Friday, August 30, 2019

Friday Aug 30th day 13

5 Themes of Geography Start

Step 1 we will build the test form for the 5 themes test this week.

We will assign you your groups for the 5 themes project.
Here's what you should decide on today:
1. Which student is doing which theme fo the project.
2. Decide on a style guide for the project. (What colors shapes, text style, and size, etc will be used for th project.
See below two resources, including the directions page

Design Principles

5 Themes Project Directions



Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Wednesday & Thursday Aug 28th & 29th Days 11 & 12


Google Slides/5 Themes of Geography

A great video of the features of Google drive presentation can be seen by following this link ( Presentation tool in Drive) (it may be a little dated)
(this is not an assignment, just a resource if you are interested in getting more info)
A great video that explains the important design principles in making a presentation. There are additional directions to this video that explain certain features that are advanced, so pay close attention to this first few minutes and the ending summary ( design principles )
5 Themes of Geography Presentation (this will be used to build your 5 themes Project, AND is what your first test will cover)
IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT -
Textbook Page 42 Q's 1-6

5 Themes presentation
5 Themes Project



Monday, August 26, 2019

Monday and Tuesday Aug 26th & 27th Days 9 & 10

Current Events - 

We will conduct our 1st Current Event activity of the year

Google Slides Introduction -

Google Slides/Grit

The next tool you will be introduced to is Google Slides. 1st I will demonstrate the various tools within Slides, then we will have you build a sample slide using the various tools available.

challenge slide for Google Slides (after slides demo)

Growth Mindset and Grit

Once that is finished we will watch a short video from Angela Duckworth
Video about Grit -Grit vid
Video Open Mindset - (vid)


Start the 5 Themes Project
5 Themes Of Geography - Chapter 1 Section #1 Pages 35-42, Answer Questions #1-6 on Page 42

Intro to 5 Themes Project





Thursday, August 22, 2019

Thursday & Friday Aug 22nd & 23rd Days 7 & 8

"4 Paragraphs about me" share-out

Skills Objective: 
*Each student will be able to access their drive, open a new Doc, and share their work with a classmate.
*Each student will be able to use the commenting/sharing tool within Google Docs to provide commentary on their classmate's story.

5 Themes Of Geography - Chapter 1 Section #1 Pages 35-42, Answer Questions #1-6 on Page 42

Current Events - 

The class will fill in the 1st Current Event story of the year together (using a current event story of your selection). Secondly, we will use Google MyMaps to record the location of your 1st Current Event stories.

CURRENT EVENTS #1 & #2 WILL BE DUE BY THIS SUNDAY NIGHT BY 11:59 PM

On Monday's (of next week) we will have our 1st Current Event Monday.  The stories should be "news-worthy" meaning it's not something that would only be shown on TMZ or a gossip magazine/website.

Rally Schedule Next Week

(for Monday and Tuesday of next week)

Google Slides Introduction -

Google Slides/Grit

The next tool you will be introduced to is Google Slides. 1st I will demonstrate the various tools within Slides, then we will have you build a sample slide using the various tools available.

challenge slide for Google Slides (after slides demo)

Growth Mindset and Grit

Each student will take the Grit "test" to see where they place along the grit scale.
Grit Worksheet - ( grit worksheet )

Once that is finished we will watch a short video from Angela Duckworth
Video about Grit -Grit vid
Video Open Mindset - (vid)

Start the 5 Themes Project




Monday, August 19, 2019

Monday Aug 19th Day 4

Textbook check-out 




Assignment sheet set-up... here is the formula for auto-grade display (place this formula in the 1st cell of the Grade column. Once in place copy it down the length of the sheet to include all assignments)




=index({0,"F";60,"D-";64,"D";67,"D+";70,"C-";74,"C";77,"C+";80,"B-";84,"B";87,"B+";90,"A-";94,"A";97,"A+"},match(G2*100,index({0,"F";60,"D-";64,"D";67,"D+";70,"C-";74,"C";77,"C+";80,"B-";84,"B";87,"B";90,"A-";94,"A";97,"A+"},0,1)),2)



Let's find out about you....



Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Thursday and Friday Aug 15th & 16th Days 2 & 3

Course Syllabus -
Here is the form that includes a copy of the class syllabus as well as your acknowledgment to its expectations. Please read the syllabus carefully and fill-in the form with the appropriate information.
This form should be completed by both you and ( at least ) one of your parent(s) and or guardian(s).

World Cultures 1,2

This is the Classroom Blog - you will log-in to this site each day when you arrive. http://gilliswc.blogspot.com/

(Monday’s ) - these are shorter days the bell schedule changes on Monday’s. Monday’s are known as Mapping and Current Event Monday’s. Each Monday you will search and write a summary about two current events. There is a  Current Events Template that you will use to write-up your current event story.
In addition, you will establish a MyMaps (from mymaps.google.com) world map to place the location of your current event.






Finish Intro presentation - 

Chromebook process of checkout and check-in
Chromebook/SJUSD  login

Step 1. Join Google Classroom
Step 2. organize your Drive and set it up for the semester


Setting up file structure for your sjusd acct - File Structure


Assignment sheet set-up... here is the formula for auto-grade display (place this formula in the 1st cell of the Grade column. Once in place copy it down the length of the sheet to include all assignments)




=index({0,"F";60,"D-";64,"D";67,"D+";70,"C-";74,"C";77,"C+";80,"B-";84,"B";87,"B+";90,"A-";94,"A";97,"A+"},match(G2*100,index({0,"F";60,"D-";64,"D";67,"D+";70,"C-";74,"C";77,"C+";80,"B-";84,"B";87,"B";90,"A-";94,"A";97,"A+"},0,1)),2)


4 Paragraphs about me assignment - Link (start Monday if we don't get to it in class)


Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Wednesday Aug 14th Day 1

Course Syllabus -
Here is the form that includes a copy of the class syllabus as well as your acknowledgment to its expectations. Please read the syllabus carefully and fill-in the form with the appropriate information.
This form should be completed by both you and ( at least ) one of your parent(s) and or guardian(s).

World Cultures 1,2

This is the Classroom Blog - you will log-in to this site each day when you arrive. http://gilliswc.blogspot.com/

(Monday’s ) - these are shorter days the bell schedule changes on Monday’s. Monday’s are known as Mapping and Current Event Monday’s. Each Monday you will search and write a summary about two current events. There is a  Current Events Template that you will use to write-up your current event story.
In addition, you will establish a MyMaps (from mymaps.google.com) world map to place the location of your current event.


(Tuesday's-Friday's) These are block days. After your table group has retrieved the chromebooks, logon toyour sjusd acct, and go to the class blog for daily activities/assignments/etc
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Today we will get temporary seating assignments, go over the course syllabus, classroom expectations, procedures, etc, etc.


Each day students will go to the chromecart as a table group. Each student is assigned a Chromebook based on your seat number.
Students will never get their chromecart when they enter the room, it will always be as a table group
You will log-in and access the class blog - SJUSD student log-in


We will also be using Google Classroom for assignment submission (if the assignment is electronic in nature) On the class blog are the class codes for Google Classroom.

My contact: sgillis@sjusd.org