8th Grade Homework Assignments
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Green Folders
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Forgot your reading at school?Don't worry, Science World is online and the digital edition includes film clips, games and extension websites! (The password is science.) If the issue isn't the one you are looking for, you need to click on "Issue Archive" and then the cover of the issue you want.
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February 14th Go to the Science World website by following the directions at the right. Write down the names of the video clips you view and the games you play. Also try the links to the extension webpages. Answer the following questions with information from your experience (be sure it's in the correct format for open-ended responses): Do you think the electronic version of the magazine is better than the print? Do you think we could use the electronic version and do without the print edition?
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February 15th February 15th Read "The Ice Man" Complete the following Due Friday
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February 16th | February 17th Read "Crowded Planet" Complete the following: Due Tuesday |
| February 20th No School for President's Day |
February 21st
Read "What's Living In You?" Due Thursday |
February 22nd | February 23rd
Read "Nature's Copycats" Complete the following: Well AdaptedDue Monday |
February 24th |
| February 28th Due Friday Read "Life Without Color" and complete the following:
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Pink Folders
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February 7 | February 8 Due Thursday: Read "Grammar Goes to the Movies" Complete "Number Vs. Amount" Commonly Confused Words Activity Type which word you think fits into the text box.
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February 9 Due Friday Vocabulary and Vocabulary worksheet for "Delicious or Deadly? Instead of circling the word that does not belong in numbers 9-14 type the word that does not belong into the text box.
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February 10 Due Monday Read "Delicious or Deadly" Complete the Cause and Effect Chains worksheet |
| February 13 Due Tuesday "Delicious or Deadly" continued Complete "Read, Think, Explain: Identifying Nonfiction Elements" worksheet
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February 14 Due Wednesday "Delicious or Deadly" continued Complete Critical-Thinking Questions
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February 15 Due Thursday "Delicious or Deadly" concluded: Quiz (Put the letter of your answer choice in the nearest text box. Don't forget the two questions at the bottom of the page.) |
February 16 Due Friday Vocabulary and Vocabulary worksheet for "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" Instead of circling the word that correctly completes the sentence, type it in the nearest text box. |
February 17 Due Tuesday Read "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment." Complete the "Back to Basics" worksheet (Literary Elements and devices) |
| February 20 No school for President's Day |
February 21 Due Wednesday "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment." continued Complete: "You Might Think" (analyzing theme)
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February 22 Due Thursday "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment." continued Complete: Critical-Thinking Questions |
February 23 Due Friday "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment." concluded Take the Quiz |
February 24 Due Monday Read "Life or Death Choice" Complete: "Paired-Text Quiz" (compare and contrast) |
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Purple Folders
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February 7 | February 8 Due Thursday Read "Rainbow Roses" (page 3) Complete "You be the Editior" proofreading activity by typing your answers into the text boxes
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February 9 Due Friday Read "Celebrity Scoop: Vanessa Hudgens) Complete "One Word, Two Meanings" worksheet
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February 10 Due Monday Read "Journey 2: the Mysterious Island" Complete "Test Your Knowledge" worksheet Type your answers into the text boxes.
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| February 13 Due Tuesday Continue "Journey 2: the Mysterious Island" Complete: Problem / Solution matchup
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February 14 Due Wednesday Read "Segregation in 1950" Complete: "Read and Respond: Type your answers into the text boxes. |
February 15
Due Thursday Read "When School Was Scary" Complete: "Vocabulary Review"
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February 16 Due Friday Continue "When School Was Scary" Complete: "The Basics" summarizing worksheet
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February 17
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| February 20 President's Day No school |
February 21 Due Wednesday |
February 22 Due Thursday |
February 23
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February 24 Due Monday Read "Hollywood Scoop: The Hunger Games" and complete the adjectives worksheet and
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| February 27 Due Tuesday Read "Hollywood Scoop: The Hunger Games" and complete the word root worksheet |
February 28 Due Wednesday Read "Titanic" and complete the Character Map |
February 29 Due Thursday |