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Students,
This is the calendar for May and June. Please look at the important dates for FSA.

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Students, 

TESTING TESTING TESTING TIME : 

Students please complete an achieve article this week. 

Students , please continue to read The Giver Chapters 7-9
Work from these chapters are listed below.
Please make sure I can read your work.  We will be completing this work during class time and I will be sharing each document for every student to see the questions.   

Students , please continue to read The Giver Chapters 10-12.
Work from these chapters are listed below.
Please make sure I can read your work.

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Achieve this week : 

Students , please continue to read The Giver Chapters 4-6.
Work from these chapters are listed below.
Please make sure I can read your work.

• 89D7F307-CFEB-44EC-A791-EED7BE2BB1FE (11.63 MB)
• AE14202D-58A8-4EE0-962E-0A5A8FDCD544 (10.16 MB)
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Students, please upload your work here for The Giver Chapters 1-3

1. Dictionary Detectives 1-6
2. Vocabulary Study : Which Word 1-6�
3. Fill in the blank 1-6
4. A little extra: 7 senteces�
5. Understanding the Story 1-4�




All worksheets will be shared during class so you need to make sure to log on to get your work completed.�

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Students ,
Here is the writing prompt for April.
Please make sure it is  4-5 paragraphs.
Make sure to have an introduction , facts in your body paragraphs and a conclusion.

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Students, 

Students,
This week we will continue with the thrill of horror.
We are going to read from our Collections book.

The Tell- Tale Heart a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Pages 89-94.

Students will take notes on page 95. Analyze Point of View and Analyze Suspense.

Students will complete Analyzing the Text questions 1-6 on page 96.

Please upload al your work here.

• The 4 (4.04 MB)

Students, this week we are reading The Monkey�s Paw a short story by W.W. Jacobs.
Pages 105-116

Notes on page 117 : Determine Theme and Analyze Stories: Foreshadowing.

Analyzing the Text on page 118 questions 1-7.

Please upload your notes and questions here.

• The (6.45 MB)

Students, this is the reading material we will be working on for the next two weeks.

Collections Book:

1. Scary Tales essay by Jackie Torrence. 99-101
2. What Is the Horror Genre Literary Criticism by Sharon A. Russell. 125-128

Close Reader Book:

1. Man Made Monsters Essay by Daniel Cohen 35-40

• SCARY (9.24 MB)

Students, 

Hello online students. This weeks achieves are due Friday. Please do not forget to complete them. They are assigned for homework. 

Students, 

Students, 

March Writing Prompt
The Dangers of Cyberbullying. Pages 23-32 in the students Performance Assessment.

Should individuals be prosecuted for statements made on social media?

• THE DANGERS OF (3.89 MB)

Achieve Article for this week is : 

A Dance Breakthrough 

Students.... Today is FAIR Testing. Please do your best. Our goal is to score 75% or higher and or 20 point growth. 

Students , here is one of the centers you need to complete this week.

• image (3.59 MB)

Achieve Articles for this week are listed below.

1. Sneakers on the Brain

2. Mixing Books and Beats


AND...................

Please remember to complete 90 minutes of Istation.

Students, here is the material that we have been reading in class. You may want to take some time to� read the material again and watch the approved video. After you are done with reading and watching the video, please� complete this mini assessment. Questions 1-16. Upload your answers here.

• Scanned Documents (3.32 MB)
• Grade 8 Mini-Assessment - Screen Time Trio (3.2 MB)

Stolen by Lucy Christopher

This is the book we will be reading. I will upload a few pages at a time.

• Lucy Christopher (9.73 MB)

Spring break is quickly approaching. You will NOT have a packet to complete. That week is all up to YOU!!!!!

Students please log into studentmasteryconnect.com and use the key code that I will provide to you in the beginning of class so you will be able to  complete your assessment for the standards we have been working on in class. 

Please complete two Achieve Articles of your choice this week.

Please remember to complete 90 minutes of Istation Reading as well.

Students, this week we will be starting center rotations. All work will be geared toward specific standards to achieve the maximum understanding. 

February Writing Prompt: 

Science says that playing sports can make you feel happier. Do you think this is true? Do you feel happy when you are playing a sport? 

Students please log into studentmasteryconnect.com and use the key code that I will provide to you in the beginning of class so you will be able to  complete your assessment for the standards we have been working on in class. 

Achieve Articles for this week are: 

Please complete notes on page 173 and upload your work here.
Make sure it�s neat and I can read it.

• image (3.47 MB)

Students will be reading The Drummer Boy of Shiloh. By : Ray Bradbury. Pages 167- 174.
No work needs to be uploaded here. This is just the reading for the week.

• Drummer Boy (4.51 MB)

On page 174 students will complete questions 1-4 and 6. Upload your work here. Please make sure to use complete sentences.

