Thursday, January 28, 2010

Reading:

• Read for 1 hour; create 6-8 bullet points highlighting character and/or plot progression
• Literary Essays due from Groups 3 (friend) and 4 (teacher) Thursday, February 4
• Study Island: Unfortunately, Study Island is no longer available to 8th graders. Weekly assignments, therefore, are no longer in effect.

Math: p. 310 #21, p. 311 #23-26, p. 312 #27-28

Social Studies: HISTORY FAIR FINAL PRODUCT DUE MONDAY!!!!
*Use the checklist to make sure you have completed everything!
*Make sure to bring a copy of your annotated bibliography!

Good luck!! Can't wait to see your project!!!

Wednesday, January, 27, 2010

Reading:

• Read for 30 minutes; create 3-4 bullet points highlighting character and/or plot progression
• Reading Logs due TOMORROW
• Literary Essays due from Groups 1 (teacher) and 5 (friend) TOMORROW
• Starting this week, students must do Study Island for at least 1 hour every week. I will be checking this in every Sunday at 7 pm. Remember that each quiz must contain at least 10 questions. Students are responsible for finding a place and time to do this. Students who have no alternatives should contact me so we can set up a time for them to come in before/after school.
• EXTRA CREDIT: Bring in a ream of paper by Thursday

Writing:

• Published Essay due TOMORROW!

Math: p. 310 #11-17

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Math: p. 300 #15-20, 33, p. 302 #36-42

Social Studies:
*Complete final copy of Annotated Bibliography
*Complete Introduction and Conclusion (TYPE if doing an exhibit board)
EXHIBIT BOARD: Continue to prepare title, introductory labels, captions and interpretive labels
DOCUMENTARY: Continue editing documentary
PAPER: Complete outline and continue writing paper
PERFORMANCE: Continue writing script

Tuesday, January 26th

Science: Complete research section for Direct and Indirect Heating lab. Also, develop a purpose question and hypothesis using you research to support it.
Extra Credit- bring in a ream of paper by this Thursday and get 4 extra credit points for 2nd quarter.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Reading:

• Read for 30 minutes; create 3-4 bullet points highlighting character and/or plot progression
• Reading Logs due Thursday
• Literary Essays due from Groups 1 (teacher) and 5 (friend) on Thursday
• Starting this week, students must do Study Island for at least 1 hour every week. I will be checking this in every Sunday at 7 pm. Remember that each quiz must contain at least 10 questions. Students are responsible for finding a place and time to do this. Students who have no alternatives should contact me so we can set up a time for them to come in before/after school.
• EXTRA CREDIT: Bring in a ream of paper by Thursday

Writing:

• Published Essay due Thursday!

Math: p. 768 Lesson 5-6 #1-10

Social Studies:

*Revise/edit annotated bibliography

*Be ready to type introduction/conclusion/captions/labels

*Complete any make-up work by Thursday

*EXTRA CREDIT: Bring in a ream of paper by Thursday!

BRING $14 for Exhibit boards!!!

Friday, January 22, 2010

Reading:

• Read for 1 hour; create 6-8 bullet points highlighting character and/or plot progression
• Literary Essays due from Groups 1 (teacher) and 5 (friend) next Thursday, January 28

Writing:

• Published Essay due Thursday, January 28

Math: p. 299-301 #11-30, 35

Social Studies:
*Complete Introduction and conclusion handout
*Find more pictures/documents for your EXHIBIT
*Work on a concrete outline for your PAPERS
*Start editing/filming your DOCUMENTARIES
*Continue adding and developing your PERFORMANCE

**Make sure ALL your work relates to your thesis: What are you trying to prove? PROVE IT!!!

**PLEASE BRING $14 FOR BOARDS
Next we will be putting it all together!

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Reading:

• Read for 30 minutes; create 3-4 bullet points highlighting character and/or plot progression
• Literary Essays due from Groups 1 (teacher) and 5 (friend) next Thursday, January 28

Writing:

