Welcome 2017-2018 Parents & Students!

Dear Parents,
I hope you all had a relaxing and fun summer vacation with your kiddos. I would like to extend an official welcome to each family represented in my class. I am very excited to have the opportunity to influence your child this year. To make the year a successful one, I hope that each of us (parents, teacher, and student) can work together as a team. You are always encouraged to share in your child’s education. I have provided some information regarding this years expectations and classroom information below. 

Ms. Buck’s Rules and Procedures:

RULES:

1. Stay on task at all times. #nofreedays
2. Wait for permission to speak or to get out of your seat unless it’s an emergency. #chillout
3. NO electronic devices permitted unless given permission. #notexting #notweeting #nopictures
4. Follow directions the first time they are given to you. #notaparrot
5. Use ONLY school appropriate language. #classynottrashy
6. Respect others and their property. #benice #goldenrule #youbreakyoubuy
7. Clean up after yourself and your peers. #notyourmaid

PROCEDURES:

1. Do not wait to be told to get busy. Start warm up as soon as you get in class.
2. Learn something NEW every day & keep a POSITIVE mindset.
3. Arrive on time. Do not be tardy.
4. Complete ALL work, a low grade is better than no grade.
5. Exhibit behaviors which permit the teacher to teach and others to learn without an interruption.
   

   
   

   Grading & Late Work Policy

   Please refer to the Peet Jr. High School Student Handbook

   Grading Scale:     A:90-100%      B:80-89%    C:70-79% D:60-69%       F:50% & Below

   
   

   Ms. Buck’s Tips for Success:

   -Check Ms. Buck’s webpage OFTEN!!!

   -Use your planner and copy the agenda for the week into it every Monday.

   -Visit my symbaloo for my recommended resources and more: http://eduiphone.symbaloo.com/mix/bucksenglishclass

   -Online Student Textbook:  Phlitonline.com Username: Peetcubs2014 Password: Peetcubs1

   
   Remind 101:  

   What is it?  

   The best way to keep up to date on ELAR class: (test info, homework, etc). Teachers text reminders to students & parents.

   How do we sign up?

   1st Period:Text @buck1s to 81010

   2nd Period:Text @buck2n to 81010

   4th Period:Text @buck4t to 81010

   6th Period:Text @buck6t to 81010

   7th Period:Text @buck7t to 81010

   Stay on Top of Things!

   Check parent/student access often to set goals, & assess progress.  

   * Z = uncompleted assignments you are responsible for

   
   

   * X = assignments that you are not responsible to make-up.

   This sends a message to you and home that you are or you are not doing your part.  If you start to fall behind, ask for help ASAP!

   Required Supplies:

   Everyone needs these:

   - Black or blue ink pens

   - 2 Composition Notebooks
   - Vocabulary Workbook
   
   
   

   -Supplies listed for your class period only:
   1st Period: 1 large bottle of hand sanitizer & a box of kleenex
   2nd Period: 1 boxes of kleenex & pens
   4th Period: 1 pkg. of map pencils
   6th Period: 1 pkg. of large sticky notes & expo markers
   7th Period: 2 rolls of tape & 1 pkg. of sticky notes

   ***Pre-AP: Required Novels you must buy for outside reading: The Hound of Baskervilles, And Then There Were None, Treasure Island, The Pearl

Parent Access

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Parent Access

Parent Response Form

Please click on the link below to access and complete the parent form.

Ms. Buck's Parent Response Form

Holocaust Web Quest

The time period when Hitler was in power in Germany was a time filled with heartache and many terrible events. There were many reasons why things happened the way they did, and why Hitler and the Nazi party was not stopped sooner. I want you to discover some of the historical setting of the play we are going to read together about Anne Frank.

Visit the following sites, and answer all the questions in complete sentences on a separate piece of paper.

What is genocide?

1. Define "genocide" in your own words.

2. When we refer to the "holocaust", what time period are we talking about?

Hitler Comes to Power

3. What levels of German society were most drawn to Hitler and the Nazi Party?

Nazi Racism

4. What was Hitler's term for the "master race"? Describe this type of person.

5. What types of German citizens were victims of the Nazi Party?

Anti-Semitism

6. Define anti-Semitism.

7. When did it begin?

8. What other nations treated Jews as scapegoats (blamed them for some trouble)?

The Nuremberg Laws

9. According to the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, how did the German government decide if someone was Jewish?

10. What did the German government require of Jews in German society?

 

Kristallnacht: The Night of Broken Glass

11. What happened on November 9, 1938? What caused the violence?

Refugee Map

12. Many Jews escaped Germany during this time. What countries accepted the most Jewish refugees?

Evian Conference

13. Why did the US not allow entrance to more refugees before WWII?

The Final Solution

14. What was the goal of the "Final Solution?"

Ghettos

15. How many ghettos existed in German occupied territories?

16. Describe the largest ghetto.

Abe's Story: Kutno Ghetto

17. Describe the picture and say how people are treated.

Abe's Story: Conditions Worsen

18. Describe how the conditions worsened.

19. What does Abe do? Where does he go? Why?

Concentration Camps

20. What were the first Nazi concentration camps?
21.  What was the primary purpose of these camps?

Forced Labor Camps

22. Describe what happens to most "workers".

Death Camps

23. What happened at most of these camps?

Death Marches

24. Why were people forced to go on "death marches"?

Family Photograph

25. Create your own caption for this photo. Describe what the family is doing and where they are going.

Remember

26. Choose two images from this site. Include their title and a description of each picture.

Liberation

27. When the Soviet soldiers liberated Auschwitz Death Camp, how many shoes did they find?

Survivors

28. Describe one hardship survivors had to face.

A Survivor's Prayer: A Poem

29. Read the poem, and summarize what it is about in a few sentences.

Importance of teaching about the Holocaust

30. If you were going to teach others about the importance of studying the holocaust, what would you include?

Now it's time to look a little closer at the life of Anne Frank. Visit the Anne Frank Museum to learn more about how she grew up. Read each section and take careful note of the pictures that accompany the text.

List five things you learned about Anne Frank.

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36.  Describe the room/building that the Franks stayed in.

37.  Who else lived with the Franks?

Greek Mythology Webquest

Monkey's Paw & Landlady short stories

Click on the following links to access the short stories:

http://americanliterature.com/author/w-w-jacobs/short-story/the-monkeys-paw

https://thevirtualneal.wikispaces.com/file/view/Landlady.pdf

Zondle App

Zondle is a FREE website which enables you to use games to support learning.
Download the app or go to the Zondle website and join my class to help study/review vocabulary and important skills.
Ms. Buck's class code is 43375-106779