TEAM OGT

My role• Getting ready for this test is like getting ready for a

game• You don’t prep for games by looking at the score - you

break down film, do drills, know your assignments, and understand the strengths & weaknesses of self & enemy

• My role from now until March 20 is to guide you and make you stronger

• I will be here every morning at 0715 for tutoring. I will be posting mp3 lectures to the class website for review. I will be coming to your homes near the end of the month.

Your role

• You are teammates - not just those of you in here, but everyone who is a 10th grader

• This test isn’t just about you and your future, it’s about the future of Rogers, the future of TPS, and the way people like Them see people like Us.

• No one believes that we can meet the state standards.

• We can make history by being the first school of our kind to make the cut.

• That means each of us doing everything in our power in our role. Me, you, and your neighbor.

• We will help each other practice• We will help each other when we miss• We will return those who stray to the

team!

About the test…

• 2 extended response (4 point) written questions

• 4 short response (2 point) written questions

• 32 multiple choice questions• You get two hours to do it!! So it ain’t a

race!

The content areas

• Social Studies Skills & Methods: How do you do research? How do you know what sources to trust?

• Economics: Study how government impacts the economy, and how different economies make decisions

• Geography: Look at the relationships between people and their lands

• Government: Show how nations get and give power. Show how the Constitution changes

• Citizenship Rights & Responsibilities: Show how we have certain duties. Show how our rights are balanced against other rights.

• People in Societies: Explain how ideas and customs pass between cultures. Explain the perspectives of people.

• History: Analyze world history from 1750-present, and U.S. history from 1877-present– Focus on colonialism, imperialism,

industrialization, progressivism, the World Wars, and the Cold War

How does it break down?

• History: 8 m.c., 1 x.r., 1 s.a.

• People & Geog: 6 or 10 m.c., 0 or 1 x.r., 1 s.a.

• Econ, Gov’t & CRR: 7 or 11 m.c., 0 or 1 x.r., 1 s.a.

• Skills & Methods: 7 m.c., 1 s.a.

• TOTAL POINTS: 48.• HOW MANY YOU

NEED: At least 24 this year.

Our Classroom Environment

• What happened in here before today doesn’t matter

• Everyone has a clean slate. Everyone has an equal chance of passing

• What has to happen for success is giving up a bit of ourselves - a bit of our freedom is sacrificed for the good of the team

• For me, that means the beard, the shirt, the tutoring, the extra grading…

• …For you it means– No extended warnings anymore. If you’re

screwing around you are out. Other ppls success depends on it.

– No hall passes– School tardy policy will be enforced– School electronics policy will be enforced

It comes down to this

• Do you want to have one of these hanging over your head next year?

• Do you want to get out early every day of OGT week next year?

• Do you want to be worried four days before graduation?

• Do you want to graduate?• If the answer is yes, we can work together

and make this happen.

Schedule

• Week 1 (2/2): 411, SSSM, & Gov’t• Week 2 (2/9): Economics• Week 3 (2/16): Geo, PinS, CRR• Week 4 (2/23): Hist, Enlight-WWI. The Visit of

the Wandering Boyle• Week 5 (3/2): Hist, WWI-Present• Week 6 (3/9): Test-taking skills; Final PT• Week 0 (3/16): Review boards. • D-Day: BE HERE. GET PASSES.