• 1st COMPLETE draft of essay is due tomorrow. Have all of your previous planning and drafting from last week as well. Make sure everything is dated. (Published Essay due Thursday, February 28)

Math: p. 292 #35-50, p. 294 #56

Social Studies:

DUE TOMORROW:

*TYPED Annotated Bibliography (8-10 sources)

*Rough draft of project

*Weekly Log (one per person)

IF YOU ARE PURCHASING A BOARD BRING $14 !!! You may take the boards home tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Reading:

• Read for 30 minutes; create 3-4 bullet points highlighting character and/or plot progression
• Literary Essays due from Groups 2 (friend) and 6 (teacher) TOMORROW

Writing:

• Continue working on essay (due Thursday, February 28)

Social Studies:
Goals for the week: DUE FRIDAY, Jan 22!
*Weekly notes/resource log
*Edit/develop thesis
*Annotated bibliography (10 sources) TYPED!!!
*Rough Draft of project:
Exhibit board: Drawing of board and how it will be divided up (keep finding pictures for board)Paper: Outline of paper
Documentary: A written description of what will be seen in the documentary
Performance: Copy of script

Students WILL HAVE ACCESS to COMPUTERS THURSDAY and FRIDAY. They may type captions, annotated bibliography, or anything else related to their project.

All class time this week will be dedicated to the goals for the week!

Math: p. 292-294 #19-28, 58,61

Science: Temperature: Factors of Heating handout and questions.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Reading:

• Read for 30 minutes; create 3-4 bullet points highlighting character and/or plot progression
• Literary Essays due from Groups 2 (friend) and 6 (teacher) this Thursday

Writing:

• Continue working on essay (due Thursday, February 28)

Social Studies:
Goals for the week: DUE FRIDAY, Jan 22!
*Weekly notes/resource log
*Edit/develop thesis
*Annotated bibliography (10 sources) TYPED!!!
*Rough Draft of project:
Exhibit board: Drawing of board and how it will be divided up (keep finding pictures for board)
Paper: Outline of paper
Documentary: A written description of what will be seen in the documentary.
Performance: Copy of script

All class time this week will be dedicated to the goals for the week!



Science: Graphic Organizer using 7 key words provided in class. I will give 20 minutes in class to complete organizer on Wednesday.


Math: MLK Poster using only numbers.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Reading:

• Read for 1 hour; create 6-8 bullet points highlighting character and/or plot progression

Social Studies: THIS IS A BIG WEEKEND!! GO TO THE LIBRARY!!!
*Essential Questions (1-18) These questions help you analyze your topic.

If you are doing:

EXHIBIT BOARD: Find 3-5 pictures and complete handout, Looking at Photograph, for each
picture.
PAPER: Find 3-5 quotes. For each quote: Who said it/Quote/Significance
DOCUMENTARIES: Find 3 resources (dvd's, interviews, pictures) you may use for your
documentary. 1-2 sentence description of each.
PERFORMANCE: 1 paragraph on your setting and characters.

GOOD LUCK!!

Math: p. 283 #16-27, p. 284 #28-45, p. 285 #61-64

Science: Heat Transfer Vocabulary review sheet. Test next Friday.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Reading:

• Read for 30 minutes; create 3-4 bullet points highlighting character and/or plot progression

Writing:

• 1st part of essay due tomorrow (Topic should be chosen, thesis statement should be created, and all your planning/organizing should be done.)

Social Studies:

DUE TOMORROW:

*Weekly notes/resource log (per person)
*5 Triple column notes (per peroson)
*Decide what type of project you will be doing: EXHIBIT, PERFORMANCE, DOCUMENTARY, PAPER
*Developing a Thesis handout (one per group)

Math: p. 275 #13-18, 28-31

Science: Complete lab questions from convection demonstration and venn diagram.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Reading:

• Read for 30 minutes; create 3-4 bullet points highlighting character and/or plot progression


• Literary Journals due from 3 (teacher) and 4 (friend) tomorrow

Writing:

• 1st draft of essay due Friday (If you don't have the draft completed in its entirety, I will take into consideration how much class time you had and how efficiently you used it.)

