Week 34: Ionic Bonds, The Golden Age of Islam, and Fall of the House of Usher

Math: Slopes

Chinese: 8th Grade Chemistry Textbook in Mandarin
Science: Middle School Chemistry Chapter 4, Lesson 5
Energy Levels, Electrons, and Ionic Bonding (pg.337- 351) Quizlet

Videos: American Chemical Society, Khan Academy,

Geography:  Chapter 10, The Muslim World (600-1250) Unit 3: Muslim Culture

Quizlet/ Videos: Sunni–Shi’a Split: Khan Academy 1, 2,
Science and Technology: The Golden Age of Islam, Medieval Islamic Science

World Religions Video: Ted-ED

Spanish: Hacer (Unit 11) Quizlet: Hacer, Expressions
Videos: Hacer Conjugation, Expressions w/Tener + Hacer,

Writing: Unit 7, Classification Essays, pg. 175-189 Write a Classification Essay

US History: A Young People’s History, Chapter 25, “War in Iraq, Conflict at Home”

Reading: Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe  (PDF)

Pre-Reading: Quizlet Vocabulary

Post Reading Comprehension: Quizlet

Week 33: Slopes, Covalent Bonding, the US War on Terror and Islam Expansion

Math: Slopes

Science: Middle School Chemistry Chapter 4, Lesson 4 (pg.319-,
Energy Levels, Electrons, and Covalent Bonding (Quizlet)

Videos: American Chemical Society, Covalent Bonding, Crash Course,
Take Notes:
Covalent bond in hydrogen,   Covalent bond in water, Electrolysis,  Oxygen’s double bond,
Covalent bonding of methane,..

Geography:  Chapter 10, The Muslim World (600-1250)

Unit 2: Islam Expands Quizlet/ Videos: Byzantine-Sasanian War

Spanish: Tener (Unit 10) (Quizlet: Tener, Feelings) Videos: 1, 2, 3

Writing: Unit 7, Classification Essays, pg. 166-174

US History: A Young People’s History Chapter 24, “The War on Terrorism”

Reading: To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapters 27-31 (Vocabulary), Test

Week 32: Valence Electrons, Clinton, The Muslim World

Math:

Science: Middle School Chemistry
Chapter 4, Lesson 3 The Periodic Table and Energy (pg.293-318)

Videos: Crash Course, Valence Electrons

Energy Level Cross-Section, Oxygen Atom,

Compare the way different elements react chemically and relate this to their
location on the periodic table.

1. Sodium in water and potassium in water.
2. Sodium in acid and potassium in acid.
3. Calcium in acid. The calcium reacts differently from the sodium and the potassium.

Geography: Chapter 10, The Muslim World (600-1250)

• Unit 1: The Rise of Islam Quizlet/ Videos: Crash Course, BBC
• Analyzing Architecture: The Dome of the Rock

Spanish: Expressing Time (Unit 9) Quizlet,
Quizlet2: Days of the week, Months Videos: Time: 1, 2, 3,

Writing: Unit 6 pg. 157-162, Write-Cause Effect Essay

US History: A Young People’s History, Chapter 23, “The End of the 20th Century”

Reading: To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapters 21-26 (Vocabulary)

Week 31: The Periodic Table, Eastern African Empires, and Resistance in the US

Math:

Science: Middle School Chemistry Chapter 4, Lesson 2 The Periodic Table

(pg. 260-269  CARDS: pg. 270- ) Quizlet, Videos: Elements and Atoms,

Periodic Table, First 20 Elements,  

Songs: Meet the Elements by They Might be Giants

The Elements by Tom Lehrer with animation by Mike Stanfill

Geography: Chapter 15 Societies and Empires of Africa,
Unit 3: Eastern City States and Southern Empires (Quizlet)

Spanish:-IR Present Tense (Unit 8), Quizlet, Videos: 1, 2

Writing: Unit 6  Cause-Effect Essay pg 148-156

US History: A Young People’s, Chapter 22, “Resistance”

Reading: To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapters 17-20 (Vocabulary)

Week 30: Atoms, West Africa, and Reaganomics

The student has started a new science textbook, skipping the first three chapters on Matter, Changing States and Density, as she studied this in elementary school. There was some confusion on what was expected of her writing the past weeks, as she thought the essays were her writing class and not homework for her other subjects. So she is still on Unit 6 and Cause-Effect Essays.

Math:

Science: Middle School Chemistry Chapter 4, Lesson 1 The Periodic Table and

Bonding (pg. 245-259) Quizlet, Videos: Atoms, Carbon, The Electron,

http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/multimedia/chapter4/lesson1#pencil_zoom

http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/multimedia/chapter4/lesson1#protons_and_electrons

Geography: Chapter 15 Societies and Empires of Africa,

Unit 2 Western African Civilizations (Quizlet), Mansa Musa, Empires of West Africa

Spanish: The Verb IR (to go). Quizlet Review + Make 20 sentences.

Writing: Unit 6 Cause-Effect Essay (pg. 154-163)

US History: A Young People’s History, Chapter 21, “Politics as Usual”       

Reading: To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapters 12-16 (Vocabulary/ Review)