Dessert Theatre: We are under way! Please keep the website link handy for schedule and other important information: http://acsdesserttheatre.weebly.com/
8th Grade Yearbook and Baby Pictures: Please send in those yearbook and baby pictures by next week. They are due before Christmas break. Thanks.
Algebra (8th): Quiz on chapter 6 this Wednesday.
Algebra (Holtrop): We will have started chapter 6. In this chapter we will be solving and graphing linear inequalities.
Art: In class all classes are working on creating a family portrait just using shapes of cut out cardboard. This project has been inspired the minimalist artist Frank Stella. Please check the homework calendar for sketchbook assignments.
Band: Great job on the concert! Now we are back to normal life and learning in our method books and sheet music!
Bible: Students have been working diligently in groups to prepare to teach the class about an important part of Jesus' Early Ministry. Groups will be presenting beginning next week. Also, look for a Bible Memory, Romans 3:21-26, that will be due by Friday, December 19 (see Moodle for resources). If students will be leaving early for break, it is their responsibility to get the memory work done before they go. Memory work done after break will be docked points.
Geometry: We have finished chapter 6 and are working on proofs of congruent triangles. There will be one quiz on chapter 7 next week and the test will be after Christmas break.
History: Next week we will continue our quick overview of Chapter 10. We will be learning about the presidency of Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears. There is a Chapter 9 Review Final Assignment due on Monday. On Tuesday we will take the in-class geography bee quiz to see who will represent the 8th grade in the school geography bee.
Language arts: The end of NHD is nearly here! The final draft and turn-in date is Monday, December 15. Students need to come to class on Monday ready to turn in every element of their project. Once the final submissions are in, the 8th graders will celebrate the annual Airing of Grievances. This will be fun!
As we close the 2014 school year and look forward to 2015, we will finish warming up for our first full-length novel study. Students are reviewing the elements of plot and learning to dissect stories based on inciting events, conflict, etc. To help us accomplish this, we are studying some short stories about adolescence ("Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto, "The Moustache" by Robert Cormier). These stories are also preparing us for the main theme we will be exploring through the rest of the year: identity. Students will be challenged thoughtfully and critically to deduce what determines a person's underlying identity; in doing so, we will also learn about agency, specifically in how we can affect the world in a Christian way. This will all tie in very intentionally to the last element of our school theme this year: "go"
PE: Students have been improving their basketball skills and putting them to use during game play. There will be a test this coming week. A review sheet is posted on Moodle.
Science: Planning to finish our study of volcanoes this week with a test the week after Christmas break.
Spanish: 8th graders will be working on group presentations to give us glimpses of how Christmas is celebrated similarly/differently in various Spanish-speaking countries.
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