Thanks to Mrs. Haake for sharing Roché, the glamour cockroach, with the eighth grade class!
Grade 6 – Study your Latin vocabulary. Read Chapter LIV, “The Trial,” in The Count of Monte Cristo aloud to an adult, and have them sign your reading log. Answer the following study questions:
1. Chapter LIV: Has Fernand heard the news?
2. How did Fernand defend himself?
3. What evidence did Haydee present?
4. Of what is Fernand convicted?
Grade 7 - Study your Latin vocabulary. Read from page 105 to page 120 in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Read aloud to an adult, and have them sign your reading log. Answer the following study questions:
1. Aug. 20, 1943 – Why does Peter go downstairs? What does the sound of “rat, tat, tat” mean to those in the Secret Annex?
2. Aug. 23, 1943 – Why do you think the Franks keep such a rigid schedule?
3. Sept 10, 1943 – “…there is something wonderful going on.” What is it?
4. How is Mr. Koophuis doing?
5. Sept. 16, 1943 – According to Anne, what would “help more than ten Valerian pills?”
6. Who is getting suspicious about the Secret Annex?
7. Sept. 29, 1943 – Who had “a fit of nerves”, and why?
8. Oct. 29, 1943 – Mr. Koophuis’ stomach “gives him no peace”, and Anne has no appetite. What might be at least a partial reason for these maladies?
9. Nov. 8, 1943 – Describe Anne’s fears.
10. Nov. 11, 1943 – There is tragic evidence of foreshadowing here. What is it?
11. Nov. 27, 1943 – What image haunts Anne?
Grade 8 - Study your Latin vocabulary and endings. Using your Vietnam War handout as reference, in your own words write the first paragraph for your paper on Vietnam. Read chapters 12 and 13 in To Kill a Mockingbird aloud to an adult and have them sign your study log. Answer the following study questions:
1. Chapter 12: Why is Jem becoming moody and tempermental?
2. What does Lula tell Calpurnia? What is Calpurnia’s response?
3. Who does the congregation take an offering for? Why?
4. Why aren’t there hymnbooks at the church?
5. Why won’t Calpurnia speak correctly at church?
6. Chapter 13: Who has come to live with the Finch family? What is the reason she is there?
7. What is Scout’s definition of “fine folks”?
8. What does Aunt Alexandria want Atticus to teach Jem and Scout?
1. Chapter LIV: Has Fernand heard the news?
2. How did Fernand defend himself?
3. What evidence did Haydee present?
4. Of what is Fernand convicted?
Grade 7 - Study your Latin vocabulary. Read from page 105 to page 120 in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Read aloud to an adult, and have them sign your reading log. Answer the following study questions:
1. Aug. 20, 1943 – Why does Peter go downstairs? What does the sound of “rat, tat, tat” mean to those in the Secret Annex?
2. Aug. 23, 1943 – Why do you think the Franks keep such a rigid schedule?
3. Sept 10, 1943 – “…there is something wonderful going on.” What is it?
4. How is Mr. Koophuis doing?
5. Sept. 16, 1943 – According to Anne, what would “help more than ten Valerian pills?”
6. Who is getting suspicious about the Secret Annex?
7. Sept. 29, 1943 – Who had “a fit of nerves”, and why?
8. Oct. 29, 1943 – Mr. Koophuis’ stomach “gives him no peace”, and Anne has no appetite. What might be at least a partial reason for these maladies?
9. Nov. 8, 1943 – Describe Anne’s fears.
10. Nov. 11, 1943 – There is tragic evidence of foreshadowing here. What is it?
11. Nov. 27, 1943 – What image haunts Anne?
Grade 8 - Study your Latin vocabulary and endings. Using your Vietnam War handout as reference, in your own words write the first paragraph for your paper on Vietnam. Read chapters 12 and 13 in To Kill a Mockingbird aloud to an adult and have them sign your study log. Answer the following study questions:
1. Chapter 12: Why is Jem becoming moody and tempermental?
2. What does Lula tell Calpurnia? What is Calpurnia’s response?
3. Who does the congregation take an offering for? Why?
4. Why aren’t there hymnbooks at the church?
5. Why won’t Calpurnia speak correctly at church?
6. Chapter 13: Who has come to live with the Finch family? What is the reason she is there?
7. What is Scout’s definition of “fine folks”?
8. What does Aunt Alexandria want Atticus to teach Jem and Scout?