• image (3.5 MB)

Students will write a one paragraph from the collaborative discussion on page 172.
Upload your work here. Please make sure it is neat and I can read it.

• image (3.12 MB)

For the next three weeks we will be fully engaged in : from BLOODY TIMES: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Manhunt for Jefferson Davis. By James L . Swanson. Pages 177-194. And O Captain! My Captain by Walt Whitman. Pages 199-200.
No work needs to be uploaded here.

• their capitol in Richmond, they would be able to prolong the Civil (10.53 MB)

Students please complete this assessment on
BLOODY TIMES.
Upload your answers here only.

• from Bloody Times The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln (771 KB)

Students please complete this assessment on O Captain! My Captain.
Upload your answers here only.

• O Captain! My Captain! (820 KB)

Students will complete questions 1-5 on page 202 for O Captain! My Captain!. Students will upload their work here. 

Students are reading this material to Mrs. Sheets

• Recording Form (877 KB)

Students are completing questions 1-5 on page 196 for;  from BLOODY TIMES: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Manhunt for Jefferson Davis.  Pages 117-194

Students will read O Captain! My Captain! Poem by Walt Whitman. Pages 199-200. On page 201 please take notes on Determine Meaning of Words and Phrases and upload the notes here. 

Students will read again from BLOODY TIMES: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Manhunt for Jefferson Davis. 

Please use these sheets as a guide to complete your January Writing Prompt.
How do nature and humans shape the earth?

5 paragraphs
Intro
Body 1
Body 2
Body 3
Conclusion.

Use evidence from the passages.

• ANALYZE THE MODEL (2.8 MB)

Achieve this week: Wilson Cruz, Actor and Activist.

Istation: Students must complete 90 minutes of Istation.

Students please take notes on page 195 and upload your work here. Please remember to write nice and neat.

Notes :
Analyze Stricture: Comparison and Contrast.
Analyze Connotative Meanings.

• image (3.67 MB)

Students will complete Common Assessment on page 149. Complete questions 3-6 using the RACE. Strategy format we have been using all year.

• Scanned Documents 2 (3.85 MB)

Please take notes on page 148 and upload your work here.

Analyze Text : Autobiography
Analyze Structure

• image (3.71 MB)

As a group we will read out of our Collections book. Pages 142-150
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. An autobiography by Frederick Douglas.

Nothing needs to be uploaded here. This is just the passage.

• Scanned Documents 2 (3.85 MB)

Please upload vocabulary words and their definitions that are in the Collections notebook. Pages 142-150

access
civil
demonstrate
document
Symbolize
commence
apprehension
prudence
unabated
denunciation
vindication

• Scanned Documents 2 (3.85 MB)

• There But for the Grace (997 KB)
• After Auschwitz (4.64 MB)

Happy Holidays to you all:) 

December Writing Prompt.
Expectations :
5 paragraph essay. 

• 2 (7.23 MB)

We will discuss the �Oldest Known Holocaust Survivor �.
Students will work on guided questions that I post on the screen.

We will read After Auschwitz pages 379-382. Speech by Ellie Wiesel.

Students will complete notes on page 383.

Students will complete questions 1-5 on page 384

Students will complete Common Assessment on page 384 questions 6-7.

You may upload all work here just please remember to title your page so I know what you have completed.

• After Auschwitz (2.73 MB)

This is our November writing prompt reading material. I will add the prompt later.

In a well-organized essay, explain at least three challenges that refugees face and how those challenges can be overcome. Support your ideas with details from �I Live in a Refugee Camp�

• I LIVE IN A (3.27 MB)

Students this is the final that will cover The Diary Of Anne Frank that we have been reading about for the past few weeks.
You may answer the questions on a piece of paper and upload the paper or print out the final and upload that as well. The choice is yours. Please take your time and read the questions all the way before answering them. There is an essay that is part of this final as well so please upload the essay with your answers.
Thank you and GOOD LUCK :-)

• The Diary of Anne Frank Test (1.42 MB)

Students will be taking a final on The Diary Of Anne Frank. We have read Act 1 and Act 2 so please be prepared for this exam. Students will upload their Final here only. 
https://my.hrw.com/content/hmof/language_arts/hmhcollections/fl/gr8/ese_97805440

Argumentative Essay:
What is the Greatest Challenge Facing Young Children Today?

Please make sure you set up your 5 paragraph essay as we have discussed in class and online.

Introduction
Body Par 1
Body Par 2
Body Par 3
Conclusion

Please use evidence to support your claims.
Books
News
Websites

1. Students will complete Analyzing the Text on page 354. Complete questions 1-6 using the RACE strategy that we have used in class. Please upload the question here only.

