8th Grade Homeroom
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7th-8th Gr. Language ArtsE-JOURNAL GUIDELINES:
This is a great time to be reading! Beginning next week, you will be asked to select a book for personal reading. The book must fit the following criteria
Tuesday - March 17th
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6th Grade Math: Review WeekI want to give you guys a chance to become a bit more familiar with Khan Academy, so I am going to assign you review modules to work on this week!
KHAN ACADEMY GUIDELINES:
*Find these assignments on Khan Academy TUESDAY -Intro to negative numbers -Interpreting negative numbers WEDNESDAY -Negative decimals and fractions on a number line -negative decimals on the number line -decimals and fractions on the number line -number opposites -number opposites review THURSDAY -Comparing negative numbers -ordering negative numbers -ordering rational numbers -negative numbers, variables, number line -negative symbol as opposite -number opposites challenge problems FRIDAY -absolute value examples -intro to absolute value -comparing absolute value -placing absolute values on the number line -comparing absolute values on the number line -testing solution to absolute inequalities -interpreting absolute value -absolute value review MONDAY -negative number quiz 1 -negative number quiz 2 -negative number quiz 3 *A take home test will be sent in your paper packets next Tuesday (March 24th) |
6th Gr. Language ArtsE-JOURNAL GUIDELINES: This is a great time to be reading! Beginning next week, you will be asked to select a book for personal reading. The book must fit the following criteria
*Find the materials and assignments on Google Classrooms Tuesday - March 17th
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Week Two: March 24th - March 27th
7th-8th Gr. Language Arts |
6th Grade Math |
6th Grade Language Arts |
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Based off your survey answers we are going to try something new! I will see if you like it better when I release work daily instead of weekly. I have also created concrete turn in spaces for you to submit assignments :)
TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -The Unreliable Narrator -E-Journal Assigned (Due, Friday May 1st) WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -Unreliable Narrator Day 2: "The Cask of Amontillado." -Two-Column Notes and Reflection Questions -Story Vocab Introduction THURSDAY -Vocab Blast -Virtual Flashcards -Personal Sentence Creation FRIDAY -Types of Conflict in Literature -Conflict Identification Exercise -Vocab: Fill in the Blank Exercise |
Based off your survey answers we are going to try something new! I will see if you like it better when I release work daily instead of weekly. I will also be creating PowerPoints, personal videos, and worksheets for math instead of using Khan Academy! Let's be productive and try our best this week :)
TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -Quartiles PowerPoint Lesson -Quartiles Exercises (inserted into the PowerPoint) WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -Box and Whiskers Plot PowerPoint Lesson -Box and Whiskers Plot Exercise (inserted into the PowerPoint) THURSDAY -Google Classrooms -Commutative, Associative, and Distributive Laws -Homework Exercise (attached Google Doc) FRIDAY -Weekly Review |
Based off your survey answers we are going to try something new! I will see if you like it better when I release work daily instead of weekly. I have also created concrete turn in spaces for you to submit assignments :)
TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -The Purpose of Writing Day 2 -E-Journal Assigned (Due, Friday May 1st) WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -The Purpose of Writing Day 3 -"I Have a Dream Speech" -Rhetorical Appeals Assignment THURSDAY -Argument Essay Assigned -Ethos, Pathos, and Logos Exercise FRIDAY -Continue to work on Argument Essay -Rough Draft due Monday evening |
Week Three: March 30th - April 1st
7th-8th Gr. Language ArtsMONDAY
-Google Classrooms -The Importance of Nonfiction -Virtual Journal Prompts -Vocab Practice Sheet TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -The Two Types of Nonfiction: Literary and Informative -Introduction of New Vocab Words WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -Comparing Literary and Informative Fiction -Rhetorical Appeals Review -Two Column Notes and Reflection Questions THURSDAY -Google Classrooms -Light Day: Vocab Blast -Matching Worksheet -Synonym Worksheet FRIDAY -Catch Up Day |
6th Grade MathMONDAY
-Google Classrooms -Applying Percentages in the Real World: Percentage Review -Homework Worksheet TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -Percentage Review Continued: Parts of a Whole -Homework Worksheet WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -Interest and Percentages -Homework Worksheet THURSDAY -Google Classrooms -Percentage Word Problems FRIDAY -Catch Up Day |
6th Grade Language ArtsMONDAY
-Google Classrooms -Continue to work on your argument essay -Rough draft essay due tonight TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -Introduction to Social Commentary WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -Important Techniques in Social Commentary (Day 1) -Vocab Introduction -Reflection Questions THURSDAY -Google Classrooms -Important Techniques in Social Commentary (Day 2) FRIDAY -Catch Up Day |
