Eighth Grade Week 4: September 25-29, 2023

You are off to a great start this year.  I am ALWAYS available to help you.  I love you and I am proud of you!

We need to start off Monday talking about the readings from last week for He Leadeth Me, All Creatures Great & Small and Uprising and to tell me what book you have selected for your Geography Project.

ISEE Study - Remember that on the ISEE there is no penalty for guessing.  If you don't know the answer to a question, take your best guess.
1.  Connotation 40-61 on pages 54-55.

2.  Persuasive Passage #2 on pages 102-103

3.  Persuasive Passage #3 on pages 104-105

4.  Exponents 1-15 on pages 159-160.

5.  Percents 1-12 on pges 174-175.

Math  - Chapter 1 of Elementary Algebra

Please come ask me if you don't understand something she taught you or have other questions.  I will be grading your work each day so that we can discuss anything you didn't understand before the next lesson.

1. Chapter 2, Lesson 3.  Watch video and do all of Set 1 and all of Set 2.
2. Chapter 2, Lesson 4.  Watch the video and do all of Set 1 and Set 2.
3. Chapter 2, Lesson 5.  Watch the video lesson and do all of Set 1 and all of Set 2.
4. Chapter 2, Lesson 6.  Watch the video lesson and do all os Set 1 and all of Set 2 except skip #9.
5. Chapter 2, Summary and Review. Do all of Set 1.

Religion & Bible History  (nothing on Wednesday)

• Read Faith and Life 8 Chapter 4.  Discuss with Mom.
• Read Heavens Roar page 8-9.  Read your Bible Mark 2:1-17. 
• Read Bible History Unit 5 Part 3 and do the questions.
• Read He Leadeth Me Chapter 4 and be prepared to discuss with Mom when done.

Language Arts (Nothing on Wednesday)

Literature We are starting Screwtape Letters this week, which is a satirical work by CS Lewis in which he relays the fictional written correspondence between a wise old devil, Screwtape, and his nephew, a novice devil named Wormwood.  Screwtape coaches Wormwood in the process of winning the soul of a young man for “Our Father Below,” Satan.

1. Read the two quotes before the Preface, the Preface and Letters 1-3. Come see Mom to do the study questions out loud.  
2. Read letters 4-6 and come see Mom to do the study questions.
3. Read letters 7-9 and come see Mom to do the study questions.   
4. In letter 8, Screwtape says, “Now it may surprise you to learn that in His efforts to get permanent possession of a soul, He relies on the troughs even more than on the peaks; some of His special favorites have gone through longer and deeper troughs than anyone else.”  Explain this quote in writing and give examples of saints or others who have experienced this.

English From the Roots Up (Skip Wednesday)

• Learn the three new roots for this week - kinesis, phone, sonus
• List as many extra words that fit the new roots as you can on a piece of paper.
• Study the roots throughout the week.  Be sure you study the last three week's roots also. 
• WE WILL HAVE A TEST NEXT WEEK ON THE FIRST 4 WEEKS ROOTS.

Middle School Essay Writing (Nothing on Wednesday)

Week 4 Lesson 1 (worksheet from Mom)

Week 4 Lesson 2 (worksheet from Mom)

Week 4 Lesson 3 (worksheet from Mom)

Week 4 Lesson 4 (worksheet from Mom)

Modern World History 

1. Read Book 8, Chapter 14 on 1896 Election.  Read Century for Young People pages 17-21.  
2. Read Book 8 Chapter 26.  Watch Crash Course #27 on Progressive Era.
3. Watch A History of US Episode 8 - Boom on the TV.  Do discussion guide and vocabulary with Mom.
4. Read Chapters 27 & 28 on Teddy Roosevelt.  Look at Cobblestone pg 6 on Roosevelet.
5. Read Book 8 chapter 20 & 30 on the annexation of Hawaii.

Foundations 

Lesson 1

1. Read through the second, third and fourth sections on student strategies (until you get to the next heading in green).

Lesson 2

1. Read about note-taking. It’s short, just at the top.
2. It talked about reviewing your notes that same day. Another thing you can do the same day, is to go into your learning with a question. A question peaks curiosity which excites the brain to learn. Write a question that will push your learning further for each of the courses you are taking.

 Lesson 3

1. Read this Article on Taking Notes in Class and From Textbooks

Lesson 4

1. Watch the video on how to take notes.

Lesson 5

Read All Creatures Great and Small Chapters 10-12 and come talk to Mom about what you read.  This doesn't have to be saved for Friday, you can read it over the course of the week if you wish.

World Geography

1. Watch this video on plate tectonics and read this article on forces that shape earth.
2. Read Smithsonian Geography pages 12-49.  This is a lot of pages but many pictures so you can do it in one day or two.
3. Play around on the World Glacier Inventory site.  Read this article on the lost 8th continent.
4. Research the Ring of Fire.  Present the information in visual form with decriptive captions similar to how your Smithsonian Geography book is organized.
5. On a map of the world, draw the equator, the  prime meridian, the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn.  Label the Arctic Cirlce and the Antarctic Cirle.

Social Justice/Catholic Social Teaching

Monday and Friday at 9 a.m. with Maura and Mom.

Exploring Electronics & Down to Earth
Do any homework or assignments from these classes before Wednesday.