Thank you,
Mrs. Sheets

1. We as a class will read Act 2 The Diary of Anne Frank.
2. Students will take notes and upload notes HERE ONLY please.

Please remember this link is the one we will be using this week.

Thank you ,

Mrs. Sheets

https://my.hrw.com/content/hmof/common/Collections_FL_SE/G8/COLLECTIONS_FL_SE_2015_GR08_C5.pdf




https://my.hrw.com/content/hmof/common/Collections_FL_SE/G8/COLLECTIONS_FL_SE_20

Starting Collection 5

We will be taking a few weeks to read about Anne Frank.

I am uploading the screen play from our Collections book so all students are able to follow along. When something is due that specific week I will add another homework area for you to upload your work there.

No upload in this area is necessary. This is the screen play from The Diary of Anne Frank.
https://my.hrw.com/content/hmof/common/Collections_FL_SE/G8/COLLECTIONS_FL_SE_20

Analyzing the Text on page 324 complete questions 1-4 and upload your work here.

Achieve Article due Friday Nov 6 2020

Your Right To Vote.


Istation 90 minutes

Nothing needs to be uploaded in this area. Just make sure you complete Achieve and Istation for a grade.

CALLING ALL PARENTS..........

I would appreciate it if you can give me a few minutes of your time and log into remind for me. This is a great tool that will benefit all of us and will lead to a successful school year.
Each period has a different code so please make sure you add your students correct code. Thank you so much for helping your child have a great school year.

Period 1: text 81010 Text this message: @89egca3

Period 2: text 81010 Text this message: @9bd7hg7

Period 3: text 81010 Text this message: @chkd9f

Period 4: text 81010 Text this message: @7e7hdh3

Period 5: text 81010 Text this message: @p57thgrad

Period 7: text 81010 Text this message: @p778

Achieve Article this week :
A Dance of Hope and Healing

Istation 90 minutes

Analyze Drama Notes in the collections book on page 324.

Remember your notes are for you to study with I just need you to upload them here so I can make sure you are doing them.

Thank you,
Mrs. Sheets

Students will upload their Literary Analysis on Marigolds here ONLY!

At anytime students may ask or send in what they have to my Bridgeprep email so I can give them feedback.


The Literary Analysis will be about what the theme of �Marigolds� reveals about the transition and explore how the story�s theme is relevant to modern life.

• Marigolds (5.29 MB)

This week we are discussing Marigolds by Eugenia Collier.
We will go into details about :,

Author
Story
Diagram
Literary Elements
Figurative Language
Tone
Style
Authors purpose.


There is nothing to be uploaded in this section.

• Marigolds (5.29 MB)

Students will start their Literary Analysis on Marigold. Notes are on page 269-271.

Students do not need to upload anything in this area. I�m just reminding them where notes are located.

Thank you ,
Mrs. Sheets

• Write a Literary Analysis (1.81 MB)

We will continue to read Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. We will read chapters 5-6 and answer the following questions and upload them here only please.

1. What is Max�s time out?
2. Why does Gram come to Max�s room?
3. What is it about Max that startles Gwen when she first sees him?
4. Why does Max feel that everyone thinks it�s a big deal that he looks like his father?
5. Why is this July 4 special for Max?
6. What happens to the boys on the way to the mill pond?
7. Why does Max put Kevin on his shoulders?

• RODMAN PHILBRICK 3 (8.58 MB)

Students will complete ONE Achieve article and Istation 45 minutes every week for me. There is nothing to upload here just a friendly reminder. If any students need their log in information please reach out to me.

Thank you,
Mrs. Sheets

We will be reading Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick .
Students will answers questions from chapter 3-4 and upload their work here.

Thank you

Mrs. Sheets

Questions :,
1. Why does Max go over to Kevin?s backyard?
2. Why does Kevin call his mother ?Fair Gwen of Air??
3. Why is Kevin so interested in King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table?
4. What is Max thinking as Gwen takes Kevin home?

• RODMAN PHILBRICK 2 (7.65 MB)

Students will work on a Performance Task and upload it here ONLY!

Students will write a short essay in which you analyze how Lizabeth changes over the course of ?Marigolds ?.

Be sure to support your ideas with sufficient evidence from the text.

Short Essay :
Three paragraphs
1. Introduction
2. Body paragraph
3. Conclusion.

• 3944526A-8C9D-4D5C-ADA8-52F55BF1B26A (1.52 MB)

As a group we will read Marigolds by Eugenia Collier. Students will take notes and upload notes here ONLY!

Notes are :,
Analyze Stories: Characters? Motivation page 225
Determine Theme: page 225

Please remember you never have to print things out. Just take notes and upload them here.
Thank you.

• Marigolds (5.29 MB)
• A18941C3-DB11-4A19-8820-15A22602AEF4 (2.78 MB)

Debate Rubric

Students, please follow the rubric that I have uploaded to receive the most possible points for your debate this week.

