8th Grade Week Nine: October 30-November 3, 2023

You have the dentist Monday, and Mom will be gone Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning.  If you need anything while I am gone, just skip it and we will deal with it when I am back on Thursday.  Great job so far; I appreciate how hard you are working.  I love you and I am proud of you!

ISEE Study 

1. Do the double blank vocabulary words on pages 75-79.

2. Do Descriptive Passages #3 and #4 on pages 120-123 of the ISEE book.

3.  Do vocabulary #61-77 on pages 72-74 of the ISEE book.

4.  Do Averages 1-18 on pages 267-269 of the ISEE book.

5. Do Expository Passages #2 and #3 on pages 134-137 of the ISEE book.

Math  - Chapter 4 of Elementary Algebra (None Wednesday)

Please come ask me if you don't understand something she taught you or have other questions.  

Chapter 4 Summary, Set 2

Chapter 4 Test

Chapter 5, Lesson 1.  Watch the video and do Set 1 (skip #1 but do the rest) and Set 2.

Chapter 5, Lesson 2.  Watch the video and do Set 1 and Set 2 #4; 5a, c, e, g, i; 6 b, d, f, h; 7; 8; 9a, c, e, g, i; 10.

Religion & Bible History (None Wednesday) 

• Read Bible History Unit 6 part 2: 1-3 and do the questions.
• Read He Leadeth Me chapter 8 and discuss it with Mom.
• Read Faith and Life 8 Chapter 9.  Discuss with Mom.
• Read Heavens Roar pages the correspond, then read your Bible Mark 4:21-34. 

Language Arts (None Wednesday)

Literature 

1. Monday, we will start to read Animal Farm.  This is set entirely on an English Farm during the rise of Communism.  The farm is home to a human family and their workers, pigs, horses, a donkey, dogs, chickens and cows.  All of the animals are personified, and some of them represent actual political figures.  Come discuss the author/book with Mom before starting.  Then, read the biography, preface and introduction.  
2. Tuesday, read chapters 1 and 2 and discuss with Mom.  Do the two worksheets for chapters 1 and 2 that Mom will give you.
3. Thursday, read chapters 3 and 4 and discuss with Mom.  Do the two worksheets for chapters 3 and 4 that Mom will give you.
4. Friday, read chapter 5.  Then in writing answer "Is life after the Rebellion better, worse, or the same as before the Rebellion?  Why?  Use examples from the book to defend your answer."

English From the Roots Up 

• Learn the three new roots for this week - pono/positum, cum, figo/fixum
• List as many extra words that fit the new roots as you can on a piece of paper.
• Study the roots throughout the week.  
• TEST NEXT WEEK ON ROOTS SINCE WEEK ONE

Middle School Essay Writing

• Read page 23-24 in the How to Write a 5-paragraph essay  book on converting an essay prompt to a thesis.  Do page 24 and 25 for practice.
• Do page 26 in the How to Write a 5-paragraph essay  book.  
• Read page 27-28 in the How to Write a 5-paragraph essay  book on converting your thesis to an essay outline.  Do the practice on page 28 & 29.
• Pick one of the essay topics you outlined last week for the ISEE and do the practice 30 minute write for it.

Modern World History 

Do WWI Lesson 10 Enter the United States

Do WWI Lesson 11 Home Fronts

Do WWI Lesson 12 Ending the Fighting

Do WWI Lesson 13 on The Spanish Flu

Do After WWI The Red Summer of 1919

Foundations 

Lesson 1

1. Read each part of this internet safety/cyber bullying page.

·         Why is it so common?

·         Why is it so dangerous?

·         Sign your name.

Lesson 2

1. Read this introduction on the importance of listening. Skip the last paragraph. Don’t worry about it.
2. Read about effective listening. Use the arrow to turn the page.

Lesson 3

1. Watch about being an active listener.
2. Use the ideas to practice listening. Listen for 10 minutes to Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech here 

 Lesson 4

1. Practice listening. Listen for 20 minutes to President Kennedy’s moon speech here 

Lesson 5

1. Watch the video about verbal and non-verbal communication.

World Geography 

1. Read World Geography pages 133-137, 140-151 and 157-172.  You will probably want to split this up over several days.
2. Read this article on the earliest inhabitants of North America.
3. Look at Smithonian Geography pages 220-221 and 168-169.
4. On a map of Canada, label each province and territory.  Notice that some of the borders are very straight while others are very convoluted.  Try to figure out why.  Mark the capital of Canada and the capital of the United States.  Label them.  Add the symbol you used for the capital to your map key.  Add the major cities of each country.  Make sure the symbol used to mark the cities is different than the one used to mark the capitals.  Add the city symbol to your map key.

Social Justice/Catholic Social Teaching

We will discuss the articles on Monday.