Core Class “E” Syllabus & Schedule – Fall 2006

Instructor:  Cindy Tyson

 

Daily Schedule for Core Class E

(8:45 - 8:55) – Walk the track – no opening

8:55 – Doors to Mrs. Tyson’s Room 32 open

9:00 – 9:10 – Prepare for weekly quiz, turn in homework, silent

                     reading/current events

9:10 - 9:20 – Attendance, quiz, review upcoming homework

9:20 – 10:30 – Language Arts/Writing

10:30 – 10:40 – Recess

10:40 – 11:55 – History/Geography Explorative

11:55 – Clean up/wash hands

12:00 – 12:40 – Lunch

12:40 – 1:30 – Music with Mrs. Johnson in Room 35 (line up by her door)

1:30 – 2:45 – Science/Art/ Character Education Explorative

2:45 – 3:00 – Closing with Mrs. Johnson’s Core Class F

3:00 – Dismissal

 

Students will be given a semester Core Class grade which will be based on the following breakdown.           

 

Attendance will account for 5% of semester grade

Homework will account for 25% of semester grade

Quizzes will account for 25% of semester grade Participation in class – 5%

Writing will account for 40% of semester grade

Participation will account for 5% of semester grade

 

Each week students will be expected to turn in one assignment from their Classics Kit “E” as well as each week students will be given a 5-10 question quiz on items recently learned in the Classics Kit.

 

 

 

Fall 2006 Syllabus & Assignment Sheet

Core Class Dates

Topic of in class study and/or activity

Homework assignment due from Classics Kit

Other deadlines/due dates

09/20

Begin Response to Lit., Periodic Table of Elements/ Russia

Alliteration collage (from kit week 3)

Return signed handbook pages & bring in writing packet from advisor.

09/27

Response to Lit./ Periodic Table of Elements/Lakes of the World

Chemistry Experiment Review (from week 4)

 

10/04

Response to Lit., Ancient Japanese Art, Molecules

Japan Geography Activity (from week 5)

 

10/11

Response to Lit., Japanese Art, Molecules

Questions about Emily Dickinson (from week 6)

 

10/18

Response to Lit., Acids and Bases, U.S. geography (in class)

Japan Crossword Puzzle (from week 7)

 

10/25

Begin Persuasive Letter, Metals vs. Non-metals, U.S. geography (in class)

Mayan Math (from week 8)

In class Response to Literature is due

11/01

Persuasive Letter, Aztecs, Galileo

Galileo Web (from week 9)

 

11/08

Persuasive Letter, Geography of Mexico, Meso-American Art

Inca Learning Master (from week 10)

 

11/15

Persuasive Letter, Casey at the Bat, Meso-American Art

Poetry Analysis of Casey at the Bat (from week 11)

 

11/29

Persuasive Letter, Maps, Casey at the Bat poem

Scholastic Maps Workbook – Pgs. 12-13 (from week 12)

 

12/06

Persuasive Letter, Renaissance,  Classification System

Learning Master: History of the Indies (from week 13)

In class Persuasive Letter is due

12/13

Begin writing story, Renaissance, Sayings and Phrases review

Don Quixote Comprehension Questions (from week 14)

 

12/20

Story writing, cells, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Leonardo daVinci

Santa Maria del Fiore (from week 16)

Bring in Midsummer Night’s Dream book from kit.

01/10

Story, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Renaissance Art

Nothing due

 

01/17

Story, Reformation & Gutenberg

Midsummer Night’s Dream Summary (from week 18)