November 30 - Etiquette Comparative Paragraph

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we will be taking the information we have been working with for the past couple of weeks and writing a comparative paragraph.  This continues our workshops on developing our writing skills!  Remember that these are important to improve!  I look forward to working with you all to get better!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Create a comparative paragraph that analyzes the similarities and differences of etiquette between two countries

Agenda:

1. History Today #28
2. Writing: Comparative Paragraph
1. Compare and Contrast Paragraph Template
3. HTC #15

Homework:

1. Submit Paragraph to Google Classroom

That's all for the day ladies and gentlemen!  I hope that you all enjoyed and did your best work today!  Our Football team plays for the CCS Championship this weekend so come out and support us if you can.  Take care and have a wonderful weekend!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-30-2017 PPT

November 28 - Etiquette Gallery Walk

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we will be doing our Gallery Walk of your Etiquette presentations.  You will need to use the graphic organizers to take notes on the different presentations.  This information will lead us to writing a comparative paragraph on Thursday.  Keep up the good work ladies and gentlemen!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objective:

1. Collect information that was created by their peers in order to write a compare and contrast paragraph

Agenda:

1. Gallery Walk: Etiquette
1. Etiquette Notetaking Guide
2. HTC
3. Analysis of Etiquette: Whole Class Practice
1. Comparative Paragraph Template

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for the day ladies and gentlemen!  I hope that you have enjoyed learning about different cultures!  Great to see you all today!  Take care and have a great evening!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-28-2017 PPT

November 27 - Culture Quiz

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we have our Culture Quiz!  If you have been on top of your notes and studied this should be an easy one!  We are moving along everyone!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed Thanksgiving!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Demonstrate knowledge about culture with an emphasis on its definition, how it is exemplified, and cultural interactions

Agenda:

1. Recap: Culture
2. Quiz: Culture

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for the day ladies and gentlemen!  I hope that you feel good about your work so far!  We will be doing our Gallery Walk presentations tomorrow!  I look forward to seeing them all!  Take care and have a great evening!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-27-2017 PPT

November 22 - Finish Etiquette

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we will be finishing our Etiquette Projects!  Its also a minimum day and thanksgiving tomorrow!  Should be a pretty chill day.  Make sure your projects are good to go and ready to turn in!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Discuss how cultures interact
2. Examine the cultural practices of etiquette through online research and the creation of a digital presentation

Agenda:

1. History Today #27
2. Finish Etiquette Project

Homework:

1. Culture Quiz on Monday!

That's all for today ladies and gentlemen!  Have a great long four day weekend!  Take care!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-22-2017 PPT

November 21 - Continue Culture and Etiquette

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we will be continuing our discussion of culture and we will also continue working on our Etiquette Project.  This is a nice short week because of thanksgiving so let's do it!  I hope that you all had wonderful weekends!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Discuss how cultures interact
2. Examine the cultural practices of etiquette through online research and the creation of a digital presentation

Agenda:

1. Discuss: Culture
1. How cultures interact
2. Activity: Etiquette Project
1. Etiquette Project Directions
2. List of Countries for Etiquette Project
1. Resources
1. Swissotel Etiquette Map
2. Commisceo Country Guide
3. Kwintessential Country Profiles
3. HTC #13

Homework:

1. Etiquette Project Presentation (be prepared to refine it Wednesday)

That's all for today ladies and gentlemen!  I hope that you feel good about your Etiquette Projects!  Take care and have a wonderful day!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-17-2017 PPT

November 16 - Discuss Culture and Etiquette

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we will continue discussing culture and then we will also be starting our Etiquette project.  This stuff is fascinating and can lead to some great discussions.  In particular our HT is pretty fun!  Hope you have all had a fun week!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Analyze etiquette of another country and create a PPT to illustrate its cultural differences

Agenda:

1. History Today #26
2. Discuss: Culture
1. How it is exemplified!
3. Activity:  Etiquette Project
1. Etiquette Project Directions
2. List of Countries for Etiquette Project
1. Resources
1. Swissotel Etiquette Map
2. Commisceo Country Guide
3. Kwintessential Country Profiles 

