Follow Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy – South Ozone Park, Queens

Grade 8-1

Mrs. Mathew

Welcome to our 8th grade class page! 

Homework

March 23, 2023

7th grade- HW: txbk pg.247 level C; Test Tuesday Unit 7, lessons 1-5; continue reading logs

8th grade- HW: txbk pg. 245 level B #10-12  and level C #13-15; Test Tuesday on Unit 7, lessons 5-9 ; continue reading logs.

March 21, 2023-

7th grade- complete State exam practice essay posted in Google Classroom. Remember to write on looseleaf since it will be collected.  Continue working on your weekly reading logs. 

8th grade- txbk pg. 242 level C and continue with the reading logs.

Friday is Report Card therefore, we have a 12:30 dismissal. Time slots were sent home with your child last week Friday. Please confirm your time and sign the index card. 

March 20, 2023

7th grade- complete State exam practice posted in Google Classroom. Continue working on your weekly reading logs.

8th grade- txbk pg. 241 level B; and continue working on weekly reading logs.

March 14, 2023

7th grade- txbk pg. 244 level B; memorize speech by Friday and continue March reading logs.

7th grade- continue reading log and memorize speech by March 17;  complete textbook pg. 243 level B


March 13, 2023

8th grade- continue reading log and memorize speech by March 17 ; finish project assignment that was begun in class and test tomorrow on Unit 7, lessons 1-4

March 9, 2023

8th grade- HW: txbk pg. 237 level C ; test Wednesday Unit 7, lessons 1-4; continue reading log and memorize speech by March 17

7th grade- continue reading log and memorize speech by March 17 . Finish the passage and questions that are posted in google classroom as practice for the state exam.

March 7, 2023

7th grade- Continue reading logs for March; Study speech by March 17; Test tomorrow on the story “The Smallest Dragonboy”; finish illustration drawing that was started in class with information that is posted in google classroom.

8th grade- Continue reading logs for March; Study speech by March 17; txbk pg. 236 level C

March 6, 2023

7th grade- complete the Jeopardy game on “The Smallest Dragonboy”.  Continue with the March Reading logs; study your speech by March 17. Get all test papers signed.

8th grade- Continue with the March Reading logs; study your speech by March 17 

March 1, 2023

7th grade-Reading log check will be tomorrow. If it’s not in, it will become a zero. Study speech for Oratorical by March 17; and complete the following questions for the story.

Read pgs. 53-59
Rewrite the questions in your notebook

9. Why can Keevan be considered the underdog of the story?
10. What is the lesson we can learn from this story?
11 .How can we infer that Keevan wants to prove himself?
12. Why does Mende say, “you are and you aren’t” to Keevan?
13. What can we predict will happen in the story because of Keevan's character?
14. What is the most important difference between Keevan's character and Beterli's character?
15. Why does Heth choose Keevan as his dragonrider?

8th grade- reading log check will be tomorrow. Google Docs will not be allowed. Make sure you print them out.  Study speech for Oratorical by March 17 and finish the plot diagram for the story.

Identify the events in the Plot Diagram.
1. Marguerite is invited to stay in Mrs. Flowers's house.
2. I don’t think I ever saw Mrs. Flowers laugh, but she smiled often.
3. I didn’t question why Mrs. Flowers singled me out for attention.
4. I ate cookies and drank lemonade at her house.
5. She began to read “A Tale of Two Cities.”
6. Black Stamps, Arkansas.
7. I ran down the hill and into the road.
8. Having the ability to write and speak sets us apart from other living things.
9. Marguerite is liked and respected for who she is not by who she’s related to.
10. Marguerite’s attitude and behavior changes due to Mrs. Flowers affection and respect towards her.


Add two other events from the story and identify where in the plot diagram they would belong.

Feb. 28, 2023

7th grade-Reading log check is this Thursday March 2; Study speech for Oratorical by March 17;  finish reading up to pg. 52 for the story and answer the questions posted in Google Classroom.

