August 30 - Fairytale Project Day 1

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome and great to see all you beautiful people!  Today in class we will be talking about Growth Mindset and you will get time to work on your projects!.  We also have our rally today so I hope that everyone is ready for some fun activities and school spirit!  I know I am!  Let's get down to business!  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 #5
2. Workday #1 - Fairytale Project

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that you enjoyed the rally!  Take care and have a great weekend!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-20-2019 PPT

August 28-29 - Intro to Fairytale Project

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome and great to see all you amazing folks!  Today in class we will be introducing and going over all of the directions for the Fairytale Project!  This is one of my favorite projects and I am excited to see you all create some amazing work!  Should be lots of fun!  Let's get down to business!  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 #5
2. Intro: Fairytale Project
1. Assign Teams
2. Assign Countries
3. Start Work
4. Resource Websites
1. CIA World Fact Book (BEST RESOURCE!)
2. Culture Crossing
3. Global Edge
4. BBC Country Profiles
3. CFU on Directions

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for the day folks!  Rally on Friday!  Huzzah!  I hope that everyone is having a good week!  Take care and have a great evening!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-28-2019 PPT

August 26-27 - Introduce 5 Themes of Geography

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome and great to see you all you beautiful people!  Today in class we will be jumping into our first major subject!  We will be taking our first set of notes and also practicing some freehand mapping skills!  Should be a fun start to a rally week!  Let's get down to business!  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 #2

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that you are doing well so far and enjoying the start of high school!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-26-2019 PPT

August 22 & 23 - Google Drive Instruction Day 4 (Presentations)

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome and great to see all you amazing people!  Today in class we will be presenting our introductions of our partners!  This is a great way for us to all get to know each other, also great to help me learn all your names!  I am excited to see what everyone produced!  I hope that you are all enjoying your high school experience so far!  Let's get down to business!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

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

Agenda:

1. Quick Discussion: Presentation Guidelines
2. Presentation "Introduce your partner"

Homework:

1. NONE
2. 2nd Period turn in handbook forms on Friday!

That's  all for today folks!  I hope that you had a great week!  I can't wait to see you again next week!  Take care and have a fabulous weekend!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-22-2019 PPT

August 20 & 21 - Google Drive Instruction Day 3

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome and great to see all you beautiful people!  Today in class we will be practicing with Google Slideshows and also demonstrating proper presentation skills.  Time permitting you will begin creating a presentation to introduce your partner to the class!  Should be lots of fun and interesting stuff!  I hope that everyone is grooving so far with high school and enjoying your classes!  Let's get down to business!  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 Slideshow
3. Presentation Creation: Introduce your Partner!
4. Presentation Tutorial: Presentation on Presentations

Homework:

1. Finish your Presentation!
2. 2nd Period Turn in Handbook forms on Friday!

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that everyone is working well so far and enjoying the start to your high school career!  Take care and have a fantastic evening!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-20-2019 PPT

August 19 - Google Drive Instruction Day 2

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome and great to see you amazing people!  Today in class we will continue working with our Google Doc and Drive instruction.  We will have some time to wrap up the Paragraph about me (if you didn't yet finish and make comments) and then we will work on file organization and finally (time permitting) we will discuss the 5 C's and talk about reflection!  Lots going on today!  Hope you are ready for your second week of high school!  Let's get down to business!  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

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that everyone is enjoying the start of their second week!  Take care and have a great evening!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-19-2019 PPT

August 15/16 - Google Drive Instruction Day 1

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome and great to see you all again!  Today in class we will be working with some of the basic Google Drive skills necessary to succeed in this course.  We will be focusing our attention on using Google Documents today and then you will be practicing those skills by writing a paragraph about your self!  Should be a nice fun and easy day!  Let's get down to business!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

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

Agenda:

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

Homework:

1. Finish Paragraph about Me

That's all for the day folks!  You have finished your first week of high school!  Huzzah!  I hope that it has not been too overwhelming to start for you all.  We will be continuing to build our Google Application skills next week.  Take care and have a fabulous weekend!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-15-2019 PPT

August 14 - First Day of School!

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Welcome to high school!  I am so excited to see everyone and be one of your very first teachers of your high school career!  Today in class we will be just covering the basics, we will introduce myself, we will go over the course and the classroom rules, and (time permitting) we will be starting our first basic activity to get us going for the next few days.  I am so excited!  I hope that everyone is ready for an awesome first day of high school!  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 (find your desk number)
2. Introduction: Who is Mr. Marchetti?
3. Review Syllabus (due tomorrow!)

Homework:

1. Buy composition book
2. Get syllabus signed (due next class period)
3. Submit Test Assignment to Google Classroom
1. 0 Period Class Code - 3xi4k2
2. 2 Period Class Code - seq7yf
3. 4 Period Class Code - m5mrryn
4. 5 Period Class Code - f707my

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that everyone had a great first day and I hope that everyone is making a smooth transition into your high school career.  I can't wait to see you all again soon!  Take care and have a great rest of your day!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

8-14-2019 PPT