Week 11th 8th grade 3/30/26-4/3/26

 

8th Week 113/30/20263/31/20264/1/20264/2/20264/3/2026Co-Teacher Notes
GeometrySurface Area and Volumes of Prisms and Cylinders
Surface Area and Volume of Prisms and Surface Area and Volume of Cylinders Riddle Worksheets
SA and Vol of Cones and Pyramids
Surface Area and Volume of Cones and Surface Area and Volume of Pyramids Riddle Worksheets
Good Friday - No School
Earth Science In Class: Review of Chapter 6 &7 today, Study Important questions/ Concepts for Test on Wednesday At home: Study for test tomorrow In Class: Test Today!! Chapter 6 &7 full period At home: Complete Formal Lab report for Lab#4- Studying Volcanoes ***Chapter 6&7 combined Test Wednesday 4/1/26 **Quarter 3-4 Project; Science Fair Projects .Students may begin working on their approved Experiments. Second darft of Written Report due March 23rd, 2026. Please refer to email and the video on How to cite Resources using Chicago Style
. The Science Fair will take place
13th-17th April 2026. ***No Haz-Mat Projects allowed
EnglishAdverb clause cont, page 86, Peer Analogy WorkComplete Exposition and Comparison questions and rough drafts for your essay; read "THP" for tomorrow's discussion.Session 1: Vocab quiz lesson 21-28; Grammar pg 89; Session 2: ch 1-2 THP; "as" and "than" p 90 Intention and Digression Rough Drafts, with their respective FoD's are due next Wednesday, start of class
LatinChapter 19 perfect passive participleDo exercise 1 in the textbook, page 346. To turn in Wednesday.Chapter 19 Perfect Tense PassiveDo exercise 3 and 4 in the textbook, p. 350-351
US HistoryDiscussionLesson 28 - SR 417-426 top Complete assignment No ClassSR 426-436 - Complete assignment and Take Home Test
Formal LogicLesson 8.6 – Chapter 8 Test Weds. April 8Complete GCR assignment Chapter 8 Review - Lesson 8.6 exercises pgs. 233-237 (use complete sentences, ideas, and examples) - Test Weds.

Week 10 8th grade 3/23/26-3/27/26

 

8th Week 103/23/20263/24/20263/25/20263/26/20263/27/2026Co-Teacher Notes
GeometryBrief Intro to Trigonometry
30-60-90 and 45-45-90 triangles
Lesson 11.3: 15-22;
Lesson 11.4: 29-34;
Lesson 11.5: 23-28
Volume of Prisms, General Formula of Volume of SolidsLesson 15.4: 31-33; Surface Area and Volume of Prisms Riddle WorksheetSurface Area and Volume Cylinders Riddle and Surface Area and Volume Cone Riddle Worksheets
Earth Science In Class: Chapter 7: Volcanoes and Earthquakes Sections 7.6 The Interior of the Earth Textbook pages 181-196. At home: Chapter 7: Volcanoes and Earthquakes Begin Work on Chapter 7 Exercises base your answers on Textbook reading. In Class: Labs Today!! Lab #4: Studying Volcanoes with Topo Maps **Bring Lab Notebooks to Class At home: Chapter 7: Volcanoes and Earthquakes Work on Chapter 7 Exercises base your answers on Textbook reading. In Class: Labs Today!! Lab #4: Studying Volcanoes with Topo Maps **Bring Lab Notebooks to Class **Science Notebooks to be turned in after Class for HW, CW grades ***Chapter 6&7 combined Test Wednesday 4/1/26 **Quarter 3-4 Project; Science Fair Projects .Students may begin working on their approved Experiments. Second darft of Written Report due March 23rd, 2026. Please refer to email and the video on How to cite Resources using Chicago Style
. The Science Fair will take place
13th-17th April 2026. ***No Haz-Mat Projects allowed
EnglishReview of Grammar Quiz, infinitives; commas and clauses, Drunk Driving essays and intro to Nonfiction genre and Corrie Ten Boom.Use 20 of the 25 vocab words, page 231 (lesson 28); write a historical fiction (can be fantasy or realistic), one page story CLEARLY SET in the time period of lesson 24-26 in your history class. Underline your vocab wordsSession 1: Common Topic 3 or 4 (Choice of); Session 2: The Hiding Place pre-activityRead chapters 1-2, THP, and reflect: Complete this page by next Wednesday's second session.Noun and adverb clauses; Prologue and ContraryVocabulary quiz 21-28 is next Wednesday, 4/1
LatinReview 16-18 for Test on Wednesday.Study for test over Chapters 16-18 review.Test over 16-18 reviewno homeworkChapter 19 begin-
US HistoryDiscussionLesson 27 - SR 397-408 Complete assignment No ClassSR 408-414 - Complete assignment - Lesson 27 Test FridayLesson 27 Test - Discussion
Formal LogicLesson 8.5 Part 1Lesson 8.5 – Begin Deduction in Action Essay pg 224 covering all 7 bullet points - Write brief but meaningful thesis statement, syllogism, and responses to these questions - no humor :(Lesson 8.5 Part 2Lesson 8.5 – Continue working on Deduction in Action Essay pg 224 – based on critiques of your 7 bullet points. Essay due Weds. April 8 - minium 700 words - double spacedWork on 8.5

Week 9 8th grade 3/9/26-3/13/26

 