Week Four: April 6th - April 10th
7th-8th Gr. Language ArtsMONDAY
-Google Classrooms -Literature Throughout History: Classical Period (Day 1) -Reflection Question TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -Literature Throughout History: Classical Period (Day 2) -Medea by Euripides Reading -Analysis of a Greek Tragedy THURSDAY -Google Classrooms -The Medieval Period -Author Study Worksheet FRIDAY -HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY (No Work) |
6th Grade MathMONDAY
-Google Classrooms -Ratios and Proportions: Geometry Prep -Homework Worksheet TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -Finding Proportions: Geometry Prep -Proportion Word Problems WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -Introduction to Geometry -Similar Shapes Worksheet THURSDAY -Google Classrooms -Similar Triangles -Ratios and Similar Sides Worksheet FRIDAY -HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY (No Work) |
6th Grade Language ArtsMONDAY and TUESDAY
-Google Classrooms -The Ransom of Red Chief Reading -Irony Exercise (Reading Analysis) WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -Find the Hyperbole Exercise -Add the Hyperbole Exercise THURSDAY -Google Classrooms -Hyperbole and Understatement Exercise FRIDAY -HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY (No Work) |
Week Five: April 13th - April 17th - Spring Break
Week Six: April 20th - April 24th
7th-8th Gr. Language ArtsMONDAY
-Google Classrooms -Medieval Literature Continued: The Story of Lanval -New Vocab Words Assigned TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -Lanval Analysis: Beliefs and Values of the Medieval Society WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -Introduction to Renaissance Literature -Matching Vocabulary Worksheet THURSDAY -Google Classrooms -Niccolo Machiavelli: A Renaissance Man -The Machiavellian Charactery Analysis |
6th Grade MathMONDAY
-Google Classrooms -Introduction to Geometry: Types of Triangles -Identifying Triangles Worksheet -Find the Missing Angle Worksheet TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -The Pythagorean Theorem -Practice Worksheet WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -Finding the Area of a Triangle -Practice Worksheet THURSDAY -Google Classrooms -Introduction to Geometry: The Circle -Circumference Worksheet -Radius and Diameter Worksheet |
6th Grade Language ArtsMONDAY
-Google Classrooms -The Importance of Cause and Effect -Short Story Exercise -Flow Chart and Graphic Organizer TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -The Importance of Nonfiction -Virtual Journal Reflection Prompts WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -Different Types of Nonfiction -Creative Nonfiction Reading -Vocab Words Assigned THURSDAY -Google Classrooms -Comparing Two Types of Nonfiction -Auschwitz: The Genesis of Death Camps Reading -Ethos, Pathos, and Logos Analysis |
Week Seven: April 27th - May 1st
7th-8th Gr. Language ArtsMONDAY
-Google Classrooms -The Renaissance: The Age of Reason -Literature's Impact on Our Current Society TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -John Locke and the Age of Reason -An Exercise is Using Logic to Determine the Meaning of an Author's Words WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -The Romantic Period -Reflection Questions THURSDAY -Google Classrooms -"The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne: Day 1 |
6th Grade MathMONDAY
-Google Classrooms -Finding the Area of a Circle -Area Practice TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -Introduction to Geometry: The Square -Perimeter and Diagonal Length of a Square Worksheet WEDNESDAY -OFF DAY (your English assignment is pretty substantial). THURSDAY -Google Classrooms -Finding the Area of a Square -Practice Worksheet |
6th Grade Language ArtsMONDAY
-Google Classrooms -Light Day: Vocab Blast -Matching Worksheet -Synonym Worksheet TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -Fairy Tales, Legends, Myths, and Fables Wednesday -Google Classrooms -Myths and Cultures: An Exercise in Comparing Different Origin Stories THURSDAY -Google Classrooms -Myths: Creative Writing Assignment - Write Me an Origin Story! |
Week Eight: May 4th-May 8th
7th-8th Gr. Language ArtsMONDAY
-Happy Mental Health and Movement Day! TUESDAY - Google Classrooms -"The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne: Day 2 -Analysis Questions WEDNESDAY -The Transcendentalism Movement -Emerson: The Father of Transcendentalism -Reflection/Analysis Questions THURSDAY -Google Classrooms -Google Meet Video Conference/Debrief Friday -Google Classrooms -Vocab Blast: The Birth-Mark Matching Vocab |
6th Grade MathMONDAY
-Happy Mental Health and Movement Day! TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -Finding the Perimeter and Area of a Rectangle -Practice Problems Worksheet WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -Finding the Perimeter and Area of a Parallelogram -Practice Problems Worksheet THURSDAY -Google Classrooms -Area Word Problem Practice FRIDAY -Google Classrooms -PEMDAS Riddle Practice |
6th Grade Language ArtsMONDAY
-Happy Mental Health and Movement Day! TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -Myth vs. Legend -The Legend of King Arthur -Pre-Reading Questions WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -The Legend of John Henry Video -Was John Henry Real? - Article and Analysis Questions THURSDAY -Google Classrooms -Google Meet Video Conference/Debrief FRIDAY -Google Classrooms -Cultural Legends Research |
