Week 17 8th Grade 12/9/24-12/13/24

 

8th Week 17	12/9/2024	12/10/2024	12/11/2024	12/12/2024	12/13/2024	Co-Teacher Notes
English	Grammar Review; Poetry refresher / touchpoint / Christmas Break Expectations	Oliver Twist Essay OR Daedelus and IcarusComposotion due tomorrow.	GRAMMAR TEST	Read NAFL chapter 10; questions in Google Classroom!	NALF final discussion and questions due. Confirm all students have "Common Topic" student book for first of year.	Merry Christmas.
US History	No Class	Read SR 225-230 - Complete assignment	Discussion	Lesson 17 - SR 237-top half of 247 - Complete assignment- Lesson 16 Test tomorrow - Democrat, Republican, Libertarian	Lesson 16 Test with Democrat, Republican, Libertarian paragraph - Discussion
Earth Science	In Class: Chapter 5: Rocks and the Rock CycleLabs#3: Identifying Rocks  **Bring Lab Notebooks to Class	At home: Chapter 5: Rocks and The Rock Cycle Begin working on Chapter 5 Exercises base your answers on Textbook reading (Work on Loose Leaf paper)	In Class: Chapter 5: Rocks and the Rock CycleFinish Labs#3: Identifying Rocks and begin Formal Lab Report **Bring Lab Notebooks to Class	At home: Chapter 5: Rocks and The Rock Cycle CompleteChapter 5 Exercisesbase your answers on Textbook reading (Work on Loose Leaf paper) Also Complete Formal Lab Report for Lab #3  **Both these assignments are due tomorrow	In Class: ChristmasCelebrations:Breaking your Geodes !!Chapter 5: Rocks and the Rock CycleFinish Formal Lab Report **Bring Lab Notebooks to Class Lab Reports and Ch 5 Exercisesdue today!!	*Chapter 5 Test will be when we get back from Christmas Breakon 1/15/25  **Quarter 3-4 Project; Science Fair Projects . Students will research and select a topic/problem and design an experiment for the Fortis Academy Logic Science Fair 24-25. The Science Fair will take place 31st, March through 4th April, 2025. They may begin work on the Experiment once the project is approved by the teacher. Project Approval Form due Jan 20, 2025  ***No Haz-Mat Projects allowed
Formal Logic	Review Chapter 6	See Study Guide on GCR	Midterm Test	Complete GCR assignment	Review/Videos
Geometry	Rose Window Project
Latin 8	Chapter 15	Do Exercise 1 & 2, p. 258-259 n textbook. To turn in on Wednesday.	Chapter 15	Do exercise 3, p. 262, To turn in on Friday.	Chapter 15.
Latin 7	Indirect Statements; third declension review	WB p. 35, Exercise 1. To turn in on Wednesday.	Indirect statements, Chapter 7 continued.	WB p. 36, 37, 38. exercise 3, 4, 5. To turn in on Friday.	Chapter 7.

8th Grade Week 16 12/2/24-12/6/24

 

8th Week 16	12/2/2024	12/3/2024	12/4/2024	12/5/2024	12/6/2024	Co-Teacher Notes
English	NLFD (chapter 3-9) discuusion; D&L Confirm: Consistency through Expediency	OliverTwist Essay work.	Grammar: (142) Adjective and Noun clauses; Vocab lesson #25 partner work; (no quiz on these words until mixed with #26 in January.)	Oliver Twist ESSAY DUE TOMORROW - TEST GRADE	Conventions of dialogue review w/ peanuts	By next Friday (12/13), have chapter 10 in Narrative... read with Google Classroom questions answered.
US History	No Class	SR 213-218 - Complete assignment	Discussion - Read Democrat, Republican, Libertarian	Lesson 16 - SR 219-top half of 225 - Complete assignment - Lesson 15 Test Friday -	Lesson 15 Test - Read Democrat, Republican, Libertarian -
Earth Science	In Class: Chapter 5: Rocks and the Rock Cycle Sections         5.2 Igneous Rock,              5.3 Sedimentary Rock Textbook pages 110-121.	At home: Chapter 5: Rocks and The Rock Cycle  Read Chapter 5, Textbook pages 116-121.  Complete Learning Checks 5.3  base your answers on Textbook reading.	In Class: Chapter 5: Rocks and the Rock Cycle Sections 5.4 Metamorphic Rock Rock,  Textbook pages 121-124.	At home: Chapter 5: Rocks and The Rock Cycle Read  Chapter 5, Textbook pages 121-130.  Work on Learning Checks 5.4 and 5.5 base your answers on Textbook reading.	In Class: Chapter 5: Rocks and the Rock Cycle Complete Sections 5.5 Energy Resources, Textbook pages 124-130.       CW and HW for Ch5 due today!!	Chapter 5 Test will be when we get back from Christmas Break!
Formal Logic	Review Chapters 1-3 Midterm next Weds.	Complete GCR Assignment	Review Chapter 4	Complete Google CR assignment	Review Chapter 5
Geometry	Rose Window Project
Latin 8	Review Chapter 14	WB. p. 91, Content questions. Due Wednesday.	TEST REVIEW	Study for test over Chapter 14.	Test on Chapter 14.
Latin 7	Chapter 7	Read pp. 100-103, including the Latin passage on p. 103. Translate the first paragraph. To turn in on Wednesday.	Chapter 7	Read Connecting wth the Ancent World, on pp. 104-109. On a sheet of paper, decline third declension nouns amor, amoris/senex, senis/ soror, sororis. To turn in on Friday.	Chapter 7

