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8th Grade Weekly Updates

April 20 - 24  

All ASSIGNMENTS ARE LISTED IN THE GOOGLE CLASSROOM BY THE DATE

 

ENGLISH Honors (1st and 3rd period )

  • Monday 

    • Read/listen to Ch. 15 of TKAM (To Kill a Mockingbird ) and then complete the paper packet questions for chapter 14/15

  • Tuesday - 1st Period Class Meeting @ 10:00 am

    • Read/listen to CH 16 of TKAM and paper packet questions for chapter 16

  • Wednesday -

    • Read /listen to chapter 17/18 and complete paper packet questions for chapter 17/18.  I will give you Thursday to complete this as well. The chapters are long.

  • Thursday - 3rd Period Class Meeting @ 10:00 am

    • See Wednesday assignment 

  • Friday - 

    • Ted Talk.  Link will be on the classroom and complete the Google Doc.  PLEASE REMEMBER TO HIT THE TURN IN BUTTON OR IT DOES NOT SHOW COMPLETE.

 

ENGLISH Regular  (2nd and 4th period )

  • Monday 

    • Read/listen to “Flowers for Algernon” reports for May23-June 5th.  Answer the questions in the attached Google doc in the Google Classroom  PLEASE REMEMBER TO HIT THE TURN IN BUTTON OR IT DOES NOT SHOW COMPLETE.

  • Tuesday - 

    • Read/listen to “Flowers for Algernon” reports for June 10 -end of the story.  Answer the questions in the attached Google doc in the Google Classroom PLEASE REMEMBER TO HIT THE TURN IN BUTTON OR IT DOES NOT SHOW COMPLETE.

    • I will give you Wednesday to complete this assignment as well.  

  • Wednesday - 2nd period class meeting @ 10:00

    • See assignment from Tuesday.  

  • Thursday - 

    • Writing assignment will be posted on the Google Classroom and will be submitted to the classroom via a google doc.

  • Friday - 4th Period Class Meeting @ 10:00 am

    • Ted Talk.  Link will be on the classroom and complete the Google DOC.  PLEASE REMEMBER TO HIT THE TURN IN BUTTON OR IT DOES NOT SHOW COMPLETE.

 

 

 

 

8th Grade MATH       All ASSIGNMENTS ARE LISTED IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM

  • Monday

    • Login to IXL and work on Grade 8- Standard R.5.
      • You have to identify if the given sides would form a right triangle.
      • a and b have to be the legs(smaller lengths) and c is always the hypotenuse( longest side)

 

  • Tuesday - 1st Period Class Meeting @ 10:00 am

    • Login to Google Classroom and complete the -Intro to Pythagorean Theorem Activity on Google Slides.You will want to make sure you are in edit mode to be able to click and drop items in correct places.Complete the Exit ticket after you have completed the activity. 

 

  • Wednesday - 2nd Period Class Meeting @ 10:00 am

    • Login to Google Classroom and complete the - Missing Lengths of Right Triangles Activity on Google Slides.

Remember you will need to be in edit mode to move items around.

Submit your exit ticket when completed. 

 

  • Thursday - 3rd Period Class Meeting @ 10:00 am

    • Login to IXL and work on standards 8.R.1 and 8.R.2 until you get to the Challenge ZONE.

 

  • Friday - 

    • Login to Powerschool to make sure all assignments are complete.
    • Finish any work that you have missing and submit it. 

 

MATH I          ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE LISTED IN THE GOOGLE CLASSROOM

  • Monday

    • Today's topic is Factoring the Differences of Squares.
    •  Please follow along with the video and complete the note sheet by tomorrow, remember to submit your work. 

 

  • Tuesday

    • Check your answers from yesterday's note sheet. Then complete the practice sheet on factoring differences of squares. Submit your work when completed.

 

  • Wednesday 

    • The topic for today is factoring trinomials. There are a lot of ways to show this, some teachers use the X-method, the AC test method, the box method, or just guess and check. I usually start you out with the X-method and later most students start to just guess and check. 

 

    • I would like for you to watch the video on Google Classroom and take notes as you go, pause and rewind if you need to. 

The concept is to simply take a trinomial and factor it into two binomials. IT IS THE REVERSE OF MULTIPLYING TWO BINOMIALS TOGETHER.  We will spend several days on this topic.

 

  • Thursday 

    • Complete the sheet on factoring trinomials and submit your work. We will go over this tomorrow during our meeting. 

 

  • Friday - 4th Period Class Meeting @ 10:00 am

    • After our meeting you will be completing a factor review activity. You may work with a partner or a group of 3. This needs to be completed by Tuesday, April 28th and submitted with all group members names.

 

 

 

SCIENCE- All Assignments will be on Google Classroom listed by the date

  • Monday- Begin alternative energy sources and how they are different from fossil fuels

    • Students are responsible for completing assignment for 4/20/20

 

  • Tuesday - 1st Period Class Meeting @ 10:00 am

    • Looking at solar and wind energy

    • Students are responsible for completing assignment for 4/21/20

 

  • Wednesday - 2nd Period Class Meeting @ 10:00 am

    • Looking at hydroelectric and geothermal energy

    • Students are responsible for completing assignment for 4/22/20

 

  • Thursday - 3rd Period Class Meeting @ 10:00 am

    • Looking at biomass and nuclear energy

    • Students are responsible for completing assignment for 4/23/20

 

  • Friday - 4th Period Class Meeting @ 10:00 am

    • Looking at how NC uses alternative energy sources

    • Students are responsible for completing assignment for 4/24/20

 

 

 

SOCIAL STUDIES …. ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM

  • Monday

    • Google Classroom:  Check PowerSchool … Complete and Submit any missing assignments.

    • Google Classroom:  Complete and Submit your Washington, D.C. Virtual Trip Photo Album

 

  • Tuesday - 1st Period Class Meeting @ 10:00 am

    • Google Classroom:  READ - Chapter 23: Section 1 - Origins of the Civil Rights  Movement … Identify five (5) important facts found in the reading.  Submit those five (5) facts to the assignment in Google Classroom.

 

  • Wednesday - 2nd Period Class Meeting @ 10:00 am

    • Google Classroom:  REVIEW - Chapter 23: Section 1 - Origins of the Civil Rights Movement … Complete and Submit the vocabulary assignment to Google Classroom.

 

  • Thursday - 3rd Period Class Meeting @ 10:00 am

    • Google Classroom:  REVIEW - Chapter 23: Section 1 - Origins of the Civil Rights Movement … Answer text review questions 1 - 14.

 

  • Friday - 4th Period Class Meeting @ 10:00 am

    • Google Classroom: COMPLETE the Standing Up By Sitting Down lesson from the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel.