8th Grade Homework DATE: Friday, December 3, 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: vocabulary quiz 5, essay brainstorm and outline, Sonnet 18, Shakespearean insults
HW: outline/brainstorm (12/6), spelling quiz 12/9
Social Studies
HW: First 25 facts due 12/7, Conditions at the End of the 19th Century 12/8
Algebra 8
In Class: Review for quiz
HW: p. 232 (1-12) – Quiz Monday
Algebra Foundations
In Class: Division with scientific notation
HW: p. 42 (26-34 even)
Intermediate Algebra (Schneck)
In Class: Standard form of equations
HW: p. 314 (1-3, 14-20 even, 38, 40)
Intermediate Algebra (Voxland)
In Class: Continue 5.4 Standard Form (In class work)
HW: p. 314 # 1-3, 5, 6, 12, 18, 23, 28, 29, 31, 35
Science
In Class: Introduction to the Atmosphere
Due: Nothing
HW: Record weather information into weather chart over the weekend; “Science in the News” article, Topic: Weather (due Tuesday); Word Root Quiz next Tuesday, words “Thermo-“ à “-meter”
Band – 2nd hr
In Class: rehearse concert music
HW: practice concert music, bring instruments Monday, bring wire stands Wednesday
Spanish 1-B
In Class: EXAMEN
HW: none
Advanced Spanish
In Class: Pizarritas blancas
HW: Duende 2 due Monday
French
In Class: Mise en train, cartes de flash
HW: Finir les cartes de flash – p.203, 204 (consult page 225 for family members)
Comp 2
In Class: Continue My Survey: Represent data in bar and circle graph
HW: none—Find The Giver book if not yet turned in.
PE/Health
In Class: Basketball
HW: Health Monday
Art
In Class: 1st Hour: Torn Paper Portraits, 3rd & 6th Hour: Finish Surreal Hand
HW: Sketchbook: Two objects that don’t belong together