Week 15 8th Grade 11/18/24- 11/22/24

 

8th Week 15	11/18/2024	11/19/2024	11/20/2024	11/21/2024	11/22/2024	Co-Teacher Notes
English	D&I Confirmation & OT essay; discuss NLFD	Read preface to NLFD, look at the date and write down ONE aspect of Garrison's words that challenged you.	Vocab Quiz lessons 21-24; D&I Confirmation	Bring D&I through POSSIBILITY completed tomorrow; chapter 1-2 in NLFD due tomorrow for 5-question check	Quick NLFD check in - his view of Christian vs. Christianity; work on OT essay	NLFD chapters 3-9 will be due on 12/2 when we return. Students, this is 33 pages in my book, with illustrations. I estimate reading time of 2-3 hours for these pages.
US History	No Class	SR 201-206 - Complete assignment	Discussion	Lesson 15 - SR 207-top half of 213 top - Complete assignment - Lesson 14 Test tomorrow	Lesson 14 Test - Discussion
Earth Science	In Class: Chapter 5: Rocks and the Rock CycleSections 5.1 The Rock Cycle Textbook pages 106-116.	At home: Chapter 5: Rocks and The Rock Cycle Read Chapter 5, Textbook pages 107-110. CompleteLearning Checks 5.1 base your answers on Textbook reading. Use Slides for lesson if needed.	In Class: Chapter 5: Rocks and the Rock CycleSections 5.2Igneous Rock Textbook pages 110-116.	At home: Chapter 5: Rocks and The Rock Cycle Read Chapter 5, Textbook pages 110-116. CompleteLearning Checks 5.2 base your answers on Textbook reading. Use Slides for lesson if needed.	In Class: Discussion on Graded TestChapter 5: Rocks and the Rock CycleSections 5.2Igneous Rock, 5.3 Sedimentary Rock Textbook pages 110-121.
Formal Logic	Crito	DD Exercises pg. 37 - 39	Crito	DD Exercises pg. 40-42	Find the Premises and Conclusion
Geometry	Questions from Chapter 7 Review and Midterm Review	Study for Ch 7/Midterm Test	Chapter 7 Test/Midterm Exam	Study for Ch 7/Midterm Test	Chapter 7 Test/Midterm Exam
Latin 8	Chapter 14	Complete exercises 3, 4, 6 in the textbook on pages 245 and 247. Due Wednesday.	Chapter 14	Complete exercise 8 p. 249 in textbook and WB p. 84, 87, 88, 89. Due Friday.	Chapter 14.	Happy Thanksgiving!
Latin 7	REVIEW 2: Chapters 4-6.	Do exercises 1-5 on pages 96-98 in the textbook.Title your homework "Week 15 T HW, Ex. 1-5 p. 96." Copy the original exercise.Due Wednesday.	REVIEW Chapters 4-6	Study for TEST over Review Chapter.	TEST over REVIEW 2; Chapters 4-6.	Happy Thanksgiving!