?Is 16 Too Young To Drive A Car ?

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Freak the Might by Roman Philbrick
Chapter 1-2 questions will be uploaded here.
Questions :
1: Who is telling the story?
2: Why is Max given the nickname of kicker in day fare?
3: What opinion do you think Max had of himself as they story begins?
4: Whom does Max live with ? Why?
5: What happens on the first day of July in Max?s neighborhood?
6: What is Max?s impression of Kevin after their first encounter in front of the duplex?

• RODMAN PHILBRICK (5.49 MB)

This week students will complete Analyzing the Media questions and upload both pages here to receive credit.

Students can either put them all on one page please just make sure to clarify each page or
Upload two different links for each set.

1: page 267 questions 2 and 3
2. Page 268 questions 1 and 2

• Persuading Viewers (2.42 MB)

We have read "Americans Choose Bottled Water for Safety and Quality. Are They Right" during our writing block. It is time to complete the writing prompt. Please plan accordingly.
Remember to receive full credit use the R.A.C.E. Strategy to complete your essay.

R: Restate the question
A: Answer the question
C: Cite your evidence
E: Explain your reasoning.

• WritingPrompt Water Bottled Water for Safety and Quality. Are they Right (2.42 MB)

These are the documents that you will need to complete the assignments from 9/14-9/18 and 9/21-9/25

Please remember if you do not finish the class work it does turn into homework. Home work will be due Sept 18 and Sept 25. I will let you know which part will be due that week.

Vocabulary quiz will be taking place this week.

Writing Prompt due Feb 18 on Americas Choose Bottled Water for Safety and Quality. Are They Right?" Please remember this writing prompt needs to be in the race strategy form to receive full credit.

Students should be completing Achieve at home daily.

• Background Room for Debate is a weekly feature of the New (10.63 MB)
• COMPARE (1.58 MB)

Students will read When DO Kids Become Adults?

Students will complete questions 1,3,6 for a grade under Cite Text Evidence on page 244.

Reading Passages: Pages 247-258
We will read these passages in class. Students should have plenty of time to finish these assignments while in class and online during the their class time. However, if they do not, it will turn into homework.
Pages 247-254 :Is 16 Too Young to Drive a Car?
Pages 256-257: Fatal Car Crashes Drop for 16- Year-Olds, Rise for Older Teens.

Is 16 Too Young to Drive a Car? Students will complete Analyzing the Text Questions 1-3 on page 255.Please make sure to use R.A.C.E Strategy to answer each question.

Fatal Car Crashes Drop for 16-Year-Olds, Rise for Older Teens. Students will complete Analyzing the Text questions 1-2 on page 258 using R.A.C.E. strategy to complete their questions.

Both of these assignments are due no later than Thursday. Please make sure title your page accordingly to the assignment so you will receive credit.

Students will complete an assessment on page 260 in their Collections book. Please complete questions 2 and 5. Remember to use evidence from the text.

Students have read Fatal Car Crashes Drop for 16-Year- Olds, Rise for Older Teens on page 256 in the Collections book. Students will complete questions 1-2 under the Analyzing the Text . Draw Conclusions and Interpret. Please remember to use complete sentences and use the R.A.C.E. strategy to answer the questions.

Here are the notes you will need for writing for this week.

• Writing MS (43 KB)

Here are the documents you will need for Monday and Tuesday. Please use these as a reference for your assignments and to what we are doing in class.

Remember you do NOT need to print anything, you can write your answers on a separate sheet of paper and upload a picture or scan of your answers. Please make sure your answers are legible.

Guiding Questions:
1.What do the boys hope for?
2.What do Wendy�s parents think of the boys?
3.Why doesn�t Peter Pan stay with Wendy, even though he cares about her?
4.Why can�t Wendy be with Peter?
5.What agreement do Peter, Wendy, and Mrs. Darling come to?
6.How do Wendy and Peter act when they meet again?
7.How does Jane compare to Wendy?
8.Why doesn�t Peter want Wendy to turn up the light?
9.How does Peter feel about Wendy growing up?

• How to Write an Objective Summary (1.65 MB)
• When Wendy Grew Up - Reading (4.35 MB)
• Themes_Presentation (4.39 MB)

08/27/20 - 08/28/20

Here are the documents you will need for today. These are due no later than 08/31/20.

Remember you do not need to print, you may write your answers on a sheet of paper and upload a picture. Just make sure we can read it.

• Bent Pyramid (247 KB)
• FSA_8W_Practice-Test_approved (408 KB)

Create and Share your Google Doc form with hporterteacher@gmail.com by 4pm on 8/28. If your are a full time in person student, your notebook needs to be living in my classroom by this time instead. See CREATING YOUR GOOGLE DOC tab for more info!