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Grade
Eight Units/Lesson Plans
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MATH |
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Congruent
and Similar Figures
Core
Curriculum Objective: Demonstrate
and identify congruent and similar
figures and their corresponding parts. |
Perimeter,
Area, and Volume
Core
Curriculum Objective: Develop
and understanding of perimeter, area,
and volume. |
Probability
Core
Curriculum Objective: Determine
the number of possible events that
could occur in a probability experiment
and the probability of an outcome. |
Range,
Mean, Median, and Mode
Core
Curriculum Objective: Identify
and calculate range, mean, median,
and mode from data. |
Surface
Area of Cubes and Rectangular
Prisms
Core
Curriculum Objective: Calculate
the surface area of cubes and rectangular
prisms. |
Three-Dimensional
Solids
Core
Curriculum Objective: Name,
identify, and compare 3-d solids according
to one or more attributes. |
Real
World Problems
Core Curriculum Objective: Solve
real world problems
using operations with whole numbers using a variety of strategies
and tools. (ex. Calculators, sketches, computers,
etc.) This
lesson plan can be
modified using, fractions, decimals, percents and integers. |
Angles
that Pair
Core Curriculum Objective: Demonstrate,
sketch and identify adjacent, vertical, complementary, and supplementary
angles. |
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LANGUAGE
ARTS/READING |
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Poetry
Tea Party
Core
Curriculum Objective(s):
Interpret and draw conclusions based upon text selection and cite
supporting evidence in order to synthesize ideas to form an hypothesis. |
Bunyan,
Appleseed, and More
Core
Curriculum Objective: Write
compositions for a variety of
purposes, use brainstorming techniques
to generate and explore ideas,
and evaluate and revise drafts
for purpose and to meet the needs
of audience. |
Deception
and Advertising
Core
Curriculum Objective: Analyze
mass media messages: identify the persuasive
technique being used; describe the
possible cause/effect relationships
between mass media coverage and public
opinion trends; evaluate selections
such as editorials, etc. for relationships. |
Pieces
of Me
Core
Curriculum Objective:
Write compositions for a variety
of purposes, use brainstorming
techniques to generate and explore
ideas. |
Creative
Inventions
Core
Curriculum Objective: Write
compositions for different purposes
(to tell, to describe, to inform
or explain, and to persuade,
to learn, to record personal
feelings, to entertain others,
to enjoy) for both familiar and
distant audiences. |
Writing
A Resume
Core
Curriculum Objective: Write
technical compositions showing
evidence of working outlines,
paraphrased notes, and working
bibliographies. |
Ode
to the Ordinary
Core
Curriculum Objective: Write
various types of compositions:
journals (reflective, double-entry),
letters, essays, technical
and other reports, poetry,
stories, plays, scripts, research,
songs, advertisements, and
dialogues. |
Plot
Summary for Story Elements
Core
Curriculum Objective: Recognize
elements of plot structure
(problem or conflict, rising
action, turning point, and
resolution). |
SC/US
HISTORY |
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Civil
War Images: It's in the Cards!
Core Curriculum Objective(s): Identify people and terms
associated with the Civil War. |
de
Soto's Expedition: An Alternate
Route
Core Curriculum Objective(s): Make and use maps,
globes, graphs, charts, and models to illustrate and analyze
location and spatial distributions of physical and cultural features
in South Carolina and the United States. |
How
Do I Find Out More About...?
Core Curriculum Objective(s): Describe political developments
and key figures from the Era of Good Feelings through the Antebellum
Period. (8.8.3) |
Our
Constitutional Amendments
Core Curriculum Objective(s): Analyze
the impact of the Bill of Rights
and other selected amendments. |
I
Want To Take A Picture In 1866!
Core Curriculum Objective(s): Describe the role of
technology development in shaping the characteristics of economic,
cultural and political regions in South Carolina and the United
States. (8.8.5) |
Pirate
Treasure Hunt!
Core Curriculum Objective(s): (8.2.3) Compare and
contrast early European settlements in South Carolina and the
American colonies, including political, economic, and social
institutions. (8.9.2) Explain how free enterprise provides
the goods and services consumers want. |
SCIENCE |
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Plate
Tectonics
Core
Curriculum Objective: Evaluate how
surface and subsurface geologic processes
cause changes on the earth's surface. |
My
Biotic Creation
Core
Curriculum Objective: Determine what
adaptations and environmental conditions
are necessary for an organism to survive
and reproduce in specific ecosystems. |
Classification
of Pasta, Rice, and the Nine
Planets
State Curriculum Standards Objectives:
1) Use scientific (field guides, charts, periodic table, etc.)
and dichotomous keys for classification. (I.A.1b2)
2) Compare and contrast the earth to other planets in terms of
size, composition, and relative distance from the sun, and ability
to support life. (II.A.1b) |
The
Moving Continents from Pangaea
to the Future
State Curriculum Standards
Objectives:
1) Examine how scientists use fossils as clues to study the Earth's
past. (II.A.4a)
2) Explain the modern distribution of the continents to the movement
of the lithospheric plates since the formation of Pangaea. (III.B.3n) |
Space
Exploration Missions
School State Curriculum Standards Objectives:
1) Summarize some of the programs
that have allowed people to explore
space. (IV.A.2j)
2) Explain how space probes, satellites, and telescopes have
increased our knowledge of the space and the solar system. (IV.
B.2i) |
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