YEAR 7

HUMANITIES
Miss Linger
Miss Linger’s expectations
Before:
• Line up outside in two lines on time! Or minutes wasted will be
made up at lunch time.
• All equipment is ready – books, laptop, Pencil/Pen.
• Bags in racks – people in front row use top rack, second row middle
rack last row whatever is left Respectful to other classes – do not
yell out or disturb other classmates while lining up.
• Do not enter until the teacher arrives
Miss Linger’s expectations
During:
• Once you enter the doorway all noise stops and sit in your seating plan.
• Do not sit, until instructed
• All students must sit in alphabetical order
• Respectful of peers and teacher – hands up to speak, stay seated
• Your diary must be signed if you need to be excused from the classroom
• Bring your drink bottle into class, you will not be allowed to leave the class
for a drink.
• Follow teacher instruction.
• Give 100% effort into each task.
Miss Linger’s expectations
After:
• Copy down any homework or additional tasks into diary
• Stand quietly behind your chair
• Only leave the room when instructed by your teacher
• Leave the room neat and quietly
 Humanities Department
Book Work Expectations
(Glue this on the inside back cover of your notebook)

◦ You need a separate notebook for each subject. NO multi-subject books please.
◦ Notebook must be brought to each lesson.
◦ Title pages to be used to separate units of work.
◦ Margin of a minimum of 2cm on the left hand side of each page.
◦ Each day’s work needs to be dated and have a heading.
◦ All handouts are to be dated and glued in with the work related to them. NO loose sheets clumped at the back of books or just glued in anywhere.
◦ The back of your notebook can be used for specific activities and quizzes, as directed by your teacher.
◦ All notes to be completed in blue or black pen. Pencil is only to be used for specific activities as instructed by your teacher. Underlining to be
done in red.
◦ It is important to take pride in your work and ensure it is neat, well organised and up to date.
◦ Having your work well organised also means you will have all the work you need to refer to for assignments.
◦ After you have returned to class after an absence, it is your responsibility to catch up on notes missed (by borrowing another student’s notebook)
and gluing in any handouts missed – get these from your teacher. Leave space to do this so you are able to maintain your book in chronological
order.
◦ Book work is marked and goes toward your grade each semester!
QUESTIONS
?
Positive tracking
What is positive
tracking?
 Positive Tracking
Do’s Don’ts
 Look for the Positive. Say it to yourself or X Don’t put yourself down.
out loud. Positive Self Talk. X Don’t put others down. Either by words or
Look for the good things in others. actions.
Acknowledge the good things that happen in X Don’t criticise.
your life, however small. X Don’t whinge and complain.
When things go wrong try to find something X Don’t focus on the negative.
positive in the situation. Swearing
Thank you. Answering back
I’ll give it a go. Put downs
You can do this. Calling out
Raising hand to talk. Making comments when others are disciplined.
Thinking before talking. Moaning and groaning about work.
I finished that work on time.
I’ll do better next time.
Put ups.
Have a go:
◦Recall a bad experience that you have had and
write it down.
◦Identify something positive that came from that
experience.
◦Share some examples with the group so everyone
hears many examples of positive tracking.
Managing
negative
talk/behaviour.
“Turn down the volume of your negative inner voice and create a
nurturing inner voice to take it's place. ...
QUESTIONS
?
 What will each Humanities lesson look like?
Tuesday Lesson 4 Wednesday Lesson 1 Friday Lesson 2
1. Starter 1. Starter 1. Starter

2. Discussing our WALT, WILF, 2. Discussing our WALT, WILF, 2. Discussing our WALT, WILF, TIB
TIB TIB
3. Completing discussion and
3. Completing discussion and 3. Completing discussion and activities that relate to our topic
Activities that relate to our Activities that relate to our topic this term and in the middle a brain
topic this term and in the this term and in the middle a break!
middle a brain break! brain break!
4. Concluding activity/Exit pass
4. Concluding activity/Exit pass 4. Concluding activity/Exit pass
 But first!
Lets get to know
each other 
Here is five things about me 
1. I have two American Staffordshire terriers Pippa & Tillie.
2. I love reading, exercise (running)
and am an avid NRL eels supporter
3. I am getting married in September and my name will soon change to Mrs
Dawson 
4. I am the youngest of three with two
older brothers
5. My favourite food is Chirashi
 Your turn!
Instructions:
1. List five things about you down the page – do not write your name
on it 

2. These have to be things you want myself and your classmates to

know as this may be shared to the class.

3. Wait quietly for further instructions….

Paper Airplane you!
◦ Instructions:
1. Using your paper, create a paper Airplane.
2. When instructed fly the airplane to the
front of the room.
3. When everyone has finished Miss Linger
will instruct everyone to pick up a plane
and walk around the class to find out who
it belonged to.
4. At the end Miss Linger will ask you to sit
with your partner and instruct certain
students to tell the class who’s paper
airplane you found and one thing about
them that you learnt today.
How to fold a paper airplane.
What are we learning this term?
INVESTIGATING THE
ANCIENT PAST
Year 7 Humanities
Term 1, 2020