Step 1: Choose “Fan-A-War” or “Backboard Bank It” and complete the activity.

Step 2: Complete the questions and use as much detail as possible. Question 1: What do you feel was the most successful part of the activity for you individually?Question 2: What strategies did you use?Question 3: Are there any directions you would change? If so, what would it be? (re-word the directions as you think would be most thorough and easy to understand).Question 4: Would you do this activity again? Why or why not?

Grade 8: English Language Arts & Social Studies

Continue with your journal entries. Remember to: reflect on the day’s events (what did you and your family do?) collect the questions and thoughts that you had running through your head

(it’s ok to add that the big question of the morning was whether get out of your PJs or not)

find one thing (people/ideas/objects) that you are thankful for and describe it (them)

There is no assigned length for these and there is no right or wrong response: simply work towardscapturing your daily reality as best as you can. Quick sketches can also be used to enhance andeffectively capture your day.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Big Ideas

“Hands” – Sarah Kay

Watch This Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqCMHcdYR_E

What did you think of the poem? (Did you like it? Why/why not?) Write down three lines that stood out for you. What made them stand out?

Explain your connection to them. What is the message that Sarah Kay is sharing with you?

Reading

Pick a book, any book, that you want to (or at least are willing to try to) read. Remember to continue to record your progress,

If you don’t have any books that you want to read, look for free ones through apps on your phone,computer, or tablet.

You can read dozens of classics (from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice to Moby Dick by HermanMelville) for free here: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?sort_order=downloads

Some other sites to check out for reading material: https://www.getepic.com/ https://www.teenbookcloud.com/Home.aspx https://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/

Social Studies:

Go to https://www.cnn.com/cnn10Watch the video and complete 5 various Critical Thinking Questions using your Critical Thinking Cheat Sheet (attached). Please choose questions from various sections (Who, What, Where, When). You should choose 1 of the current events featured in the video to focus on.