8th Grade Homework April 27, 2010

***Please use the homework sheets to get assignments if your student is absent for one or two days. Students can get notes and worksheets when they return to school. Students who are gone for three or more days may have teachers collect homework in the office for parents to pick up.***

English
In Class: warm-ups, subject/verb notes, practice, Speech importance, How To speech
HW: Vocabulary WB 12 and 30 min. (5/6), Chapters 27-30 and guide (4/30), How To speech (5/3)

Social Studies
HW: Fix binder mistakes, prepare rough draft of magazine cover

Math 8
In Class: Project Work Day
HW: Project due 5/10

Pre-Algebra
In Class: Project Work Day
HW: Project due 5/3

Algebra
In Class: Discriminants
HW: p. 674 (8, 10, 18, 20) & p. 681 (12-16 even, 26-30 even)-due Thursday

Science
In Class: Review Heredity and Evolution, MCA Review Vocabulary Quiz
HW: Study Vocabulary, “Heredity and Evolution” Review Worksheet (Due Friday), WSA (Topic: Life Science) due Wednesday (5/5/2010)

Band
In Class: Geo Day – Access Rehearasal
HW: SM Due Tuesday, next band day Thursday (field trip tomorrow)

Spanish 1-B
In Class: correct review, Jeopardy
HW: Study for Friday’s test

Advanced Spanish
In Class: Intro to Casa en Mango Street, technology review
HW: Future tense review due Wednsday, Test technology/future on Friday, libros infantiles due Monday, May 3.

French
In Class: Les conversations, écouter, corriger les devoirs
HW: Pratiquer 6 minutes avec les cartes.

Comp 2
In Class: Analogies, Roberto Clemente Story and sequencing activity
HW: 2 paragraphs: What makes someone a hero? Who is your hero and why? Due FRIDAY!

PE/Health
In Class: Baseball
HW: PE Clothes

Financial Literacy
In Class: Credit Cards
HW: Compare cost of taking school lunch to bringing a lunch from home for a week. (Cost of school lunch: $2.50)
J-Z class: Counterfeit Alert worksheet

Geography
In Class:
HW: