8th Grade Homework Assignments

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Green Folders

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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.

 

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?

 

 

February 15th

February 15th

Read "The Ice Man"

Complete the following

Glacier Exploration

Frozen in Time

Due Friday

 

February 16th

February 17th

Read "Crowded Planet"

Complete the following:

Around the World

Tracking Teens

Energy Boom

Due Tuesday 

February 20th

No School for President's Day

February 21st

Read "What's Living In You?"
Complete the following:
 

Who's Your Neighbor?

Excuse Moo!

Due Thursday

 
February 22nd February 23rd

Read "Nature's Copycats"

Complete the following:

Problem Solved!

Well Adapted

Pollution Hunters

Due Monday

 
February 24th
  February 28th

Due Friday

Read "Life Without Color" and complete the following:

Life Without Color 1

Life Without Color 2

Life Without Color 3

 

     

 

Pink Folders

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

 

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.

 

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.

 

 

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

 

February 14

Due Wednesday

"Delicious or Deadly" continued

Complete Critical-Thinking Questions

 

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)

 

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)

February 27 February 28 February 29th March 1st March 2nd

 

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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

 

February 9

Due Friday

Read "Celebrity Scoop: Vanessa Hudgens)

Complete "One Word, Two Meanings" worksheet

 

February 10

Due Monday

Read "Journey 2: the Mysterious Island"

Complete "Test Your Knowledge" worksheet

Type your answers into the text boxes.

 

February 13

Due Tuesday

Continue "Journey 2: the Mysterious Island"

Complete: Problem / Solution matchup

 

February 14

Due Wednesday

Read "Segregation in 1950"

Complete: "Read and Respond:

Rosa Parks"

Type your answers into the text boxes.

February 15

Due Thursday

Read "When School Was Scary"

Complete: "Vocabulary Review"

 

February 16

Due Friday

Continue "When School Was Scary"

Complete: "The Basics" summarizing worksheet

 

February 17

 

 

 

 

February 20

President's Day

No school

February 21

Due Wednesday

Reading Comprehension Cloze Activity

February 22

Due Thursday

Cloze Activity about Themes

 
February 23

 

February 24

Due Monday

Read "Hollywood Scoop: The Hunger Games" and

complete the adjectives worksheet

and

Personification Examples

 

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

Complete the Titanic Quiz