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7th/8th SUMMER PACKET INFORMATION

All students who are enrolled by July 23, 2019,

must complete the summer packet.

Summer is certainly a time for the family to be outside, have fun, and breathe fresh air. It is also a great time to fortify the academic skills learned throughout the past school year. Every summer, all students are required to complete academic worksheets that will encourage them to maintain the skills necessary

to be successful here at James Irwin Charter Middle School. Completing the worksheets on a weekly basis will benefit students and help each one experience a smooth transition into the new school year

The entire 7th and 8th grade summer packet is due in each student’s individual

history, literature, math, and science class on Wednesday, August 21, 2019.

Each section of the packet will count as a test grade. and failure to complete this packet will result in a zero test score.

The packet will be available online beginning Monday, March 11, 2019.

Instructions: Go to www.jamesirwin.org

Click on Middle School.

Click Summer Packets

Click JICMS 19-20 School Year (on both the left side & drop-down menu)

Click the packet for the student’s upcoming grade in August 2019 o NOTE: The packets are different for each grade. Be sure to print the correct grade’s packet.

If you are unable to print a packet, you may bring in 30 sheets of white copier paper to the Middle

School Front office during regular business hours, and a set will be copied for you.

First and Last Name____________________________ Grade_______ Summer Reading Literature Review

Date_________________

8th Grade JICMS Summer Reading Assignment

Students enrolled on or before July 23, 2019, must read the novel listed and complete the literature review below:

Incoming 8th graders: White Fang by Jack London

DUE: Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Books are available for Checkout at JI Library on a first-come, first-served basis.

Literature Review

Objective: The student will read and independently analyze a novel over the summer.

Details: Complete the literature review using your own ideas. Using any aids would be considered plagiarism.

In addition to this Literature Review, there will be a written quiz over the novel on August 21, 2018. This assignment must be handwritten neatly.

Assignments turned in late will be penalized according to the handbook policy.

Title:_____________________________________ Author:_____________________________________

Themes: List three key themes with an explanation of how the theme plays out in the novel. Be sure to include the

characters who are involved. Responses must be handwritten neatly. (Theme ideas: love, loss, friendship, good vs. evil, man vs. nature, growth and maturity, crime does not pay, overcoming adversity, sacrifice, man’s inhumanity to man, madness, man vs. man, a noble sacrifice, revenge doesn’t pay, loneliness, loyalty, prejudice, freedom, ambition)

Theme Explain theme (using specific examples from novel)

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Characters: List five major characters in the novel with three or more (3+) phrases describing the key facts (looks,

thoughts, actions) about them. Responses must be handwritten neatly.

Figurative Language: In each box below, write a quotation or passage that shows the requested figurative

language. On the line provided, write the page number where the quote or passage is found. Responses must be handwritten

neatly.

Simile Compares two unlike things

using like or as

(She is pretty as a picture.)

Alliteration Two or more words that begin

with the same sound

(Ten terrific teenagers)

Metaphor Compares two unlike things

not using like or as / states

something IS something else

(He has muscles of iron.)

Onomatopoeia Spelled out sound

(hiss, clip clop, buzz)

Page _____

Page _____

Page _____

Page _____

Plot Summary: For EACH chapter, write a one-sentence summary of the main action or event that shows the

progression of the plot. Responses must be handwritten neatly on lined paper.

Character Description (looks, thoughts, actions)

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Ch # Summary

1

2

Continue summaries on lined paper.

1. Title: ____________________________________________________

2. Opening Sentence: _______________________________________________________________________

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3. Characters 4. Setting

10. Closing Sentence: _______________________________________________________________________

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11. Themes: _______________________________________________________________________________

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Instructions: Complete the Plot Diagram. 1. Title: Write the title of the chapter; follow grammar rules to write correctly. 2. Opening Sentence: Write the opening sentence of the story.

3. Characters: Please describe two of the major characters of the story; include physical appearance and personality. 4. Setting: Where and when does the story take place? (Use descriptive phrases.)

Rising action – These are the events that take place as the main character is trying to solve the problem. 5. Setting: Where does the story begin? Be specific (workshop, kitchen, etc.).

6. Problem: Write the problem that must be dealt with throughout the story. 7. Events: List the 3 main events/challenges the main character faces that moves the story along. 8. Climax: List the climax of the story.

9. Success/Outcome: Write how the story was resolved. What was the outcome? Denouement – This is the falling action, the events that take place after the climax.

10. Closing Sentence: Write the final sentence of the story. 11. Theme: List two themes for the novel.

7c. 3rd Event

8. Climax

7b. 2nd Event

7a. 1st Event

6. Problem

5. Setting

9. Success/Outcome

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Student’s First/Last Name: ______________________________ Date Turned In: _________

8th Summer Science Assignment

The Summer Science Assignment is due at the beginning of science class on Wednesday,

August 21, 2019.

This assignment will count as a test grade, and failure to complete this packet will result

in a zero test score.

Label this cover sheet with first and last name.

Staple or clip the packet together.

Keep the pages in order. (Take note of the page numbers.)

The packet must be given to the student’s history teacher on the due date.

Do not submit the packet to the front office.

Name ________________________________________________________________

Modern atomic model

Modern atomic model with nucleus and electron cloud

Ways to identify

atoms

Atom Particles

Electrons have a negative charge.

Protons have a

positive charge.

Neutrons have no charge.

Isotopes are elements that have the

same number of protons but different

numbers of neutrons. In normal atoms

the protons and neutrons are equal in number.

Models are visual representations

developed from experimental

evidence that help scientists see and

test theories. Atoms are too small to see under a microscope.

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Name ________________________________________________________________ Use the information from Introduction to Atoms to answer the following questions.

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Name ________________________________________________________________

Electron dot diagrams of sodium and chlorine.

Shows all

electrons in the

different energy levels

Shows all electrons in

only the outermost

energy level or valence

electrons. These are the

electrons that form

bonds. Molecules are

stable when there are 8

electrons in the last shell.

Na and Cl will share an

electron to make a salt molecule.

Remember the Atomic

number shows the number of

protons and the number of electrons an element has.

Name ________________________________________________________________

The rows of the periodic table are called periods. This is period 3 (row 3).

Elements in a Group have

the same valence electron

number.

Name ________________________________________________________________ Answer the following questions using the information from Atoms, Bonding and the Periodic Table.

Electron dot or Valence electron model.

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