Eighth Grade

Dear 8th Grade Students,

First let me tell you how greatly missed you are by your teachers, your fellow classmates and ME. I pray for your health and safety each day. These days call each of you to a level of grit and grace that is both challenging yet so rewarding. Completing your assignments, remaining focused and engaged can be difficult in the best of times. Right now you are being expected to do many things on your own. I truly believe you are up to the task. 

Know that you are not alone. Your teachers are here to assist you and I am also here for you. You may contact me at jmontie@stbl.org at any time.  Do your very best to remain up to date with your assignments. If you fall behind, contact your teacher and explain why and how you will work to catch up.  This situation we are in is new to all children and adults throughout our country and our world. But it is Ok because our faith tells us that in all challenges God is by our side, loving us and keeping us close. Talk to Jesus and Mary every day. They are there to give you strength and love. 

Your teachers will be giving you assessments or tests in the coming days and weeks. Remember the Bes of Bernie’s: Be Respectful, Be Responsible and Be Good Citizens by following these Honor System Guidelines:

1. Work independent of parents, friends, classmates

2. You may use all materials including notes, and your book

3. Submit the assessment(test) to your teacher the day it is due

Boys and girls, remember the strongest word in the English language is the word, help. It is ok to ask for it when you need it. Every person needs help in one way or another. If you need help with an assignment, a problem or a concern you may have, let someone know. Your Bernie’s family is here for you. 

I can’t wait until we are back in school together. I will plan something fun for our first Morning Gathering Together.  I will also plan some great activities for my wonderful graduating 8th graders!!!!!!! 

Mrs. Montie

**Specials- don't forget to check the distance learning pages for each of your specials for your assignment for the week.**

8A Math - Mrs. MacIntosh
Monday 3/23 - Go to Google Classroom and complete steps and work in the instructions for Chapter 6 Lesson 11A.     

Tuesday 3/24 -Go to Google Classroom and complete steps and work in the instructions for Simple Solutions Lesson 56.     

Wednesday 3/25 -Go to Google Classroom and complete steps and work in the instructions for Khan Academy Systems of Equations.   
 
Thursday 3/26 -Go to Google Classroom and complete steps and work in the instructions for Kahoot Challenge Systems of Equations. 

Friday 3/27 - Catch Up Day!! 

Monday 3/30 - Go to Google Classroom and complete steps and work in the instructions for Simple Solutions Quiz Lessons 53-56.      

Tuesday 3/31 -Virtual Classroom Lesson - go to this link to join the class at 8:30am. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/284603251 (you can also join from post in Google Classroom)    

Wednesday 3/31 -Virtual Classroom Lesson - go to this link to join the class at 8:30am. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/930263161 (you can also join from post in Google Classroom)    

Thursday 3/26 -Go to Google Classroom and complete steps and work in the instructions for Chapter 6 Test.

Test Schedule - Simple Solutions Quiz Lessons 53-56 on Monday 3/30
                          - Chapter 6 Test on Thursday 4/2

8 Religion - Mrs. MacIntosh

Friday 3/27- Catch Up Day!!

Monday 3/23:
Social Studies => Read Ch 18, Sec 4: "The End of Reconstruction" (pgs. 530-533). Complete Ch 18, Sec 4 AQs (p. 533) in a Google doc labeled with your first and last name and the assignment heading, and shared to kkolson@stbernies.com. 
ELA =>
1) Find the "Voyages and Vocab Workshop Answers for Review" Google doc, which I shared with all of you! There, you will find Voyages 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4 Answers, as well as Vocab Workshop Unit 4 and Unit 5 Answers. Correct your Voyages work in Google docs using yellow highlighter for any incorrect answers [I am interested in your learning process, not that you had all answers correct the first time around!]. For Vocab Workshop exercises, use a colored pen or highlighter to correct your work in your workbook.
2) Finish reading Anne Frank, Act I (through p. 592), while answering all margin questions in your Google doc, which is already shared with me.