Week 14 8th Grade

 

8th Week 14	11/11/2024	11/12/2024	11/13/2024	11/14/2024	11/15/2024	Co-Teacher Notes
English	Oliver Twist Wrap up. Themes; Efficacy of Dickens; DM & GK Chesterton reflection; Icarus/Daedalus progression; Sentence fluency	Piece final parts of Refutation together; focus on Exposition. Rough draft due Friday	In groups: what parts of OT plot could be used for Refuting or Confirming?	D&I Refutation ROUGH DRAFT w/ complex sentences, FofDs and transitions due tomorrow. Handwritten is fine; one side of paper only.	Intro: "Narrative of Life of Frederick Douglass;" Grammar Quiz: 4-level and "lay"	FYI: Lesson 24 Vocab Quiz next Wednesday, 11/20
US History	No Class	SR 190-194 - Complete assignment	Discussion	Lesson 14 - SR 195-top half of 201 - Complete assignment - Lesson 13 Test Friday (Robber Barons Paragraph)	Lesson 13 Test Robber Barons Paragraph - Discussion
Earth Science	In Class: Review on Chapter 4: Matter and Minerals for Test on Wednesday. Discussion on important LCs and Chapter Exercises; Continue on Labs if needed	At home: Study for Test Tomorrow! Chapter 4: Matter and Minerals Study using corrected Learning Checks and Chapter 4 Exercises. You may use Lesson Slides posted in the Class Folder if needed.	In Class: Test Today!! on Chapter 4: Matter and Minerals After test Introduction to Chapter 5	At home: Complete Formal Lab Report for Lab #2;	In Class: Chapter 5: Rocks and the Rock Cycle Sections 5.1 The Rock Cycle 5.2 Igneous Rock Textbook pages 106-116. Lab Notebooks due today!
Formal Logic	Lesson 6.5	Lesson 6.5 exercises - Chapter 6 Test Friday	Review Lessons 6.3 – 6.5 –	DD Exercises 34 - 36 - Chapter 6 Test Tomorrow	Chapter 6 Test
Geometry	Theorems about Other Quadrilaterals Lesson 7.4 and 7.5	Lesson 7.4: 1-18, 47-50 Lesson 7.5: 16-42	The Midsegment Theorem Lesson 7.6 *27-36	Lesson 7.6: 6-21, 37-39	Chapter 7 Review Set I and Set II as needed
Latin 8	Chapter 13 Review	Complete exercise 7 and the Content Questions in WB pages 81-83.	Chapter 13 Review	Complete exercises handed out in class. Due Friday.	Chapter 14
Latin 7	Chapter 6 continued.	Do page 32 in the WB. (exercise 5 & 6) to turn in Wednesday.	Chapter 6	Exercises 7 & 8 in the WB, p. 33 & 34. Due Friday.	Review of Chapter 6. Begin Review Chapter.

Week 13 8th Grade 11/4/24-11/8/24

 

8th Week 13	11/4/2024	11/5/2024	11/6/2024	11/7/2024	11/8/2024	Co-Teacher Notes
English	Session 1: OT discussion (thru "Affording an Explanation" ch 51; Session 2: Giufa discredit and exposition, Unclarity	Read Oliver Twist (to the end!); Review vocab words; finish Clarity	Grammar open (lay, lie, 4-Level); Implausibility; Impossibility and Inconsistency	Read; Impropriety and Inexpediency (Completed "Refutation" packet due by end of class tomorrow)	Packet check in class; Epilogue and draft requirements.	Narrative of Life of Frederick Douglass due in hand for class next Friday, 11/15 for PRE-read assignment (do not begin reading yet)
US History	No Class	SR 176-180- Complete assignment	Discussion	Lesson 13 - SR 183- top half of 190 top - Complete Homework and Take-home Test	Discussion
Earth Science	In Class: Chapter 4: Matter and MineralsSections 4.2Minerals 4.3 Mineral Properties and Identification Textbook pages 95-100.	At home: Chapter 4: Matter and Minerals Read Chapter 4, Textbook pages 100-102. Complete on Learning Checks 4.4Begin answering Chapter 4 Exercises base your answers on Textbook reading	In Class:  Labs Today!! Work on Lab #2: Identifying Minerals in Lab Notebook;	At home: Chapter 4: Matter and Minerals CompleteChapter 4 Exercises; base your answers on Textbook reading	In Class:  Labs Today!! Work on Lab #2: Identifying Minerals in Lab Notebook;	Chapter 4 Test Next Wednesday (11/13/24)
Formal Logic	Lesson 6.3	Lesson 6.3 exercises	Lesson 6.4	Lesson 6.4 exercises except DIA	Lesson 6.4 Deduction in Action Handout in class – DD Pg 28c – Write another dialogue pg 100
Geometry	Properties of Quadrilateral and Parallelograms Lesson 7.1 and 7.2 7.1 Linkage Problems 52-55 7.1: 1-9, 25-30	Study for Chapter 6 Test	Chapter 6 Test	Lesson 7.1: 1-11, 13-15, 26-27, 46-51, 56-59 Lesson 7.2: 10-15, 31-46	More Theorems about Parallelograms Lesson 7.3: 1-21, *Linkage Problem 31-32, 36-46
Latin 8	Chapter 13 review: objective/partitive genitive/ positive & negative commands/ reflexive third person possessive adjective	WB p. 79, 80 complete all and turn in Wednesday.	Ch. 13; in clss exercises.	Study for vocbulary quiz on chapter 13. Copy chart on p. 236.	Vocabulry quiz on Chapter 13
Latin 7	Chapter 6: sum, possum	Do WB pages 29 & 30. Make flashcards for ch, 6 Vocbulary to Know. Turn in WB pages Wednesday.	Complimentary infinitive, ch. 6	WB page 31, ex. 3 & 4. Turn in Friday.	Transtive & intransitive verbs

