1. 2015-2016 HONORS WORLD HISTORY 9 MICHOLE MATTIX MATTIXM@EDMONDS.WEDNET.EDU

2.  Semester long course  District requires 3.5 years of Social Studies  Honors designation:  Prepare students for future AP (Advanced Placement) classes  Opportunity to earn college credit  Faster pace and more rigorous  Skills and content for AP classes  World History from 1400’s-1650’s  Renaissance  Reformation  Scientific Revolution  Global Contact/Exploration  CBA (Curriculum Based Assessment)  Research paper on Technology Through the Ages  In class, 60-70%; will require some homework  Turn in online (need an email address)  Right after 1 st quarter (November) HONORS WORLD HISTORY 9

3.  Learning Target  What we will learn and how we will learn it  Due Dates/Test Dates  No excuses  Absentee Clipboard and Basket  Taking responsibility  Turn in basket by my desk  Books – classroom, checked out, online CLASSROOM

4.  My availability:  PASS (Wednesdays & Thursdays); before school 7-7:20; 2 nd lunch  Study Hawks:  Library after school, with computer access and peer tutors  2-3:30; Bus leaves shortly after  Get Organized:  Planner or weekly homework/assignment sheet  Use Binder or Folders  Keep assignments for all units  Links and Documents on my Website  Not all assignments, but CBA materials and links!  Check Skyward  I update it every two weeks or sooner (CBAs take longer to grade)  Late/make up is updated every two weeks (grade folder then)  If you want to know if they turned it in, yet not graded yet, email me HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD SUCCEED

5.  Textbook notes:  Cornell style (help create a system)  Due weekly (usually Wednesdays); always on board  Quiz when due  I suggest do one page a night (otherwise night before is a long one)  I teach to supplement the material they are reading, for deeper understanding  CBA will require some homework time  Can also expect on average 3 nights a week of homework outside the textbook notes  Usually reading and writing in nature  Sometimes more complex then other times  Range from 20-40 minutes  Encourage using PASS time to do homework  Will have homework over Thanksgiving & Winter break HOMEWORK

6.  Based on 5 areas  Daily assignments and Participation is 25% of overall grade  Homework (Cornell textbook notes) and flashcards 20% of overall grade  I grade half each time (randomly); turn in equals a check off  Late only can get half credit  Quizzes (from textbook notes) 10% of overall grade  Essay and Essay work (DBQs, CBA, Debates) 10% of overall grade  Unit Tests (includes comprehensive final) are 35% of overall grade  Grading Scale  100-93% A; 92-90% A-  89-88% B+; 87-83% B; 82-80% B-  79-78 C+; 77-73% C; 72-70% C-  69-68% D+; 67-60% D  59% and lower is F GRADING

7.  I am part time, leave at 12:55  Email is the best:  mattixm@edmonds.wednet.edu mattixm@edmonds.wednet.edu  Goal to respond to emails in 24 hours; check them during my working hours  Website is to supplement  Try to update regularly CONTACT

8.  Local  Graduated from Lynnwood High School  Live in Edmonds  BA in Psychology at Western Washington University; Masters in Teaching from Grand Canyon University  Started teaching here in 1994 (strictly freshmen since 2009)  Involvement:  Girls Basketball Coach 1994-1999 Varsity; 2008-2009 JV  Boys Basketball Academic Advisor 2013-present  Peer Mediator Advisor 2003-present  Class of 2017 Co-Advisor  Family & Hobbies:  Married since 1994 with 2 kids – 9th grade daughter and 6th grade son  Enjoy walking my dog, yoga, photography and watching my kids in their activities/sports ABOUT ME