Link for story: https://lib.humboldtunified.com/ourpages/auto/2015/8/26/32700010/The%20Smallest%20Dragonboy.pdf

Questions- “The Smallest Dragonboy”
1. Why were the dragons created?
2. How are riders chosen for each dragon?
3. Why does Keevan fear that he won't get a dragon?
4. Which type of dragon is the most impressive and powerful?
5. When does Impression take place?
6. How does a dragon select its rider?
7. What do you think will be the main conflict in the story?
8. What main idea about dragons does Mende express?
9. What inner struggle with his emotions does Keevan experience as he listens to the dragonriders talk?
10. What advantages does Beterli have in his conflict with Keevan?

8th grade- -Reading log check is this Thursday March 2; Study speech for Oratorical by March 17; and answer the questions posted in Google Classroom

Questions:
5. What is Angelou’s message on pg. 23?
6. What is Marguerite suggesting about the appeal of literature?
7. How does Mrs. Flowers help Marguerite?
8. What are the two words that Marguerite says? What does Angelou mean when she writes “It was the least I could do, but it is the most also” (pg. 23)?
9. What does Mrs. Flowers mean when she tells Marguerite that she “must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy” (pg. 23)?
10. How does Marguerite change from the beginning of the story to the end of the story?
11. Mrs. Flowers says that “.....language is man’s way of communicating with his fellow man, and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals.” What do you think she means?
12. What is one internal conflict in the story and how is it resolved?
13. What does Mrs. Flowers and Marguerite do during their first visit together?

Link for story:  http://joancpeterswcms.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/70168015/Mrs.%20Flowers.pdf

Feb. 27, 2023

7th grade- Reading log check is this Thursday March 2; Study speech for Oratorical by March 17; and finish sentences posted in google classroom for the vocabulary for the story “The Smallest Dragonboy”

8th grade-Reading log check is this Thursday March 2; Study speech for Oratorical by March 17; and finish questions posted in google classroom for the story “Mrs. Flowers”

Feb. 16, 2023

7th Grade- Finish vocabulary posted in Google Classroom for the story “The Smallest Dragonboy”.  Continue Feb. Reading logs

8th grade- Complete and Finish the Crossword Puzzle for the story “Mrs. Flowers;  Continue working on the reading logs.

Feb. 15, 2023

7th Grade- test tomorrow on Unit 5, lessons 6-13.  Continue Feb. Reading logs

8th Grade- Continue Feb. Reading logs; completed sentences using vocabulary given for the story posted in Google Classroom.

Feb. 13, 2023

8th Grade- Reading Logs for Feb.

7th Grade- Reading logs for Feb.; txbk pg. 181 level B
Test Wednesday on Unit 5, lessons 6-13 

Feb. 10, 2023

7th grade- reading logs for Feb.; test Tuesday on Unit 5, lessons 6-13

8th grade- reading log for Feb.; test Monday on Unit 5,lessons 6-12. Finish IREADY lessons assigned.

Feb. 8, 2023

7th grade- HW: txbk pg. 176 level B
Test Tuesday on Unit 5, lessons 6-13 and continue Feb. reading logs

8th grade- HW- finish jeopardy game on verbs. Follow the directions given in google classroom;  continue reading logs for Feb. and test Monday on Unit 5, lessons 6-12.

Feb. 7, 2023

7th grade- continue new reading log for Feb.; txbk pg. 174 #13-22. Follow directions for each section. 

8th grade- continue new reading log for Feb..  txbk. pg 173 level C. 

Jan. 31, 2023

7th- Reading logs will be checked this Friday.

Make sure you complete 2 Iready reading lessons

8th grade- 

Reading logs will be checked this Friday.

Make sure you complete 2 Iready reading lessons

Jan. 30, 2023

7th Grade- Read pgs. 46-48
Highlight key terms in the Coach book: allusion, analyze, generalization, multiple-meaning words, point of view, style, and theme.
Read and answer the questions about the poems, and stories on pgs. 49-56 

Reading log check will be this Friday

8th grade- On looseleaf read pg. 64-72 for Strand 1. Then answer all the questions pertaining to both stories. 

Reading log check will be this Friday

Jan. 26, 2023

7th Grade- Memorize speech by Monday. This will be a test grade. Continue reading logs.

8th Grade- Memorize speech for Monday. Continue reading logs.

