John Hughes
Email me at hughesj4@ocps.net
Geography
Room number 104
Voice Mail 416
Team Rules 
Syllabus Course Outline Homework Daily Questions
- Be ready to start on time. This means have all materials ready and be in your seat when the bell rings.
- Tardy: Three tardies will result in a disciplinary action.
- Chewing Gum: Chewing gum is not allowed at Maitland Middle School.
- Food of any type is not allowed in the classroom.
- Materials: You are expected to bring all necessary materials to class each day. DO NOT bring any unnecessary articles to class. They will be taken and only returned to your parent or guardian.
- BOOK BAGS and BACKPACKS will be permitted in class if you keepthem under your desk. You have a locker to keep your books and personal belongings.
- Behavior:
- You are in school to learn. Each student has a right to the best possible education. If you are talking to other students, or in any way disrupting the class you are interfering with another student’s rights to learn.
- Observe classroom courtesy by respecting the rights of others. Stay in your space, leave other students and their belongings alone.
- Raise your hand for permission to talk.
- Be attentive.
8. Horseplay in the classroom will not be tolerated. Each classroom has computers, overhead projectors, and other expensive equipment which can easily be broken. Serious injury to you or other students is possible.
9. Bathroom: You will be allowed 2 (two) free passes per nine weeks. After your two free bathroom passes, you will be given a lunch detention to makeup lost class time.
Disciplinary actions will include but not be limited to lunch detentions, essays or parent notification and/or administrative referrals.
Team Rules Syllabus Course Outline Homework
Materials: you will need two portfolios: one for homework papers, etc. and one for your geography notebook. It should have 3 prongs for your papers. You will also need a small ruler, colored pencils or markers, a red pen and a compass.
Geography Notebook: This notebook will be for your classwork. Each notebook will have a table of contents listing the order of the work completed. The notebook will be graded at the end of each 9 weeks. Each completed page will count two (2) points. If you have a page in your notebook that has not been completed it will count one (1) point. If a page is missing it is counted as zero (0) points.
Tests: Each chapter test will have between 20 and 35 questions. Each map test will have 15 to 25 questions.
Homework: Homework will normally (but not always) be given twice a week; assigned on Monday or Tuesday for that week. Homework assignments will be written on the marker board on the door. If homework is turned in late, your grade on that assignment may be reduced by 25 %. In order to receive credit for late homework you must come in before school, after school or at lunch time to grade your work and you must have a written reason why it is late (complete sentence). If you are absent you will have the same amount of time to complete your work when you return as the rest of the class. When you turn in work after being absent you need to write absent on the top of your paper.
Daily Questions: Each day at the beginning of class you will have two questions to copy and answer during the first 5 minutes of class. If you are absent you will still be responsible for the daily questions. You can get them from a friend or see me when you return. You may use your text to help you answer the questions. The questions will be graded and collected the day of the test.
Directions for Daily Questions: Number each question, put the date in the margin of your paper. Copy each question. Your answer should be on a separate line and underlined. Skip a line between questions.
Grading: A total point system of grading will be used. Each question has the same value (weight). For example Chapter 1 might have 30 homework questions, 30 classwork questions and a 30 question test. Your final grade would be approximately 1/3 homework, 1/3 classwork and 1/3 test. The grading will not always be exact same number of questions for homework, classwork and test.
Paper Heading: Each paper you turn in should have the following information on the top right corner of your paper.
Name: your first and last name
Period Number
Date
Assignment Name (example: Chapter 1 Daily questions,
H/W page 122 # 1-4)
If you want to ask or answer a question in class please raise your hand.
If you have any questions or problems remember, I am here to help you.
Student: ______________________________ Date:___________
Parent: ______________________________ Date:___________
Team Rules Syllabus Course Outline Homework
| 1st 9 Weeks |
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| 2nd 9 Weeks | Europe continued
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| 3rd 9 Weeks |
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| 4th 9 Weeks |
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Team Rules Syllabus Course Outline Homework
Homework Schedule
2007-2008.
H/W due August 28
Current event
Due August 31
Pick one place in the US you have visited or want to visit. Write a 2-5 paragraph telling what you what you did or what you want to do. You need a picture, map, flag from that place.
Pick one place outside the US. Provide the same information.
Due Sept 6
pg fl 45 # 1-2, pg fl 47 # 1-2, fl pg 49 # 1-2
Due Sept 7
Current Event (use current event w/s)
Foundations Daily Questions
Directions: Write each question. Skip a line between questions. Underline your answer.
1. Building the Altamonte Mall was an example of which of the Five Themes of Geography?
2. The spread of goods, people and ideas from one location to another is an example of _______.
3.The earth is titled _____ on its axis.
4.The northern hemisphere receives the greatest number of hours of sunlight when the sun is directly over the ______.
5.A small unit of measure on the globe stands for a large unit of measure
on the earth. This is an example of _____.(FL 48-49)
6. All lines of longitude come together at the _____ and _____. (FL 48-49)
7. A Mercator map shows the correct shape and direction, but it distorts ____ and _____. (Pg FL50-51)
8.On an equal area map what part of the map has the greatest distortion? Pg FL 50-51)
9. What is the purpose of a compass Rose? (Pg FL 52-53)
10. What part of a map would show airports, points of interest and parks? (FL 52-53)
11. _____ shows how quickly land rises or falls. FL 54-55
12. Maps that have symbols and labels for capitals, cities and towns are ________. FL 54-55.
Vocabulary Foldable
Directions: The words in the list below are important key terms. Write each word and the definition in your own words. You will use a tri-fold to complete this project. Fold the paper in from the left margin 1 ¼ inches. Fold the paper on the right side to meet with the left fold. On the first layer (right) you will write the vocabulary word. Under the flap you will write the definition. Under the left flap you will draw a picture that will remind you of the definition.
1. geography—the study of Earth and its people
2. cardinal directions—the directions north, east, south, or west
3. latitude/parallel—the distance north or south of Earth’s Equator, in degrees
4. longitude/meridian—the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, in degrees
5. hemisphere—a half of Earth
6. scale—relative size, shows distance on a map
7. distortion—all maps have distortion or loss of accuracy
8. projection—a way to show the Earth on a flat surface (a map)
9. compass rose—a diagram of a compass showing direction
10. key—the section of a map that explains the symbols and colors on the map
11. prime meridian—divides the earth into eastern and western hemisphere.
12. globe a scale model of the earth
13. axis—an imaginary line through Earth between the North and South poles, around which the earth turns
Good Luck!!
Have a great year!