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Inspiration is Overrated!--Launch Text

Overview Independent Learning

Ada Lovelace: A Science Legend

Fermented Cow Dung Air Freshener Wins Two Students Top Science Prize

Scientists Build Robot That Runs, Call It Cheetah

from The Time Machine

Icarus and Daedalus

Share Your Independent Learning 

Performance Based Assessment

Unit Reflection

Complete Unit

Unit 5- Invention- Accessible Leveled Text

Whole Group

1. Uncle Marcos

2. To Fly

Small Group

1. Nikola Tesla: The Greatest Inventor of All? 

2. from The Invention of Everything Else

3. 25 Years Later, Hubble Sees Beyond

4. Sounds of a Glass Armonica- does not have accessible leveled text

Independent Learning

1. Ada Lovelace: A Science Legend

2. Fermented Cow Dung Air Freshener Wins

3. Scientists Build Robot That Runs

4. from The Time Machine

5. Icarus and Daedalus

8th Grade- Unit 5- Invention

Reteach and Practice Pages with Answer Keys

Table of Contents

Whole Group

Uncle Marcos

1. Analyze Craft and Structure Propelling the Action Character

2. Analyze Craft and Structure Propelling the Action Character- Answer Key

1. Word Study Latin Suffix -ity

2. Word Study Latin Suffix -ity- Answer Key

1. Conventions Subject Complements

2. Conventions Subject Complements- Answer Key

1. Writing to Sources Critical Review

2. Writing to Sources Critical Review- Answer Key

1. Speaking and Listening Class Discussion

2. Speaking and Listening Class Discussion- Answer Key

To Fly

1. Analyze Craft and Structure Expository Writing

2. Analyze Craft and Structure Expository Writing- Answer Key

1. Word Study Old English Prefix fore

2. Word Study Old English Prefix fore- Answer Key

1. Conventions Capitalization

2. Conventions Capitalization- Answer Key

1. Writing to Sources Argumentative Essay

2. Writing to Sources Argumentative Essay- Answer Key

1. Speaking and Listening Informative Presentation

2. Speaking and Listening Informative Presentation- Answer Key

Small Group

Nikola Tesla: The Greatest Inventor of All?

1. Analyze Craft and Structure Biographical Writing

2. Analyze Craft and Structure Biographical Writing- Answer Key

3. Word Study Multiple-Meaning Words

4. Word Study Multiple-Meaning Words- Answer Key

5. Conventions Commas and Semicolons

6. Conventions Commas and Semicolons- Answer Key

from The Invention of Everything Else

1. Analyze Craft and Structure Figurative Language 

2. Analyze Craft and Structure Figurative Language- Answer Key

1. Word Study Denotation and Connotation

2. Word Study Denotation and Connotation- Answer Key

1. Conventions Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs

2. Conventions Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs- Answer Key

25 Years Later, Hubble Sees Beyond

1. Analyze Craft and Structure Diction and Tone

2. Analyze Craft and Structure Diction and Tone- Answer Key

3. Word Study Latin Root -vers

4. Word Study Latin Root -vers- Answer Key

5. Conventions Dashes and Ellipses

6. Conventions Dashes and Ellipses- Answer Key

7. Speaking and Listening Debate

8. Speaking and Listening Debate- Answer Key

Sounds of a Glass Armonica

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Generic Evidence Log

U5 Small Group Evidence Log-Modified

U5 Whole Group Evidence Log-Modified

Grade 8 Unit 5: Invention- Evidence Log

Inspiration Is Overrated!

Inspiration is Overrated! (Student Printable)

8th Grade, Unit 5, Learning Intentions

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