Week Nine: May 11th - May 15th
7th-8th Gr. Language ArtsMONDAY
-Google Classrooms -The Realism Movement -Personality Type Quiz -Realism Reflection Questions TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -Charles Dickens Realism Video -Group Analysis Questions WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -"A Jury Case" by Sherwood Anderson -Reading Analysis Questions THURSDAY -Zoom Debrief: Sherwood Anderson and Realism in Literature Algebra Group: 11:10-11:40 Pre-Algebra Group: 11:45-12:15 *ASB APPLICATIONS ARE DUE! FRIDAY *8th GRADE ONLY -Google Classrooms -Graduation Reflection Writing |
6th Grade MathMONDAY
-Google Classrooms -Finding the Perimeter and Median of a Trapezoid -Practice Problems TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -Finding the Area of a Trapezoid -Practice Problems WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -Finding the Area and Perimeter of Irregular Shapes -Practice Problems THURSDAY -Google Classrooms -Irregular Shapes Continued: Find the Area AND Perimeter of Irregular Shapes -Word Problem Practice |
6th Grade Language ArtsMONDAY
-Google Classrooms -Fables: Day One -What is a Moral? -Morals Reflection Questions TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -Fables Day 2: Trickster Tales -"How the Coyote Got His Cunning" video -Analysis Questions and Simile Exercise WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -Writing Exercise: Create your Own Fable -Rubric and Assignment Directions Breakdown THURSDAY -Zoom Debrief: Sharing our stories - What is the moral? 2:00 - 2:30 *ASB APPLICATIONS ARE DUE |
Week 10: May 18th - May 22nd
7th-8th Gr. Language ArtsMONDAY
-Google Classrooms -The Victorian Period -Classes Research TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -The Victorian Period Subgenre: Gothic Literature -"The Fall of the House of Usher" -Literary Analysis Sheet WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -Vocab Blast -Matching and Synonym Sheets THURSDAY -Off Day *Principal Corey and Ms. Starks will be doing graduation deliveries. FRIDAY -Google Classrooms -8th Grade Graduation Tasks -7th Grade Catch Up |
6th Grade MathMONDAY
-Google Classrooms -Advanced Circles: Segments and Sectors -Practice Worksheet TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -Advanced Circles Continued: Arc Length -Practice Worksheet WEDNESDAY -Google Classroom -Two Dimensional Figures: Classifying Polygons and Finding Missing Angles -Practice Worksheets THURSDAY -Off Day *Principal Corey and Ms. Starks will be doing graduation deliveries. FRIDAY -Google Classrooms -Finding the Internal Angles of More Complex Shapes -Practice Worksheet |
6th Grade Language ArtsMONDAY
-Google Classrooms -Double Math (see math classroom) TUESDAY -Fairy Tales: Characteristics and Examples -Analysis Sheet WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -Literary Devices: Sensory Details -Metaphor and Simile Exercise THURSDAY -Off Day *Principal Corey and Ms. Starks will be doing graduation deliveries. FRIDAY -Google Classrooms -Literary Devices: Narrative Point of View -Reflection Questions |
Week 11: May 25th - May 29th
7th-8th Gr. Language ArtsMONDAY
-Memorial Day TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -Intro to Naturalism -Nature vs. Nurture -Reflection Questions WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -The Open Boat: A Naturalist Story by Stephen Crane -Vocab Introduction -Analysis Questions THURSDAY -Zoom Meeting -"The Open Boat" Discussion FRIDAY -Google Classrooms -Naturalist Story Day 2: "Under the Lion's Paw" by Hamlin Garland -Types of Conflict in Literature Practice |
6th Grade MathMONDAY
-Memorial Day TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -Finding the Exterior Angles of Simple Polygons -Practice Worksheets WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -Angle Relationships: Complementary vs Supplementary Angles -Practice Worksheets THURSDAY -Off Day FRIDAY -Google Classrooms -Finding the Interior Angles Using Variables -Practice Worksheet |
6th Grade Language ArtsMONDAY
-Memorial Day TUESDAY -Google Classrooms -Literary Devices: Narrative Points of View Continued -The Unreliable Narrator: The Cask of Amontillado. -Analysis Worksheet WEDNESDAY -Google Classrooms -Vocab Blast - The Cask of Amontillado -Matching and Synonym Practice THURSDAY -Zoom Meeting -"The Cask of Amontillado" Discussion FRIDAY -Google Classrooms -Literary Devices: Conflict in Literature -The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Exercise |
8th Grade Red Comet
Students are expected to maintain their Red Comet grades and to complete their weekly assignments. You should be raising by 3% each week (not including spring break) and should be at 90% completion upon your return. If you have any questions, please direct them to Mrs. Klugh.
Week 1: March 16th-20th (78%)
Week 2: March 23rd-March 27th (81%)
Week 3: March 30th-April 3rd (84%)
Week 4: April 6th-April 10th (87%)
Week 5: SPRING BREAK
Week 6: April 20th-April 24th (90%)
8th Grade Homeroom
We will begin your scrapbooks and graduation speeches soon. We will be making the books using Shutterfly. I will be sending information to both parents and students shortly!
*For more details on classroom policy please look at the student syllabus :)