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for today ladies and gentlemen!  Hope you have a spectacular weekend!  Take care folks!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-16-2017 PPT

Weekly Announcements

November 14 - Introduce Culture Unit

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we will be introducing our new unit on culture.  This is a pretty interesting deviation from some of what we have studied lately.  We will begin focusing more primarily on the people around us, as well as examining our own personal and family lives.  Should be fun!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objective:

1. Analyze the different aspects of culture through a lecture/discussion and examining our own personal and national culture

Agenda:

1. History Today #25
2. Discuss: Culture
1. What it is!
3. Activity: Personal Culture
1. Culture Worksheet #1
2. Culture Worksheet #2
4. HTC #10

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for today ladies and gentlemen!  I hope that you found today interesting and you learned something new!  Always great to see you all!  Take care and have a great evening!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-14-2017 PPT

November 13 - CE and Biomes Quiz

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we will be taking our Columbian Exchange and Biomes quiz!  Woohoo!  This should be a relatively easy quiz and hopefully not too stressful!  Big congratulations to our Boys and Girls Waterpolo teams who won CCS championships this weekend!  Also congrats to the Football team getting the #1 seed in the CCS D4 playoffs, we rematch Willow Glen this Friday here at Leland.  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Respond to select response questions about the Columbian Exchange and Biomes

Agenda:

1. CE and Biomes Quiz

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for today ladies and gentlemen.  I hope that you had a great weekend!  It was so wonderful seeing you all again today after our three day weekend!  Take care and have a wonderful evening!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-13-2017 PPT

November 9 - Intro Workshop Day 2

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we will be completing our Introductory Writing Workshop.  I hope that you do your best to make sure that your work is at its best effort.  This is our last day together until next week so lets make it a good one!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Write an introduction paragraph in response to the unit question using Google Docs technology and a peer review process

Agenda:

1. History Today #23
2. Workshop: Intro Writing
1. Intro Writing Sample
3. Finish the Intro Writing Activity early? --> EXTRA CREDIT!!!!
1. Choose a Comic book available in class
1. Must choose a whole story
1. Either a trade (collection of stories)
2. Or a series of issues that make up a story
2. Read it!!!
3. Write a one (or more) page refection on what you read.  Answer the questions below
1. Why did you choose this comic book?
2. Summarize the story.
3. What did you learn while reading?
4. How does the combination of pictures and words make good literature?
5. Would you try reading a comic again?  Why?
4. DUE MONDAY
1. Remember that Extra Credit Points are completely subjective and may or may not be applied to your grade depending on the quality of your work 😜

Trade Paper Backs

Series of Issues that Make up a story

Homework:

1. CE and Biomes Quiz on Monday!

That's all for the day ladies and gentlemen!  Hope you have a great three day weekend!  I look forward to seeing you all again on Monday!  Take care!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-9-2017 PPT

Weekly Announcements

November 7 - Intro Workshop Day 1

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we will begin our Introductory Writing Workshop.  This workshop will help develop your ability to write a strong thesis statement as well as develop an introductory paragraph.  It is always wonderful to see you all!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objective:

1. Write an introduction paragraph in response to the unit level question using Google Docs technology and a peer review process

Agenda:

1. History Today #22
2. Workshop: Intro Writing
1. Intro Writing Sample

Homework:

1. CE and Biomes Quiz on Monday!

That's all for today ladies and gentlemen!  Hope you had a strong start to the introductory writing task!  Hope that you have a wonderful day and take care!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-7-2017 PPT

November 2 - Content Review and Course Question

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we will be spending some time finishing any extent work from the past few days and then also reviewing semester content as well as our Course level question.  This should be a very productive day for us all!  It involves a great deal of metacognition regarding what we have done, what we are doing, and what we will be doing.  Hope you are all having a great day!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Design an essay prompt that connects the content learned thus far this semester

Agenda:

1. History Today #21
2. Work time:
1. Reading and Summary
3. Review: Semester Content
4. Discuss: Course Level Question
5. HTC

Homework:

1. Submit Google Classroom work

That's all for today ladies and gentlemen!  Hope you found this day interesting and productive!  We will continue working with this stuff next week.  Take care and have a great evening!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

11-2-2017 PPT