Tuesday 3/24:
Social Studies =>
Begin class notes in your copybook for Ch 18, Sec 4 "The End of Reconstruction." The Ch 18, Sec 4 slideshow is posted on my online notes page. Complete up through the "Stop, Drop, & Write" [Slide 7].
ELA =>
1) Read Voyages 4.5: "Active and Passive Voices" (p. 372). In a Google doc labeled and shared with me, complete Ex. 1 and Ex. 2 (pgs. 372-373). Write entire sentences for both exercises. For Ex. 1, underline the verb or verb phrase and identify Active Voice by writing ["AV"] next to the sentence and Passive Voice by writing ["PV"] next to the sentence. Include this key at the top of your exercise. For Ex. 2, include the instruction "AV" or "PV" next to your sentence and underline the verb or verb phrase you used to make the sentence active or passive.
2) Per the email I sent all of you yesterday, at some point a couple Voyages answer pages were accidentally deleted from the "Voyages and Vocab Workshop Answers for Review" Google doc I shared with you yesterday morning. I repaired these defects  {Vocab Unit 6 Easter egg!}, so if you missed any corrections, check in with this Google doc TODAY! 
3) Tomorrow, Wed, March 25th, at 10:00 am, we will have our first live ELA class, using the Zoom meeting service! You do not need a Zoom account, and all further live ELA classes will be conducted through this service. To enter this meeting, all you have to do is copy and paste the link below into your browser window: 

Topic: Mrs. Terwilliger 8th ELA Anne Frank Reading and Discussion
Time: Mar 25, 2020 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/397984289

Meeting ID: 397 984 289

By attending live class meetings, you will not have to complete further independent reading and written answers to margin questions as we read our next dramatic work: Anne Frank, Act II. We will also recap our live reading of Act I where we left off together as a class, discussing Cause and Effect, Comprehension, Critical Viewing, and Dialogue questions. Further, you will be prompted to share your reactions as we analyze the impact of these socially significant texts! NOTE: if you miss a live meeting of our class, you will be required to make up the written equivalent of all work completed during that portion of class!

Wednesday 3/25:
Social Studies =>
1. Complete notes in your copybook for Ch 18, Sec 4 "The End of Reconstruction," from Restricted Rights [Slide 8] through New Industries [Slide 14]. The Ch 18, Sec 4 slideshow is posted on my online notes page.
2. Make a hard-copy, color-coded flashcard for each of the Key Terms from Ch 18, Sec 4 [see p. 530 of your textbook]: poll tax, literacy test, grandfather clause, segregation, Jim Crow laws, Plessy v. Ferguson, and "New South." Use your class notes to add contextual details that go beyond the definitions!
ELA =>
Join me for our first Zoom live class meeting TODAY by copying and pasting the following url link into your browser window at 10 o'clock am [you may enter a few minutes early to ensure you're on time]: 
https://zoom.us/j/397984289. {Our Meeting ID is: 397 984 289, but you should only need the url to join the meeting.} Have your Literature textbook handy and be turned to p. 568! It will also be helpful to have the Margin Questions Google doc you made open for your reference. Our blackboard is posted below showing our Anne Frank, Act I & II cast reading roles:

Thursday 3/26:
Social Studies =>
1. Read "History through Literature" pgs. 536-537, ft. Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass! Read each poem, "Reconciliation," "O Captain! My Captain!," and "Hushed Be the Camps To-Day" at least TWICE, first silently, and then aloud, preferably while pacing or grievously dancing and staring in the mirror for dramatic effect. 2. Then make a Google doc titled with your first and last name and "Analyzing Literature p. 537" and answer the "Analyzing Literature" questions. For #1 & #2 type the question and your complete multiple choice answer  [not just the letter, but the word(s) next to it as well]. For #3, include the heading "Critical Thinking & Writing: Applying Info" and include the question within your answer [no need to retype the whole question first]. Be sure to quote and explain at least two lines from at least one of Whitman's poems from pgs. 536-637, clearly stating the name of the poem(s) you are quoting, in discussing your answer.
NOTE: You will be taking the Ch 18, Sec 1 & 2 Quiz in Google Classroom next Wed 4/1. As with previous quizzes, the quiz will contain multiple choice and T/F. This will be an open-book quiz, but you must work independently. The Ch 18 TEST will also be an open-book test in Google Classroom, contain the usual matching, multiple choice, pick-two-essays format; and you will take the test on Mon, 4/6.
ELA =>
1. Follow instructions and view Vocab Workshop Unit 6 words in my online slideshow [Slides 130-150], which is posted on my online notes page.
2. Complete the following Vocab Unit 6 Exercises from pgs. 75-79: Choosing the Right Word, Synonyms, Antonyms, Completing the Sentence, and Vocab in Context.
NOTE: Our Vocab Unit 4-6 test will be next Thurs, 4/6. You will take it in Google Classroom, and it will be an open-book test featuring passages, definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and antonyms. You must must work independently to complete this test.
3.  Our next whole-class Zoom meeting date and time is next Mon, 3/30 at 8:30 am!* The link is below:

