May 4-May 8

Grade 8 Digital Learning Activities

ELA

May 4 - 8, 2020

Day 1

Title: Background information on the Holocaust
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity. Teacher Cover Sheet Day 1
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides: Week of 5/4 - 8th ELA Interactive Slides Day 1

May 4 - 8, 2020

Day 2

Title: First Read of "Elie Wiesel’s Speech on the 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz"
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity.Teacher Cover Sheet Day 2 & Day 3
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides: Week of 5/4 - 8th ELA Interactive Slides Day 2

May 4 - 8, 2020

Day 3

Title: Imagery and Main Idea in "Elie Wiesel’s Speech on the 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz"
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity.Teacher Cover Sheet Day 2 & Day 3
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides: Week of 5/4 - 8th ELA Interactive Slides Day 3

May 4 - 8, 2020

Day 4

Title: Brainstorming for an Argumentative Speech
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity. Teacher Cover Sheet Day 4
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides: Week of 5/4 - 8th ELA Interactive Slides Day 4
Handout: Follow the directions on the brainstorming handout to plan your speech.Brainstorming for Peace Speech Handout

May 4 - 8, 2020

Day 5

Title: Writing Peace Speech
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity.Teacher Cover Sheet Day 5
Instructions: Use this document to write your speech.
Link to Document: Week of 5/4 - 8th ELA Speech Document Day 5

Newcomers/ELD

Title: Why Philadelphia? Immigration and Migration from the 1880s to 2000s
Teacher Cover Sheet: Week of May 4
Day One

Instructions: Today, you will think about (1) what you know about immigration and migration and (2) why people moved to Philadelphia from the 1880s - 1920s.
Link to Interactive Assignment: Google Slides

Day Two

Instructions: Day 2 you will think about (1) how we use prepositions to mean time, place and position, (2) how we prepare to read a text, and (3) how to complete a summary chart and write a summary.
Link to Interactive Assignment: Google Slides

Day Three

Instructions: Day 3 you will think about (1) how we use prepositions to mean time, place and position, (2) how we prepare to read a text, and (3) how to complete a summary chart and write a summary.
Link to Interactive Assignment: Google Slides

Day Four

Instructions: Day 4 you will think about (1) how we compare and contrast, (2) how we prepare to read a text, (3) how to compare and contrast two groups with a Venn Diagram and (4) write a comparison / contrast paragraph.
Link to Interactive Assignment: Google Slides

Day Five

Instructions: Day 5 you will think about (1) how we prepare to read a text, (2) how we read graphs, and (3) how to write an informational paragraph.
Link to Interactive Assignment: Google Slides

Math

Week of May 4 - May 8

Title: Pythagorean Theorem, Part 1
Teacher Cover Sheets: Review these documents prior to the lesson
- Days 1 & 2
- Days 3 & 4
Instructions: Follow the directions on the google slides.

Link to Interactive Assignment: LINK

Science

Week of May 4 - 8, 2020

Title: Matter and Energy in Organisms
Teachers review this doc prior to the lesson.Teacher Cover Sheet Activities 1-5
Directions:Go through each slide. Read the information on each slide, and respond to the activities.Throughout this slideshow, you will see yellow boxes These yellow boxes indicate something for you to do or complete. Be sure to either type your response or complete the task when you see one of these yellow boxes. Once you have worked through all slides in this activity, turn this activity in to your teacher.Links:interactive Slide Deck: Matter and Energy in OrganismsActivity 1a: Focus on Language_Vocabulary

Social Studies

Activities 1-5

Title: Era of Major Expansion
Teacher Cover Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HnGznosizg9fdpTHxRnsHv-ligds39FOxA8uV2CST00/copy
Instructions:

Navigate the Google Slide deck, following all directions and completing all activities
Complete the Discovering Lewis and Clark activity

Resources:

Google Slide deck: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VwJhxodOad4qkzYE8OL-PuUR8wjcUhO0KCTZRaFWGaY/copy
Interpreting Maps of Africa activity: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZYQY-KI3zcri_nKhAlGwgQTg4wsgXJcf7b-L6IOey3Q/copy

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