August 31 - Growth Mindset

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome back and happy Friday!  Sorry that I am out today but I have no doubt that you will have a great day!  Today in class we will be taking a quick break from our regular programing and discuss the concept of Growth Mindset.  This is a powerful concept that if you genuinely apply to your lives you may find that you are capable of many more things than you initially believed.  I hope you find it enlightening!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Discuss the importance of having a growth mindset
2. Create a poster/infographic displaying the difference between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset

Agenda:

1. History Today
2. View and Discuss: Growth vs. Fixed Mindset
3. Poster Creation: Growth vs. Fixed Mindset
4. HTC #3

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for the day folks!  Take care and have a fabulous weekend!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-31-2018 PPT

August 30 - Finish Five Themes Discussion and Start Fairy Tale Project

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome back and great to see you all!  Today in class we will finish our discussion of the Five Themes of Geography (as needed) and then we will be starting our first major project, the Fairy Tale Project!  This is by far one of my favorite projects that we will do this year.  It is fun, informative, and creative.  I am excited to start working on it today!  I hope that you are all excited and ready to go!  Let's do this!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Create a fairytale book set in the geographic setting of a foreign country and aligned to the 5 themes of Geography

Agenda:

1. History Today
2. Intro: Fairytale Project
1. Assign Teams
2. Assign Countries
3. Start Work!
3. CFU on Directions

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for the day ladies and gentlemen.  I hope that you find this project exciting and fun (like I do!).  Take care and have a great evening!  Remember that I will not be here tomorrow so enjoy the rally!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-30-2018 PPT

August 28 - Introduce 5 Themes of Geography

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome back and great to see you after the weekend!  I hope that you all had a great one!  Today in class we will begin taking a look at our first main content unit, the Five Themes of Geography!  This is a nice place to start our year as the Five Themes will play a major role in most of our future discussions in this class.  Today we will begin to go over the information and set our base of knowledge for the semester.  Let's do this!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Work collaboratively to create a map of the world in under 10 minutes
2. Define the 5 Themes of Geography and provide an example of each theme

Agenda:

1. Table Group Activity: Map of the World
2. Discuss: 5 Themes of Geography
3. HTC

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for the day ladies and gentlemen!  I hope that you enjoyed our first class discussion.  Take care and have a wonderful weekend!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-28-2018 PPT

Assembly Schedule today

August 23 - Google Drive Instruction Day 4 Presentations

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome back and great to see you all!  This is our last day for the week and today we will be presenting our partners to the class!  This is a great way for us to get to know each other and I am very much looking forward to seeing your skills with Google Slideshow and Presentations.  Please do your best to follow the presentation guidelines in order to demonstrate best practices.  Let's get it done!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Present information about a peer using Google Presentation and best practices of presenting

Agenda:

1. Quick Discussion: Presentation Guidelines
2. Presentation: "About Me"
1. Presentation Rubric

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for the day folks!  I am happy with the progress we have made this week.  Take care and have a great weekend!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-23-2018 PPT

August 21 - Google Drive Instruction Day 3

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome back and great to see you!  Today in class we will be working practicing Google Slideshow and then creating a presentation introducing our partner, using their About Me Paragraph as a source to provide the necessary information.  This should be a fun way to get to know more people in the class as well as let me get to know you all better!  I am excited to see how you work together as well as your slideshow skills!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Create a presentation using Google Apps and give an oral presentation

Agenda:

1. History Today #3
2. Discuss Google Presentation
3. Presentation Creation: "About Me"
1. Presentation Rubric
4. Presentation Tutorial: Presentation on Presentations

Homework:

1. Finish Presentation

That's all for the day ladies and gentlemen!  I hope that you were able to be productive and get everything done!  Take care and have a great evening!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-21-2018 PPT

August 20 - Google Drive Instruction Day 2

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome back from your first weekend of high school!  Today in class we will be continuing to develop and practice our skills with Google Suites.  In particular you will get some time to finish your Paragraph About You (if you haven't already) and then we will be working on Drive organization and talking about the 5Cs.  Let's do this!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Create folders and subfolders in Google Drive in order to practice proper file organization
2. Discuss 21st Century Skills

Agenda:

1. History Today #2
2. Catch Up: Paragraph About Me
3. File Organization: Google Drive
4. Discuss: 21st Century Skills

Homework:

1. NONE
2. (Any late work in Google Classroom?)

That's all for the day ladies and gentlemen!  I hope you have a great rest of your day and take care!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-20-2018 PPT

August 16 - Google Drive Instruction

Hello ladies and gentlemen!

Welcome back!  Today in class we will spend some time setting ourselves up and reviewing how to use Google Drive Apps and we will practice using them!  We will be meeting some new people today!  I am excited to be working with you all for our first block period together!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Access docs, understand procedures and practice the functionality of Chrome Books and Google Drive

Agenda:

1. History Today #1
2. Discuss: Google Drive and Chrome Books
3. Practice: Google Docs
4. Start: About Me Paragraph
5. HTC #1

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that your first week has gone well and that you are adjusting to high school ok.  Take care and have a great weekend everyone!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-16-2018 PPT

August 15 - First Day of School

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome to your first day of high school!  I am excited to meet you all and start our journey together this year.  This should be good!  Today in class we will be doing some basic stuff.  We will first introduce ourselves and then we will spend a little time going over the syllabus, you will find that MOST of your teachers will do this today so it might be a pretty boring day hahahah!  Let's do this everyone!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Discuss the design of the class and the class requirements

Agenda:

1. Find your seat (desk number)
2. Introduction: Who is Mr. Marchetti?
3. Review Syllabus (due August 16)
4. Worktime: Homework

Homework:

1. Buy Composition book
2. Get Syllabus Signatures due tomorrow!
3. Submit Sample Assignment to Google Classroom
1. Google Classroom Class Codes
1. 1st Period - dhw9vy
2. 3rd Period - 5wc01t
3. 5th Period - 1uztt

That's all for today ladies and gentlemen!  I hope that everyone is doing well and has a great first day of school!  Take care and have a wonderful evening!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-15-2018 PPT

Google Class Codes

1st Period

3rd Period

5th Period