EMAIL: nrudge@montville.net **************************************************************************** Week of January 4-8 ______________________________________________________________________________ SS- Period 1 and 9 ######### USE THE ON-LINE TEXT ANYTIME AND ANY PLACE ######### ********************************************************************* Great website for info. and short films on all of ch 6.copy and paste this site and it will give you a better understanding of all the info. This site will also be helpful when doing the newspaper. http://www.historycentral.com/Revolt/battles.html **************************************************************************** (Any student who did not take the ch 6 test prior to vacation, should be ready to take the test on Monday January 4) ***************************************************************************** We will be making a newspaper reviewing ch 6 material, We will use the computer cart during class followed by your work nightly at home. Resulting in a finished newspaper on Friday Jan. 8,2010. (direction packet-will be handed out on Monday Jan. 4) ******************** MID-TERM INFORMATION ***************************** Guide for Social Studies Mid-Year Assessment 1/22/10 Purpose: The 8th Grade Social Studies Mid-Year Assessment is intended to perform as a tool that will measure a student’s retention of basic curriculum content, their ability to analyze and decipher visual representations of social studies related concepts and a student’s ability to display evidence of strength in the area of creative fact based writing. The Mid-Year Assessment will also serve as one of numerous diagnostic materials used in helping to form the basis of recommendations for 9th Grade Social Studies. Assessment Dates: January 22nd {two full periods will be allotted to complete the assessment} • Bring two #2 pencils for completion of Scantron formatted questions • Bring a blue/black pen for completion of the pre-write and written response The following units of study are included: 1. Colonization 2. The 13 Colonies 3. Causes of the American Revolution * Information taken from class studies of Chapters 3, 4, 5 in the text book. The Social Studies Assessment has 3 parts Part 1: 40 Multiple Choice {40 points} {Questions are main idea type questions from materials studied this year} Part 2: Skills Acquired {35 points} 15 Questions requiring students to do the following: A. Read a primary source and answer questions about it B. Analyze Visuals {charts, graphs, timelines, etc.} and answer questions Part 3: Picture Prompt Writing Skills Assessment {25 points} A. Students will be provided a picture to analyze {based on class content} 1. Complete a pre-write 2. Complete a well-written response To Prepare: Students may wish to review old quizzes, tests, and recall class studies and discussions,scanning through the text for main ideas, may be helpful as well. Students may also wish to scan through the text chapter reviews to practice answering questions based on the analysis of charts, graphs, timelines, and other visual representations of social studies related concepts. ***************************************************************************** _______________________________________________________________________ Math- Period 2 Monday: Finish Classwork- pg. 736-737 Lesson 6.1 #1-20 all; Lesson 6.2 #1-14 all Tuesday: Worksheet 6.4-6.6 Wednesday:Worksheet 6.5-6.7 Thursday: pg. 279-280 #8-16 even, 17-20 all, 23, 24; pg. 307 #10-23 all Friday: Finish Worksheet; Study/Prepare for Quiz 6.3-6.9 ________________________________________________________________________ LA- Period 4 Monday –No homework Tuesday –Create a semicolon and colon quiz with answers on a separate page Wednesday –Study for tomorrow's quiz on colons and semicolons Thursday –Bring in any information (typed or written) about a movie that you have seen that you think might be necessary in order to write a review about it. Friday -Enjoy the weekend. ________________________________________________________________________ Science- Period 6 and 8 Monday:None. Tuesday:Read Chap 5 Sec 1 pg: 118 & 119. Complete Math Focus pg: 120. Wednesday:Finish “Built for Speed” lab datasheet. Thursday:Finish “Speed Problems 1-5.” worksheet. Friday:Finish “Speed Problems 6-10.” worksheet. Reminders:*Speed Quiz - Next Week. Reminder- Please check each subject teacher’s site as well for any changes to the assignments.