WHEN YOU 
COPY & PASTE THE LINK.  
YOU ARE ONLY USING THE LINK FOR THE NOTES!!
THE DATES YOU MUST FOLLOW ARE ON 
THIS PAGE!!!

HAND COPY all notes into your binder.  You will have a quiz USING THESE NOTES at the start of class on the due date.  If you are late, you cannot make it up.  If you are illegally absent or cut, you cannot make it up.  If you are legally absent, you have until Wednesday, 2/13 to come before 7:15 am to show me your notes.  Follow the make-up procedure given out in class.  If you fail to make up the work by the deadline, you will earn a 0.


Click (or copy & paste) the link for the notes.  Remember, you can print them at school if you don;t have internet access at home, but you CANNOT BRING PRINTED WORK TO CLASS.

Label the notes as indicated in the link:
Ch 16 Sec 3:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2017/01/us-history-ch-16-sec-3-notes.html

Ch 17 Secs 1 & 2:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2015/02/us-history-ch-17-sec-1-2-notes.html

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Chapter 13 Videos

Copy & paste:
http://mrsramoushistory.blogspot.com/2018/01/chapter-13-videos.html

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Chapter 12 Videos

Copy & Paste:
https://mrsramoushistory.blogspot.com/2018/01/chapter-12-videos.html

Chapter 11 Videos

Copy & paste:
https://mrsramoushistory.blogspot.com/2018/01/chapter-11-videos.html

Sunday, January 13, 2019

Updates for Monday, 1/14

I'll be back tomorrow.  Please read all below carefully:

1.  All HWQs I missed will be done tomorrow.  This includes any notes due tomorrow.

2.  I am extending the grade challenges through Wednesday, 1/16.  Once 7:15 AM rolls around on that day, nothing else will be entertained.  Same rules & format applies to this week as I posted last week.  Remember, it is YOUR job to prove you did the work, not mine to look for it.  If you don;t have the paper, etc to prove you did it, the grade will not be changed.  Also keep in mind that some people do things like turn Vocab before they make up a quiz then never make it up, or missed the deadline but  allowed the vocab work to be turned in for credit despite missing the deadline.  turning in one assignment due on the same day as a "missing assignment is in no way proof that you did the missing assignment.  This allows for the 3 days I missed that fell under the original deadline.

3.  Any HWQ make-ups from last week have a new deadline of Tuesday, 1/14.  There were no make-ups for other work after last Tuesday, all deadlines had expired at 7:15 on 1/8/19.

4.  Your work for this week remains unchanged.  All HW, quizzes, & exams will be given as originally posted.

5.  Any HW you had to turn in while I was absent is due tomorrow at the start of class.  This includes any handouts I gave you 1/2-1/8/19 that had a Wednesday or later due last week.

6.  As a reminder, HW will count for the 2nd MP all this week.  The are no make-up dates for HW after this Friday for the 2nd MP.  Both upcoming Vocab quizzes & Exams will count for the THIRD MP, same with the vocab that goes with those quizzes.  As such, your work for the next week will overlap between the 2nd & 3rd MPs.

My lungs are back up to 90% so let's hope I don't relapse again any time this week.  I'm on very restricted activity so may have to stay at the desk for much of the week rather than walk around or stand in front of the room.  Me sitting for the week will not impact our learning for the week, but me relapsing most definitely will so let's try this out for the next few days.  Regents Week is not a very physically demanding week, so the hope is if I can continue to recover this week & next week with limited activity, I should be much better when you return on the 28th.  Fingers crossed, because this not being able to breathe nonsense is for the birds.

Have a good night.  Be ready to plow through some work with the time we have before your exam this week.

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

ALSO DUE 1/10: Gettysburg Address 2-pg handout

Originally due 1/9, now due 1/10.
No excuses.  If you were out on 1/8 but in on 1/9, it is due 1/10.  It is your responsibility to take what you missed from he absent bin if you are not in class.

Monday, January 7, 2019

ALSO DUE 1/8: Gettysburg Address Q 1-3

Added to tomorrow's work due, as a reminder:

1. Gettysburg Address Handout with the heading on it & my name, questions 1-3.  The space between the questions shoudl indicate to you that at PARAGRAPH should be written for each.  A sentence or two will not lead to a successful grade.

The 2-page handout is NOT due tomorrow.

2.  As scheduled, 14/2 notes are due.

Make-Up Deadline Reminders...

Just a reminder:

Deadlines for all works (HW, quizzes, exams, etc.) have ALWAYS been stated in the same post as the assignment.  It is YOUR responsibility to now when the dates/deadlines are if you are legally absent for an assignment.  If you fail to make up the work by the posted deadline, you have essentially opted to receive a zero for that assignment.  Deadlines are in place for a variety of reasons, one of them being so your classmates can have their work back in a timely fashion.  

The make-up policy is in all the paperwork you received when you started the school year and is also posted on this website.

Bottom line:
Be in class for all assignments if you can't make-up the work by the posted deadline (you always have advance notice.)  Otherwise, be prepared to have a 0 entered for that work in Thinkwave.

Sunday, January 6, 2019

"Grade Challenges"

Please note that most of your work has been given back, the exceptions being anything that was turned in late, was a make-up, or was due last week.  All work has been entered in Thinkwave as of this post EXCEPT the Vocab Quiz & Exam from last week.  

If you feel there is a discrepancy or a grade is missing/wrong, you must bring that assignment to me before 1st period any day this week.  The deadline is Friday, 1/11.  No  requests will be entertained after that date.