Week 12 8th Grade 10/28-11/1

 

8th Week 12	10/28/2024	10/29/2024	10/30/2024	10/31/2024	11/1/2024	Co-Teacher Notes
English	Session 1: OT through "flight of Sikes" (44-48) - Discussion and Reading Check; Session 2: 4-level and Maxim Essay compilation	READ (Pgs assigned in the co-teacher notes); AND Piece together Essay (Due by Friday)	Grammar open; Vocab lesson 24 work in pairs	Maxim Essay composition and Oliver Twist Reading. ANSWER two of three questions on linked document.	Introduce concept of "Refutation" and "Confirmation" and Heads of Development for Essays therein	Next Monday, 11/4: for discussion in Oliver Twist ch 49 (Monks and Mr. Brownlow at Length Meet through ch 51 (Affording an Explanation)
US History	No Class	SR 161-167 - Complete assignment	Discussion	Lesson 12 - SR 169- top half of 176 Complete assignment - Chapter 11 History Test Friday	Lesson 11 Test - Discussion
Earth Science	In Class: Chapter 4: Matter and Minerals Sections 4.2 Minerals 4.3 Mineral Properties and Identification Textbook pages 95-100.	At home: Chapter 4: Matter and Minerals Complete learning checks 4.2 base your answers on Textbook pages 86-94. Go back and re-read textbook pages to look for answers.	In Class: Chapter 4: Matter and Minerals Sections 4.3 Mineral Properties and Identification 4.4 Mineral Resources Textbook pages 100-102.	At home: Chapter 4: Matter and Minerals Read Chapter 4, Textbook pages 94-100. Complete Learning Checks 4.3 base your answers on Textbook reading	In Class: Chapter 4: Matter and Minerals Sections 4.3 Mineral Properties and Identification 4.4 Mineral Resources Textbook pages 100-102. *Completed HW and Classwork notes in Notebook due today!!
Formal Logic	Lesson 6.1 and exercises	Study for Chapter 5 Test Tomorrow	Chapter 5 Test	Complete GCR assignment	Lesson 6.2 and exercises
Geometry	The Parallel Postulate Construction 7 Lesson 6.3	Lesson 6.3 5-24, 29-45	Parallel Lines and Angles and The Angles of a Triangle Lessons 6.4 and 6.5	Lesson 6.4: 5-16, 45-47 Lesson 6.5: 1-18, 40-46	Two Additional Congruence Theorems Lesson 6.6: 1-4, 18-40, *41-50
Latin 8	Chapter 13	Complete take-home quiz on Chapter 12. Due Wednesday.	Chapter 13	WB exercise 1, 3, & 4, p 76-78. Textbook exercise 2, p. 230. To turn in Friday.	Chapter 13, Language Fact 2, 3.
Latin 7	Review Chapter 5	WB pages 27 & 28. Exercises 6 & 7 and the Content questions.	Review Chapter 5. Review HW in class.	Study for quiz over Chapter 5.	Quiz on Chapter 5