January 31- February 4

Social Studies:
Monday: Political Parties BrainPop, WB pg. 76, and Jefferson/Hamilton matching game
Tuesday: Quickwrite: Hamilton and Jefferson, 11.7 and 11.8 "A-B" post-it activity, hw: finish 11.7 or 11.8 summaries
Wednesday: Election of 1800 reading, Investigating History pg. 436 and discussion questions
Thursday: in class five paragraph essay using WB pgs. 74-76
Friday: revisions and final draft of five paragraph essay

Language Arts:
Monday: Preposition ws, "Anne Frank" pgs. 489-497
Tuesday: "Anne Frank" pg. 497-502, RC 2.7 ws, hw: WC 1.3 ws
Wednesday: Review RC 2.7 ws, WC 1.3 ws, motivation questions in "Anne Frank" pg. 472, hw: Preposition ws/Grammar skillbuilder ws
Thursday: WC 1.2 ws, read "The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank" pg. 515, hw: Nouns in Phrases ws
Friday: scenes from the movie "Anne Frank"

Hamilton vs. Jefferson

The beginning of political parties in the United States.

January 24 -28

Social Studies
Monday: Snake game to review the Constitution and Bill of Rights for the Ch. 9 and 10 benchmark, hw: study your study guide and Bill of Rights for the benchmark tomorrow
Tuesday: Ch. 9 and 10 benchmark
Wednesday: WB pgs. 64-67, Ch. 11 vocabulary assignment, hw: story using Ch. 11 vocabulary
Thursday: Hamilton and Jefferson video, read 11.2 and 11.3, post-it activity, and summaries
Friday: read 11.4 and 11.5 Opposing viewpoints

Language Arts:
Monday: Intro the WWII and the Holocaust, Holocaust brainpop, read "Anne Frank" pgs. 447-461
Tuesday: "Anne Frank" pgs. 461-468, hw: Usage and Expression ws part I and II
Wednesday: Compound/Complex sentence ws, "Anne Frank" ps. 468-474, hw: Expression ws pgs. 47-48
Thursday:  4 sentence type notes, "Anne Frank" pgs. 476-487, hw: Preposition ws and study for sentence type quiz
Friday: WC 1.3 types of sentences quiz, "Anne Frank" 491-497

Bill of Rights mnemonic device

Here is the mnemonic device we learned in class to help us remember the Bill of Rights. Remember your hw this evening is to tell someone at home about each of the 10 amendments using the mnemonic device to help you. (a signature is required to receive credit for the assignment)

#1 MOUTH
#2 ARMS
#3 BEARS
#4 DOORS
#5 FINGERS
#6 TRICKS
#7 DWARFS
#8 OCTOPUS
#9 INNINGS
#10 TENSION

January 17 -21

Social Studies:
Tuesday: Finish Ch. 9 study guide, Bill of Rights BrainPop and intro., hw: finish Ch. 9 study guide
Wednesday: Bill of Rights mnemonic device, hw: tell someone at home about each of the 10 amendments in the Bill of Rights and bring back a sentence and a signature to prove you completed the assignment.
Thursday: James Madison BrainPop, "Snake" review game, hw: study for the benchmark tomorrow, remember to study the three branches including their responsibilities and the Bill of Rights
Friday: Ch. 9 and 10 benchmark

Language Arts:
Tuesday: Read "Harriet Tubman", character traits and motivation notes
Wednesday: "Harriet Tubman" questions on pg. 756, Patterns of Organization notes, hw: pick one pattern of text and write one paragraph. (Hint: If you get stuck, you can choose to write your paragraph using "Spatial" organization and write about what you see in your bedroom.)
Thursday: Reviewed hw paragraphs, LRA 3.3 character motivation ws, and Patterns of Organization ws
Friday: Patterns of Orangization review: Cause and Effect, Spatial, Compare and Contrast, and Order of Degree ws, introduce the holocaust with a writing activity

January 10- 14

I'm glad to hear many of you are putting the finishing touches on your Book in a Box project. I will accept late projects only until Tuesday, Jan. 18th. However, for every school day the project is late I will deduct 5 points from the project's final grade.

Social Studies:
Monday: Quickwrite: Preamble #2, WB pgs. 54-59 step 2
Tuesday: Quickwrite: Preamble #3, WB pgs. 54-59 step 2
Wednesday: Quickwrite: Preamble #4, WB pgs. 54-59 step 2 (Students must finish today!)
Thursday: Quickwrite: Preamble #5,  Ch. 9 study guide
Friday: Quickwrite: Preamble #6, jeopardy game, Ch. 9 study guide

Lanugage Arts:
Monday: finish "Story of an Eyewitness", patterns of text and style notes, clause ws lesson 2, hw: Book in a Box project
Tuesday: RC 2.7 warmup, unity and transition words handout, complex sentences ws lesson 3, hw: Book in a Box project
Wednesday: finish complex sentences ws lesson 3, Eyewitness report revision, "Little Walter" ws, hw: Book in a Box project due tomorrow!
Thursday: RC 2.7 quiz, Eyewitness report
Friday: Eyewitness report revisions and final draft

Three Branches of Government

Three Branches of Government



The Preamble (School House Rock)

January 4- 7

Welcome back 8th graders! REMEMBER: YOUR BOOK IN A BOX PROJECT IS DUE THURSDAY, JAN. 13th!

Social Studies:
Tuesday: Pre-reading activity for Ch. 9, hw: finish Ch. 9 pre-reading activity
Wednesday: Hidden vocabulary game, introduction to the 3 branches of government, exit ticket
Thursday: Who, What, Where of the 3 branches of government
Friday: Quickwrite: Preamble, Preamble School House Rock, and WB pgs. 54-59 (step 1 only)

Lanugage Arts:
Tuesday: Read "The Great Rat Hunt," hw: conjunctions ws lesson 3
Wednesday: Go over Unit 2 benchmark results, hw: simple/compound sentences ws lesson 2
Thursday: Academic vocabulary Unit 3, hw: work on Book in a Box project
Friday: Unity and Coherence notes, begin reading "Story of an Eyewitness", simple/compound sentences skillbuilder ws