This does not apply to items you did not make-up by the posted deadline!  Those grades remain as is.

FOR EXAMPLE:
If you think you took the Chapter 9 Vocab quiz but there's a 0 in Thinkwave for it, bring me the graded quiz you got back.  This is the only acceptable proof that you did, indeed take or make-up the quiz.  

Once again...
no emails will be used for this as you need to provide proof as stated above that you took/turned in the assignment for the grade you are questioning.  

TEST 2/1: Ch 12 Exam

our Chapter 12 Exam will be on Friday, 1/18.  The Quizlet Review has been open since January 6th.  If you have been in class, paid attention, done your homework, and study you should do very well on the test.  STUDY THE REVIEW IN QUIZLET - it was made using the material on your exam.  As a reminder, any information from Chapters 1-11 can show up on the exam, so be sure to review those chapters in Quizlet after you study for the current chapter.

You Chapter 11 Video packet is due at the start of class on this day as well.

Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Tuesday, 2/5.  Failure to make-up the exam will result in a zero for that test.  Cuts & illegal absences cannot be made up, and anyone late to class will not receive extra time on the exam.  Make-up period ends at 7:15 AM.  TO have the same amount of time for the test as was offered in lass, you must arrive to 1823 by 6:45 AM.  You can arrive after that time, but your time ends at 7:15 AM.

If you can't come before school to make up the exam don't be absent for it!

QUIZ 1/30: Ch 12 Vocab Quiz

Vocabulary Quiz on these on Wednesday, 1/30.  
Your words will be due at that time.  
You may write them out as a list on paper 
OR 
you may write each on a flash card 
(use a flashcard for the required homework heading.)   
Required homework heading must be used.  
Use your knowledge, notes, online textbook, handouts, or the Internet to find the definitions.


Homework Heading (required on all work submitted):
Your Name                                                   US History
Class Period                                                Assignment
(in this case, your assignment is Ch 12 Vocab)


If you are making flashcards they MUST be rubber-banded together BEFORE submitting AND BEFORE the bell rings (there are rubber bands behind my desk - ask me!), and you top card must be a heading card (see above.)  You will get extra credit for making flash cards.

Link to Vocab list: 
Copy & paste the link below for the Vocab List (the list is AFTER the questions, the questions are NOT DUE):
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2013/12/us-history-homework-due-monday-jan-6.html

Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Friday, 2/1.  

Remember: The quiz is timed, it is not the full period, and any time you miss due to lateness 
cannot be made up.p

REMEMBER: ALL PRIOR VOCAB WORDS ARE FAIR GAME FOR THE QUIZ AS WELL!!!.

TEST 1/18: Ch 11 Exam

Your Chapter 11 Exam will be on Friday, 1/18.  The Quizlet Review has been open since January 6th.  If you have been in class, paid attention, done your homework, and study you should do very well on the test.  STUDY THE REVIEW IN QUIZLET - it was made using the material on your exam.  As a reminder, any information from Chapters 1-10 can show up on the exam, so be sure to review those chapters in Quizlet after you study for the current chapter.

You Chapter 11 Video packet is due at the start of class on this day as well.

Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Tuesday, 1/29 (you are not in classes 1/21-1/25.)  Failure to make-up the exam will result in a zero for that test.  Cuts & illegal absences cannot be made up, and anyone late to class will not receive extra time on the exam.  Make-up period ends at 7:15 AM.  TO have the same amount of time for the test as was offered in lass, you must arrive to 1823 by 6:45 AM.  You can arrive after that time, but your time ends at 7:15 AM.

If you can't come before school to make up the exam don't be absent for it!

QUIZ 1/16: Ch 11 Vocab Quiz

Vocabulary Quiz on these on Wednesday, 1/16.  
Your words will be due at that time.  
You may write them out as a list on paper 
OR 
you may write each on a flash card 
(use a flashcard for the required homework heading.)   
Required homework heading must be used.  
Use your knowledge, notes, online textbook, handouts, or the Internet to find the definitions.


Homework Heading (required on all work submitted):
Your Name                                                   US History
Class Period                                                Assignment
(in this case, your assignment is Ch 11 Vocab)


If you are making flashcards they MUST be rubber-banded together BEFORE submitting AND BEFORE the bell rings (there are rubber bands behind my desk - ask me!), and you top card must be a heading card (see above.)  You will get extra credit for making flash cards.

Link to Vocab list: 
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2014/12/us-history-chapter-11-vocabulary.html

Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Friday, 1/18.  

Remember: The quiz is timed, it is not the full period, and any time you miss due to lateness 
cannot be made up.p

REMEMBER: ALL PRIOR VOCAB WORDS ARE FAIR GAME FOR THE QUIZ AS WELL!!!.

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Slight Change in HWQs for notes due 1/2

Tomorrow's HWQs on your Ch 12 Notes due tomorrow will be just ONE QUESTION PER SECTION.

That means it's a grade of 100 or 0.

Be sure to do your work, be sure you do ALL of it, be sure you can read your own handwriting, and be sure your notes are formatted n a way you can easily find, read, & understand (such as how I wrote them out for you.)  It also means you will have just 2 minutes per section, since you have 4 minutes when it's 2 questions. 

A Reminder about postings...

Happy New Year!

As a reminder, your work due in January was posted in December, so it will still be listed in December.  It will NOT show up under the January menu.  Please keep this in mind as you look for what's do if you don't start it in advance.  I always post early to give you plenty of time to get the work done at your own pace, but this means that you may need to click on the previous month to see the posting.

I hope you had a restful vacation.  See you in a few days.