Topic: 8th ELA: Anne Frank Reading & Discussion

Time: Mar 30, 2020 08:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/821028462

Meeting ID: 821 028 462

*NOTE that if you missed yesterday's Zoom meeting, or forgot to send in the Exit Ticket, label a page in your copybook or Google doc "Exit Ticket 3/25" [which must be sent or shared to kkolson@stbernies.com] and characterize Mr. Dussel by analyzing his dialogue near the bottom of p. 575: "Unfortunately, no." This is an indirect characterization, so you must infer character traits for Dussel and explain your reasoning, using the context around this dialogue to guide your analysis. 

Friday 3/27: TODAY is Catch-Up Day! No new work is assigned. Social Studies is a "Special" anyway! Please use this time to catch up on any work you have missed. For your reference, I have added all Vocab Unit 6 Answer pages to the "Voyages and Vocab Workshop Answers for Review" Google doc, which is shared to all of you [and now set to View-only!]. You may begin checking your answers using highlighter or colored pen. Note that the Vocab Unit 6 prompts have not yet been assigned. Have a good weekend. :)

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PLEASE NOTE ALL PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED QUIZZES/TESTS in ELA & Social Studies are postponed until further notice.*
**All assignments until further notice should be completed in a Google doc titled with your first and last name and the heading of the assignment (and pages number where heading is general), and then shared to kkolson@stbernies.com.**
***We are in the process of setting up our LIVE Skype ELA conversation! For now, you will independently continue reading The Diary of Anne Frank, Act I. NOTE: The Diary of Anne Frank Dramatized by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett [narrated by Jason Damron] is available on Audible. If you have an Audible account, I highly encourage you to listen to the play as you follow along in your Literature book to enhance your experience. Be careful not to put the novel Diary of Anne Frank in your cart by mistake -- we are reading THE PLAY [which is based on the novel].

Tuesday- March 24. All work on Google Classroom-due by 4:00 pm today

Wednesday- March 25

Thursday- March 26

Friday- March 27
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SCIENCE
Work for the weel 3/16 to 3/20:

1.  Any Science textbook pages assigned will be checked in person in school.
2.  Simple Solutions Les. 53 - 54 
3.  Textbook p.144  -  Science Life Connection 
             A.  Report ( No mutimedia presentation)
                            -  Title Page -  "Waves"  (Be creative)
                                                  -   Your name 
             B.  Follow Directions in Book 
             C.  2 to 4 paragraphs about human sight and hearing 
             D.  Identify animal species (new page)
                         - 2 to 4 paragraphs about sight and hearing in that species 

4.  Staple all pages together (about 3 or 4 pages)

5.  Turn in FIRST day back to school. 

Simple Solutions Answers 
Les.53 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UXUEca3dr0rkhl-reAWR12Ri4o7TE6dKH1wykjnsn64/edit

Les.54 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nRzQXXx5rwgA9GSvlrH61zHou6CBLvArjarO0TYXNok/edit



Work for 3/23 to 3/37
Please see your Science Google Classroom page.
Please follow your daily schedule and refer to your specials Distance Learning page.