Lesa Herod
254-647-3523 CELL: 254-631-1325
Email: lesah@ciscoisd.net
Conference: 9:40 a.m.—10:25 a.m.
Tutorials: 7:30 a.m.
Online textbook and study guides: www.tx.geography.glencoe.com

Class Rules & Procedures
Follow all school rules.
Be in your seat with appropriate materials when the bell rings. (You will have an assignment to do when you arrive at class. You are expected to begin the assignment as soon as you walk in. In other words, class begins when you walk in the door, not after the bell rings.)
Be polite and respectful.
You are responsible for obtaining and turning in missed assignments. (You will not be allowed to take a zero on missed assignments. If the missed work is not made up within three days after you return to school your parent will be notified.)

Supplies
Pen or pencil
Notebook paper
3-ring binder

Discipline
1st offense Warning
2nd offense Teacher/student conference
3rd offense Trip to office

Grading Policy
Daily work 50%
Tests 25%
Quizzes & Projects 15%
Board Word 10%
Semester Exams 25% of the your Semester grade
Late work will receive a grade no higher than 70

Information about TAKS
High school students take the TAKS test for Social Studies at Grades 10 & 11. The Grade 11 TAKS is an Exit Level exam that students must pass to graduate. Both of these tests include expectations drawn from the TEKS for World Geography Studies, and therefore these TEKS as well as many of the World History TEKS are covered in this course. You can review the complete TAKS objectives at Glencoe World Geography Web site at www.tx.geography.glencoe.com

Course Objective
Besides preparing you to pass the TAKS test this course will give you important knowledge and skills to prepare you to be an informed citizen and live and prosper in a complex, interdependent world.