8th Grade Weekly Objectives

8th Grade
Weekly Objectives
Week of June 5, 2006

Look below to review this week's objectives for 8th Grade. In order to obtain more information about a specific benchmark for the content areas of Science and Social Studies, please do the following:

Remember the benchmark number (example: Science BM5).
Then click on this link, Middle School Benchmarks. Next, click on the subject you would like to view.
Click on the desired benchmark number from the list that comes up on the screen.

This link will provide you with quick and easy access to the MICLiMB (Clarifying the language in Michigan's benchmarks). You will find an enormous amount of useful resources. Each benchmark is clarified with an instructional example, key concepts, real world context, and other web resources.

In order to obtain more information about a specific benchmark for the content areas of Language Arts and Math, please do the following:

Remember the GLCE (example: R.WS.08.01).
Then click on this link, Grade Level Curriculum Expectations.
Next, select the grade level and content area that you wish to review.


Language Arts:
Mrs. Furkioti We are reading The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Mr. Saleh We are Reading The Devil's Arithmetic.
R.NT.08.01 Investigate through classic and contemporary literature recognized for quality and literary merit various examples of distortion and stereotypes such as those associated with gender, race, culture, age, class, religion, and other individual differences.
R.NT.08.02 Analyze elements and style of narrative genres (e.g., historical fiction, science fiction, realistic fiction).
R.NT.08.03 Analyze the role of rising and falling actions, minor characters in relation to conflict, and credibility of the narrator.
R.NT.08.04 Analyze how authors use symbolism, imagery, and consistency to develop credible narrators, rising and falling actions and minor characters.
R.CM.08.01 Connect personal knowledge, experience, and understanding of the world to themes and perspectives in the text.
R.CM.08.02 Read, retell, and summarize grade level appropriate narrative and informational texts.
R.CM.08.03 State global themes, universal truths, and principles within and across texts to create a deeper understanding.



MATH:
A.RP.08.04 Use the vertical line test to determine if a graph represents a function in one variable. Understand and represent quadratic functions
A.FO.08.10 Understand that to solve the equation f(x) = g(x) means to find all values of x for which the equation is true, e.g., determine whether a given value, or values from a given set, is a solution of an equation (0 is a solution of 3x2 + 2 = 4x + 2, but 1 is not a solution).
A.FO.08.11 Solve simultaneous linear equations in two variables by graphing, by substitution, and by linear combination; estimate solutions using graphs; include examples with no solutions and infinitely many solutions.
A.FO.08.12 Solve linear inequalities in one and two variables, and graph the solution sets.
A.FO.08.13 Set up and solve applied problems involving simultaneous linear equations and linear inequalities.
Review for final exam will be the first week of June. Final Exams will be June 6, 7, 8.



SCIENCE:
(SCI.III.4.HS.1). Describe what biologists consider to be evidence for human evolutionary relationships to selected animal groups
(SCI.III.4.HS.2). Explain how a new species or variety may originate through the evolutionary process of natural selection



SOCIAL STUDIES:
The students will be discussing the issues that led to the Civil War
Benchmark SOC.I.1.MS.2
Describe major factors that characterize the following eras in United States history: The Meeting of Three Worlds (beginnings to 1620), Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1815), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) and Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877).
Benchmark SOC.I.3.MS.1
Use primary and secondary records to analyze significant events that shaped the development of Michigan as a state and the United States as a nation prior to the end of the era of Reconstruction.
Judging Decisions from the Past
Standard SOC.I.4 All students will evaluate key decisions made at critical turning points in history by assessing their implications and long-term consequences.