Math: p. 275 #19-27

Social Studies:

*Continue TRIPLE COLUMN NOTES.

*Use the second half of the Essential questions (1-18) to guide your research.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Social Studies: TRIPLE COLUMN NOTES!!!
*Write one question you may have for the History Fair presenter.
*Start answering the Essential Questions 1-18 (In History)

Math: p. 267 #20-34

Monday, January, 11, 2010

Math: p. 266 #5-15 (no inverse), p. 267 #16-19, p. 268 #35-37
Science: Class in library again for week of 1/11. No labs.

Social Studies: TRIPLE COLUMN NOTES for ONE internet source, use History Fair Resource handout to find more source!!!
Goals for the week:
*Choose a Project type (documentary, performance, exhibit, paper)
*Write a thesis
*5 Triple Column notes
*Weekly notes/resource log

Friday, January 8

Reading:

• Read for 1 hour; create 6-8 bullet points highlighting character and/or plot progression

Writing:

• FINISH annotations from the packet of essays

Science: All classes in library week of 1/4 and 1/11. No labs.

Make sure p. 474-475 notes and guided reading on Temperature, Thermal Energy and Heat energy are completed for Monday.

Social Studies:
*3 column notes due for ONE source on MONDAY
*Use History Fair Resources Handout and follow your secondary source trail
*Give parent letter to parents

Math: p. 767 Lesson 5-1 #1-20

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Reading:

• Read for 30 minutes; create 3-4 bullet points highlighting character and/or plot progression
• Find and record 5 "Favorite First Lines" in your Reading Mini-Lesson Notebook DUE TOMORROW

Writing:

• Work on annotations from the packet of essays (will be due Monday)

Math: p. 257 #13-38

Science: Temperature, Thermal Energy, Heat Energy guided reading sheet from Wednesday must be completed.

Social Studies: History Fair research!!
*Weekly log/resource handout DUE!!!

*3 column notes for 1 source

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Reading:

• Read for 30 minutes; create 3-4 bullet points highlighting character and/or plot progression
• Find and record 5 "Favorite First Lines" in your Reading Mini-Lesson Notebook (due Friday)

Writing:

• Work on annotations from the packet of essays (not due tomorrow)

Math: p. 790 #1-25 (skip trig problems)

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Science: Complete Reading thermometer handout (due Thursday)

Reading:

• Read for 30 minutes; create 3-4 bullet points highlighting character and/or plot progression
• Find and record 5 "Favorite First Lines" in your Reading Mini-Lesson Notebook (due Friday)
• Be prepared to turn in 1 page of notes on the decade in which your innovation occurred (assignment from Christmas Vacation)

Writing:

• Finish Memoir Self-Reflection worksheet if you didn't finish in class

Math: Chapter 4 Test, Form 2A

Monday, January 4

Reading:

• Read for 30 minutes; create 3-4 bullet points highlighting character and/or plot progression
• Find and record 5 "Favorite First Lines" in your Reading Mini-Lesson Notebook (due Friday)
• Be prepared to turn in 1 page of notes on the decade in which your innovation occurred (assignment from Christmas Vacation)

Writing:

• (Room 214 only) Finish Memoir Self-Reflection worksheet if you didn't finish in class

Science:

Science classes will not be held in science lab 218 for the week of 1/4.

"Comparing Temperature Scales" #1-5

Math: Prepare/Study for Quiz on Chapter 4

Social Studies: History Fair research!!

*Permission slip signed
*Create a Web (graphic organizer) with your topic in the middle and facts that you know about the topic. Below the web write questions that you want to research. Remember we are focusing on the WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE part right now.
*Continue finding background research on topic.
WE WILL BE DOING BACKGROUND RESEARCH TILL THURSDAY!!!
*As you research take notes on a separate piece of paper.