Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Test-day 3
Today's class averages on the MULTIPLE CHOICE TESTS:
D: 88
G: 82 (the LOWEST "Honors" class average ever on a MC test; WAKE UP!!!)
E: 70
Obviously, some of you think that you're not going to summer school (merely "passing" the Regents will not exempt you from summer school) or you may not care that you ARE going to summer school. As of today, some of you are GUARANTEED going to summer school. You may not want to do anything for the rest of the year (which will put or keep you in the guaranteed group) or you may want to spend every afternoon for the rest of the year in Room 229 prepared WITH questions and then attend EVERY review session thereafter, which MIGHT get you out of summer school pending drastic improvement!
All classes: we formally begin course review tomorrow. MAKE SURE that you have your orange review book on you at ALL times until the Regents Exam on June 21st. By the last day of class, we will have reviewed, scrutinized, and discussed the tests and test-taking skills required by EVERY exam in that book. We will average one full Regents per day so be ready to spend a MASSIVE amount of time on homework, especially if you have not taken the time to make up for your errors all year long. The "magic" of being well-prepared for the Regents exam is putting the time in now so that you can finish successfully and enjoy a well-earned vacation. There is a great sense of catharsis and achievement after you work so hard i.e. to the point at which you become confident in your knowledge of chemistry and then have that effort pay off with a high Regents score and course/quarter grade.
We are down to the wire: If you waste the next month of school by not putting in the maximum time and effort, you will likely find yourself taking this course again over the summer, a consequence that neither of us want (though the decision is automatic if you do not make the effort AND learn the material).
Tonight and tomorrow before class: preview the JANUARY 2005 Chemistry Regents exam; highlight any question that you are not bulletproof on and be prepared with questions for class.
Regents: we must finish the organic chem unit AND do the entire nuclear (physics) unit by Friday. Download the notes and preview them BEFORE each class. We will be going at a very rapid pace until the last day of classes. Be in your seats with notebooks open and be ready to work and ask questions BEFORE the bell or you will be in detention, starting tomorrow. Plan accordingly, no excuses. I will definitely be giving out at least one detention tomorrow if you do not respect this rule.
Also, if you do not keep up with the class and hand things in ON TIME, your average will plummet.
Honors: we will finish the organic unit tomorrow as well as begin the review of our next Regents exam. Bring in your orange review book and be ready to work just before the bell rings.
D: 88
G: 82 (the LOWEST "Honors" class average ever on a MC test; WAKE UP!!!)
E: 70
Obviously, some of you think that you're not going to summer school (merely "passing" the Regents will not exempt you from summer school) or you may not care that you ARE going to summer school. As of today, some of you are GUARANTEED going to summer school. You may not want to do anything for the rest of the year (which will put or keep you in the guaranteed group) or you may want to spend every afternoon for the rest of the year in Room 229 prepared WITH questions and then attend EVERY review session thereafter, which MIGHT get you out of summer school pending drastic improvement!
All classes: we formally begin course review tomorrow. MAKE SURE that you have your orange review book on you at ALL times until the Regents Exam on June 21st. By the last day of class, we will have reviewed, scrutinized, and discussed the tests and test-taking skills required by EVERY exam in that book. We will average one full Regents per day so be ready to spend a MASSIVE amount of time on homework, especially if you have not taken the time to make up for your errors all year long. The "magic" of being well-prepared for the Regents exam is putting the time in now so that you can finish successfully and enjoy a well-earned vacation. There is a great sense of catharsis and achievement after you work so hard i.e. to the point at which you become confident in your knowledge of chemistry and then have that effort pay off with a high Regents score and course/quarter grade.
We are down to the wire: If you waste the next month of school by not putting in the maximum time and effort, you will likely find yourself taking this course again over the summer, a consequence that neither of us want (though the decision is automatic if you do not make the effort AND learn the material).
Tonight and tomorrow before class: preview the JANUARY 2005 Chemistry Regents exam; highlight any question that you are not bulletproof on and be prepared with questions for class.
Regents: we must finish the organic chem unit AND do the entire nuclear (physics) unit by Friday. Download the notes and preview them BEFORE each class. We will be going at a very rapid pace until the last day of classes. Be in your seats with notebooks open and be ready to work and ask questions BEFORE the bell or you will be in detention, starting tomorrow. Plan accordingly, no excuses. I will definitely be giving out at least one detention tomorrow if you do not respect this rule.
Also, if you do not keep up with the class and hand things in ON TIME, your average will plummet.
Honors: we will finish the organic unit tomorrow as well as begin the review of our next Regents exam. Bring in your orange review book and be ready to work just before the bell rings.