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This Week in Grade 8Welcome back! I hope everyone ha

a relaxing vacation. Everyone is

getting back into the swing of the

school routine now!

ENGLISH

This week the focus inEnglish class was on poetryand choosing a poet orsongwriter for theirperformance task. They willbe analyzing a song or poemand identifying how it is‘Transformational’. This is along term project and will beworked on over the next fewweeks.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Students continued workingon their maps of the MiddleEast and North Africa. Aswell, they have begundiscussing the new unit(Transformation) specificallylooking at Revolutions and

how they change societiesand governments. Theywere introduced to the 4Stages of Revolution.

Next week, either Mondayor Tuesday (depending onclass block) students willhave a Map Quiz on theMiddle East/North Africa.

SCIENCE

The Transformation unitbegan this week in Scienceas well. Students will belooking at simple machines,participating in labexperiments - building apendulum, collecting data,etc.

MATH

The Geometry unitcontinued this week withthe focus on lines, rays,segments and planes -

analyzing how theyintersect with one anotherin various situations.

IMPORTANT DATES TO

REMEMBER:

UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS &

DUE DATES: 

Monday or Tuesday - Social

Studies Map Quiz

IMPORTANT WEBSITES USED IN

CORE CLASSES:

• Google Docs

• brainpop.com

WEEKLY BULLETIN: GRADE 8 LEARNING SUPPORT

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MANILA 

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Skill & Strategy Areas of 

Focus:

The Writing Process:

- Using editing checklists

(COPS, SCOPE)

- Vocabulary development

- Brainstorming - using 

templates to organize prior to

 writing; we are going to

introduce and experiment

 with the program“Inspiration”.

- Identifying & Generating 

Topic Sentences, Compound

Sentences (FANBOYS)

- writing short stories/

paragraphs based

Research Strategies:

- using templates to organize

information

Reading Comprehension:

- understanding new 

 vocabulary through context

clues

Study Skills:

- Note-taking strategies: we

are using the Cornell

method which is the 2

column notes method (main

ideas on left side;

supporting details on

right)

- Paraphrasing skills

Strategy Instruction Class

1.  Note- Taking Strategies

2.  Study Skills

3.  Time Management

4.  Self - Advocacy 

5.  Paragraph Writing

6.  Summary Writing

7.  Editing Strategies

8.  Interactive Reading

9.  Learning Styles