OPEN HOUSE
8th Grade PAVA
SPRING 2021
Dakota Sorrell
English
With Ms. Sveiven
In English, we learned all about different types of writing, such as narrative and informative. We read a novel called "The Giver" by Lois Lowry and many news articles, some fake and some reliable.
My annotated news piece:
For this assignment we had to read the article and then make sure the article was valid.
Science
With Ms. Estrada
My favorite assignment...
Math
With Mr. Mullen/Mr. Chun
My favorite assignment...
Science
With Ms. Estrada
My favorite assignment...
On this assignment we had to make slides on our solar system and give facts about each planet in our solar system.
In Science we have been learning about Astronomy and Non-contact forces! Students have studied the solar system, analyzed the planets, and created models of the solar system and Earth-sun-moon system.
Math
With Mr. Mullen/Mr. Chun
In 8th grade math, students have worked with Number Systems, Expressions and Equations, and Functions, and will be diving in to Pythagorean Theorem, Geometry and Probability and Statistics for the remainder of the year.
My favorite assignment...
For this project we took everyday items and aligned the parabolas and found the equation.
With Mr. Santana
Favorite historical moment, person, or event that you learned about in this class.
Title of rap poem: Important People
Link to rap poem:
Link to rap poem:
History
With Mr. McDaniel
In this class we exercise daily both in class and outside class. We have to fill out a form confirming that we work out outside of class and the teacher monitors whether we work out in class or not.
My favorite assignment...
We have to weekly turn this document in. The document marks how much we exercised that week.
P.E.
With Mr. McDaniel
In this class we exercise daily both in class and outside class. We have to fill out a form confirming that we work out outside of class and the teacher monitors whether we work out in class or not.
My favorite assignment...
We have to weekly turn this document in. The document marks how much we exercised that week.
P.E.
Theater with Thomas Herrera
For this assignment I did a monologue for a fractured fairytale .
Elective
REFLECTIONS
What was your favorite part of this year? This could be about an assignment, a teacher, or a school experience.
My favorite part of this year was that I got to stay home. I didn't have to follow the dress code and I got to stay in the comfort of my room.