Math Word Problems

1) Victor had twenty bottles of water. If he drank four each day how many days would they last him?

2) For Halloween Edward received twenty-one pieces of candy. If he put them into piles with three
in each pile, how many piles could he make?

3) Bianca was placing her spare change into stacks. One stack had five coins and the other had three.  How many coins did she have total?

4) The roller coaster at the state fair costs seven tickets per ride. If six friends were going to ride the
roller coaster, how many tickets would they need?

5) Billy's freezer had sixty-four ice cubes in it. If he had to get ice for eight cups, how many pieces
should he put in each cup to make them have the same amount?

6) For Carol's birthday two of her friends gave her nine dollars. How much money did she get for her birthday?

7) A pet store had fifteen siamese cats. If they sold seven of them, how many cats did they still have?

8) A chef had sixteen potatoes to make fries with, but he only used seven of them. How many
potatoes does he still have?

9) Will was making ice using ice trays. Each tray held five ice cubes. If he had nine trays how many cubes could he make?

10) Tom was reading through his favorite book series. The first week he read seven different books. The next week he read six books. How many books did he read total?

11) A mailman had to give nine pieces of junkmail and eight magazines to a house. How many pieces of mail did he deliver total?

12) For a potluck lunch Robin brought thirteen bottles of soda. If everyone only drank six of the sodas, how many did she have to take back home?

13) The soda machine in the lobby of a hotel cost three quarters for each can. How many quarters would you need for four sodas?

14) A designer was buying furniture for her new house. She bought five chairs for the living room and seven for her kitchen. How many chairs did she buy total?

15) Oliver was packing up his old toys. He has twelve toys to pack up and can fit two in each box.
How many boxes will he need?

16) Jerry was playing basketball with his friend. Jerry scored nine points and his friend scored nine
points. How many points did they score total?

17) Henry was reading through his favorite book series. Each week he read eight different books. How many books would he have read through after nine weeks?

18) Adam bought eleven books at the book fair. If he gave two of them to his brother, how many
books did he have left?

19) Janet's dad took the family out to eat for her birthday.There were eight people total. There were four kids and everyone else was an adult. How many adults were there?

20) Wendy had twenty quarters. If it costs five quarters for each coke from a coke machine, how many could she buy?

The Golden Apples Quiz

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Anne Frank Quiz

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz19829216b4a68.html

The Giver Writing project

For a final project on The Giver, you will write a new chapter.

Think about things parts of the story that Lois Lowry left unwritten.  You want to find something you know happened, but the narrator didn't show us.  Here are some examples:

• What does a marriage look like in a community where people think "love" is meaningless?
• What would one of the other jobs look like (recreation director, caretaker, teacher, etc.)?
• What happened way, way back to make people set up this kind of government?
• How are other communities different?
• How did others (Asher, Fiona, Jonas's family, the Giver, the leaders) react to Jonas running away?
• What will happen in the community when the memories come back?
• Do other people have "super powers" like Jonas's ability to share memories?
• Did Jonas really find a sled, or was that in his imagination? Does he live or die?
• What happens when Jonas reaches the other community?

Pick one of these questions or another one that makes you wonder. This will become the focus for your story.

You will write a short chapter about one of these ideas that wasn't actually in the book.

1. Make a new Document called "[Yourname] Giver Missing Chapter"
2. On this file, write out your idea as a question.  Then, answer the question in three sentences or LESS! Due tomorrow.

The Giver Quiz

Click the link to take your quiz over The Giver.

You need to take the quiz in class and show Mr Dennis your score after you try it.

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/giver/quiz.html

After the Harlem Renaissance

Read this short article first!

You will plan a topic to explain your thoughts about how ideas of race were changing in America during the early 20th century.  You can talk about the Harlem Renaissance, Great Migration, or anything you know and think.
This is a personal reflection, so it's fine to use "I think" statements and ideas.

Look at the links below to get more information, or google related terms.

Race Relations in the 1930's and 40's

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: 1921-1938 (click links on timeline)

Great Migration (focus on events before 1941)

Poetry for today

We are going to focus on the artists, poets, and musicians of the Harlem Renaissance next week. For today, check out the poets of that era in this link. Read at least three different poems and be ready to share and discuss which you liked best in small group.

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/browse/poets#school-period=9

Here's mine. I like the voice and honesty of the speaker. I also like the extended image of the staircase. It sounds like the speaker shares my values. Plus it's a cross-gender speaker, which is interesting.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177021

Explaining Metaphors

Make a comment to this post. Write at least five sentences.  When you're finished, read all the comments and do what the next direction says.
Do NOT read the other comments first!

Read the last two stanzas of "Introduction to Poetry" again.

But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it.

They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.