8th Week 93/9/20263/10/20263/11/20263/12/20263/13/2026Co-Teacher Notes
GeometrySimilar Triangles in Right TrianglesSimilar Right Triangles and Geometric Mean worksheetRight Triangle Ratio's ReviewStudy for Chapter 10 TestTest 10
Earth Science In Class: Chapter 7: Volcanoes and Earthquakes Sections 7.4 Earthquakes and 7.5 Earthquake damage Textbook pages 181-196. At home: Chapter 7: Volcanoes and Earthquakes Read Chapter 7, Textbook pages 189-196. Complete Learning Check 7.5 and 7.6; base your answers on Textbook reading. This HW for may be distributed over Tuesday and Thursday, students should pace themselves as per individual HW needs In Class: Chapter 7: Volcanoes and Earthquakes Sections 7.4 Earthquakes and 7.5 Earthquake damage Textbook pages 181-196. At home: Chapter 7: Volcanoes and Earthquakes Read Chapter 7, Textbook pages 189-196. Complete Learning Check 7.5 and 7.6; base your answers on Textbook reading. This HW for may be distributed over Tuesday and Thursday, students should pace themselves as per individual HW needs In Class: Chapter 7: Volcanoes and Earthquakes Sections 7.6 The Interior of the Earth Textbook pages 181-196. Begin working on Chapter Exercises Due today: Science Notebooks for Classwork and Homework **Quarter 3-4 Project; Science Fair Projects .Students may begin working on their approved Experiments. Second darft of Written Report due March 23rd, 2026. Please refer to email and the video on How to cite Resources using Chicago Style
. The Science Fair will take place
13th-17th April 2026. ***No Haz-Mat Projects allowed
EnglishDiagramming of Infinitives. (refresh compound sentence, clauses and commas, phrases) Final DD essay expectations: Neat, polished, eloquent, figures of description and COMMASLOOK AHEAD: TKAM short answers or M/C test tomorrow (WED), take home grammar quiz on Thursday and final "Against a Drunk Driver" CommonTopic essay due Friday: Spend one hour towards any of theseFirst session: TKAM test or Short Answers due; Second Session: Field grammar questions OR in class work on "DD" essayGrammar take home quiz on clauses, gerunds participials and infinitives, and compound sentences; Must have "The Hiding Place" in class tomorrow.Against a DD due; Intro Corrie ten Boom, and CLT practiceHave a wonderful spring break! You have worked hard these nine weeks; only 9 more until high school. FINISH STRONG.
LatinReview chapter 16-18. Exercises 2 and 3 in class. Do exercise 4, 5, and 6 of review chapter. To turn in Wednesday.Homework review. Story reviews; exercise 7. Read pages 330-332. Do the translation on page 332. To turn in Friday.Connecting with the ancient world; exploring Roman disasters.Test on Wednesday after returning from Spring Break (3/25).
US HistoryDiscussionLesson 26 - SR 385-top half 389 - Complete assignment No ClassSR 389-394 - Complete assignment - Lesson 26 Test FridayLesson 26 Test - Discussion
Formal LogicLesson 8.4 -Lesson 8.4 exercises pgs. 210-214 (No Deduction in Action) (GCR)Review 8.4 Homework –Lesson 8.4 –Write Deduction in Action dialogue pg. 214 (GCR)Review Lessons 8.1-8.4

Week 8 8th grade 3/2/26-3/6/26

 

8th Week 83/2/20263/3/20263/4/20263/5/20263/6/2026Co-Teacher Notes
GeometryProportions and DilationsLesson 10.5: 1-8, *40-61Perimeters and Areas of
Similar Figures worksheet
Lesson 10.6: 1-9, 32-36, 44-47Proportions in a Right Triangle worksheet
Earth Science In Class: Chapter 7: Volcanoes and Earthquakes Section 7.2 Volcanoes Textbook pages 169-178. At home: Chapter 7: Volcanoes and Earthquakes Read Chapter 6, Textbook pages 179-181. Work on Learning Check 7.3 base your answers on Textbook reading. In Class: Chapter 7: Volcanoes and Earthquakes Sections 7.3 Igneous Intrusions 7.4 Earthquakes Textbook pages 179-186. At home: Chapter 7: Volcanoes and Earthquakes Read Chapter 6, Textbook pages 179-188. Complete Learning Check 7.3 and 7.4 base your answers on Textbook reading. In Class: Chapter 7: Volcanoes and Earthquakes Sections 7.3 Igneous Intrusions 7.4 Earthquakes Textbook pages 179-186. **Quarter 3-4 Project; Science Fair Projects .Students may begin working on their approved Experiments. Second draft of Written Report due March 23rd, 2026. Please refer to email and the video on How to cite Resources using Chicago Style
. The Science Fair will take place
13th-17th April 2026. ***No Haz-Mat Projects allowed
EnglishWrap up Flannery O'Connor; InfinitivesFinish reading "TKAM"; Diagram neatly (to turn in) the first sentence, up to the colon, of the 2nd paragraph, ch 27: "The first thing...."Session 1: Against a Drunk Driver Common Topic; Session 2: TKAM Conclusion; announcement of test/paper Against a Drunk Driver, through "digression" on page 27 due tomorrow.Common Topic: Final paragraphs with Composition Final Draft announce (due next FRIDAY, 3/13) Due in class next Friday: The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom.//TKAM test next Wednesday, 3/11
LatinChapter 18; review Vocabulary Quiz. Prepare for Vocabulary Quiz over Chapter 18.Vocab Quiz chapter 18 and begin review chapter 16-18.Reviewing perfect active tense. Do exercise 1 on page 326. To turn in Friday. Continuation of Chapters 16-18 review section. Test over the review chapter March 25.
US HistoryDiscussionLesson 25 - SR 369-374 - Complete assignment No ClassSR 374-381 - Complete GCR assignment - Lesson 25 Test FridayLesson 25 Test - Discussion
Formal LogicLesson 8.3 Part 1Lesson 8.3 exercises - Pg 196 All - Pg. 202 Write Dialogue in full sentences, no shortcuts, (GCR)Lesson 8.3 Part 2Lesson 8.3 exercises Pgs. 197-198 (GCR)Distribution Exercises