Jan. 25, 2023

7th Grade- Homework: pg.173 level B ; memorize speech by Monday, and continue reading log

8th Grade- Txbk pg. 172 #15-17 and level C #18-22.  Memorize speech for Monday. This will be a test grade. 

Jan. 24, 2023

7th Grade: Hw: txbk pg. 179 B; Continue reading log; memorize speech by Monday. The speech will count as a test grade.

8th Grade: HW: txbk pg. 176 level B; continue reading log
Memorize speech by Monday . The speech will count as a test grade.

No school Friday.




Jan. 13, 2023

7th Grade- Essay in the Coach book must be completed since your book will be collected Tuesday.  Memorize speech by Jan. 30 and continue monthly reading logs.

8th grade- txbk pg. 171 level C; continue monthly reading logs, and memorize speech by Jan. 30

No school Monday, Jan. 16

Jan. 12, 2023

 7th grade- Complete Coach book pgs. 35-42. Highlight each key term and its definition.   Continue reading logs and memorize your speech by Jan. 30.

8th grade- txbk pg. 170 level C;  continue reading logs, and memorize speech by Jan. 30.

Jan. 11, 2023

7th and 8th Grades- continue with monthly reading logs; and memorize speech by Jan. 20

Jan. 10, 2023

7th and 8th Grades- test tomorrow Unit 5, lessons 1-5; memorize speech by Jan. 30;  and continue with monthly reading logs


Jan. 9, 2023

7th grade- txbk pg. 172 level B; test Wed., on Unit 5, lessons 1-5; continue with your Reading logs and begin to memorize speech for Oratorical that was handed out today in class by Monday, Jan. 30

8th grade- txbk pg. 169 level A; continue Reading logs and begin to memorize speech for Oratorical that was handed out in class today by Monday, Jan. 30

Test Wed., on Unit 5, lessons 1-5

Jan. 6, 2023

8th Grade- Reading logs for Jan.; Test Wed. on Unit 5, lessons 1-5

7th Grade- Reading logs for Jan.; txbk pg. 171 level B, and test Wed., Unit 5, lessons 1-5

Jan. 5, 2023

8th Grade- Reading logs for Jan.; txbk pg. 167 level B; test Wed on Unit 5, lessons 1-5

7th grade- Reading logs for Jan.,; txbk pg. 170 level B; test Wed., on Unit 5, lessons 1-5

Jan. 4, 2023

8th Grade- all tests/projects signed. Txbk pg. 166 level C; continue reading logs for Jan.

7th grade- all tests and project signed; txbk pg. 169 level B; and continue reading logs for Jan.

Jan. 3, 2023

8th Grade- complete Coach book pgs. 32-43 (including the essay); continue your reading logs

7th grade- txbk pg. 168 level B; continue reading logs for Januaray

Dec. 19, 2022

7th Grade- Test for “A Christmas Carol” is Wednesday. Complete illustration and paragraph project tomorrow.  Begin new reading log


8th Grade- Begin new reading log; txbk pg. 164 level C

Dec. 16, 2022

7th Grade- Reading log check on Monday. Test Tuesday on the story “A Christmas Carol”

Complete the Plot diagram that is posted in Google Classroom.

8th Grade- Reading log check on Monday. Essay for “A Gift of the Magi” is due next week Thursday, before the break. Follow all directions given and posted in Google Classroom.

Christmas Show is on Wednesday for Parents at 9:00 am.

Secret Santa gifts are due this Monday.

Dec. 15, 2022

7th Grade- Reading log check will be on Monday. 

Complete charts posted in google classroom.

8th Grade- Reading log check on Monday. Test tomorrow on “A Gift of the Magi”

Essay of compare and contrast between the video and movie for the story read in class is due next week Thursday, Dec. 22

Act of Kindness letter is due tomorrow for your Secret Santa and 

Secret Santa Gift is due Monday

Dec. 13-14, 2022

7th Grade- Reading log check will be done Monday for the month of December.

Complete all questions posted in Google Classroom pertaining to the story, “A Christmas Carol”

8th Grade- Reading log check will be on Monday, Dec. 19. Test on Friday on the story, “A Gift of the Magi”

Compare and Contrast essay on the video and movie is due Thursday, Dec. 22.

Secret Santa gift is due this Monday, Dec. 19.