Write five sentences to explain:
What image is poetry being compared to?  What are students being compared to?  What might students think poetry is like that?  What does this metaphor reveal about the students' feelings?  How do YOU feel about poetry?

Explaining Song Lyrics

We will begin our Poetry unit this week.
Last week I asked you to find song lyrics you like.  Remember, the topic must NOT be inappropriate for school!  If it has a vulgar word or two, we can black it out.  If I think the song is inappropriate (too much sex, bigotry, or violence) I will give you a song.  Probably a Country song.  A really boring one.

Today during small group, you will explain what your song is about.  These questions are already on your QT4 Writing file, but here they are again in case something crazy happens (or you just want to do it one paper):

Is your song telling a story, teaching a lesson, or establishing a mood?
If it's a story, what happens?  If it's not a story, does it remind you of any characters from a book, TV show, or movie who might feel that way?
What is the message?
What is your reaction to the message?
Why do you like the song?

Write at least fifteen sentences.  You can just start putting your ideas down, or you can reply to each question separately.

Have fun!

-JD

p.s. No, you can't listen to the song unless you brought your OWN ear phones!

8th Grade - Creatures of the Deep

In your QT4 Exit Slip file, write 15 sentences using this RAFT format:

ROLE - You are a scientist planning the next Census of Marine Life
AUDIENCE - Members of Congress trying to decide on a budget
FORMAT - Giving a speech
TOPIC - Explain why it's important to know what kind and how many organisms are in the ocean

For each of these Target Words that you use correctly in context, you may write one less sentence (5 words and 10 sentences, 3 words and 12 sentences, no words and 15 sentences, etc).  You may use "family" words (eg. adaptation, variety, vastness).
However many words you use, you MUST write at least ten sentences.

Here are the Target Words:
ambassador     adapt     biology     census     contact     distinct     
hypothesis     maximum     vary     vast     vehicle     

If your sentences are 100% complete, I will bump you up a level in Fundamentals.

6th Grade - Identity Crisis

Have you ever felt like people don't really know you? Shirley Jackson asks this question in her short story, "Louisa, Please Come Home." In the story, Louisa decides to run away from home. Find out what happens when she tries to come back...

Pretend that you are eighteen years old, and you decide to run away from home.
Explain your plan to make sure you would never be caught.
Write fifteen sentences in your QT4 Exit Slip file.

You may write one less sentence for each of these Target Words that you use correctly:
conspicuous    deceive    error    genuinely    
identity    impostor    recognize    reside    unique    

ANIMAL FARM Project

Instead of taking a test, to wrap up our work on Animal Farm you will write your own story.

Either rewrite a chapter or write a sequel chapter to the book.  Show or explain a major change that would improve the lives of the animals.

Narrative stories will still follow the fable format, using talking animals as characters and teaching a lesson about life.  However, you need to consider logical consequences for any changes you make.
For example, Snowball could come back with a team of horses and trample the humans and pigs.  However, this would probably result in the police or even National Guard coming out to slaughter all the murderous animals.  Not exactly a happy ending for anybody.

Think about:
How could the animals change the power structure?
What rules would the new "government" have to follow?
What supports would they need to put in place to make sure the leaders don't become corrupted like the pigs were?

Your story can be a narrative (just telling the story) OR you can explain what would need to happen (like a textbook).  If you really want to get creative, you could write a new "constitution" for the animals and explain how power of the leaders would be kept in check.

Animal Farm narrative papers need to be at least 500 words.
Expository papers (telling information) need to have at least four headings and must be at least 400 words.

If you have a rough draft finished and ready for peers to read when we get back from break on 3/24, your "Writing" grade for QT3 will be boosted to 100%.

8th Graders - Animal Farm Links

Hey 8th grade, long time no see! ;)

Here are some links for Animal Farm.  Homework tonight is to read Ch. 7.  Click here for a link to the audio book on YouTube.  Chapter 7 starts at around 34:00 on the audio track.

More online resources:

Electronic Text. Use the menu on the right to navigate between chapters.

Chapters 1,2,3,4

Chapters 5,6,7

Chapters 8,9,10

Homework for the week:
Due Tuesday 3/11 - Reading and Questions Ch. 7
Due Wednesday 3/12 - Reading and Questions Ch. 8
Due Thursday 3/13 - Reading and Questions Ch. 9
Due Friday 3/14 - Reading and Questions Ch. 10

Invasive Species Project

1. Choose an invasive species that is causing problems in Iowa.

Everyone must have a DIFFERENT invasive species, except Emerald Ash Borer (EAB).  Any student who wants to can research the EAB.

Check out this link for a list of species invading Iowa.

PBIS Choice Menu

Click the link below to find out what kind of incentives, recognition, or rewards motivate you do do something you might not want to do.

PBIS CHOICE MENU