ESL TED Talk Activity - The clues to a great story - Andrew Stanton
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "The clues to a great story - Andrew Stanton", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
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ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "The clues to a great story - Andrew Stanton", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
Distinguish linear equations with one solution, no solution, or infinitely many solutions. Guided notes lead into categorizing, solving, and multiple-choice tasks, with answer keys for each section. Ask students to explain what the simplified equation tells them rather than rely only on whether they found a value for x.
Teach and practice describing qualitative relationships between two variables from a graph (increasing/decreasing/constant, matching real-world scenarios to graph shapes), aligned to CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.F.B.5.
Guided notes and practice problems teaching students how to translate figures on the coordinate plane using directional description and (x,y) formulas.
Teach and then test the proof of the Pythagorean theorem and its converse (CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.G.B.6), intended for use after an introductory hands-on activity.
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "Sleep is your superpower - Matt Walker", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
A CAASPP-aligned Grade 8 math practice test used for state-test preparation, giving students test-style practice and giving teachers domain-level scoring data.
Guided notes and practice teaching students to set up and solve systems-of-equations word problems in slope-intercept and standard form, aligned to CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.C.8 and 8.EE.C.8.C.
Guided notes and practice teaching students to identify, calculate, and interpret a line of best fit for scatter plots, meeting CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.SP.A.2/A.3.
A two-part practice worksheet applying Gay-Lussac's Law and the Combined Gas Law to calculate pressure, volume, or temperature changes in gas samples.
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "Smart Failure for a Fast Changing World", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
Guided notes and practice packet applying the Pythagorean Theorem to right triangles, real-world problems, and 3D figures, aligned to CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.G.B.7.
Teach and assess angle relationships formed when parallel lines are cut by a transversal, partially addressing CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.G.A.5.
Leveled reading-skills practice workbook (vocabulary development, study skills, and content-area comprehension) covering phonics/word structure, vocabulary, study skills, comprehension, and oral/silent reading.
Partner practice having two students independently solve related systems-of-equations word problems and compare answers, aligned to CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.C.8 and 8.EE.C.8.C.
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "The Danger of a Single Story", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
A Virginia SOL-aligned Grade 8 mathematics practice test used to prepare students for the state SOL math assessment, with an answer key and a teacher's guide for administration and scoring.
Two 9-problem practice worksheets (with answer keys) for converting repeating decimals to fractions, aligned to standard 8.NS.1.
A multiple-choice practice worksheet (with an optional linked digital Google Forms version) for interpreting slope and y-intercept from graphs and tables and comparing properties of two linear functions, aligned to CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.F.A.2 and 8.F.B.4.
Provide partner-check practice solving systems of two linear equations by substitution.
ESL/ELA worksheet activity built around the TED Talk "My Stroke of Insight - Jill Bolte Taylor", used to build listening comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.
A full-length math practice test modeled on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) for Grade 8, giving students practice across six math domains, with an accompanying answer key and teacher's guide.
A full-length ELA/literacy practice test modeled on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) for Grade 8, giving students practice with reading comprehension, vocabulary, and evidence-based writing, with an accompanying answer key and teacher's guide.
A TEKS-aligned STAAR-style math practice test for Grade 8, giving students a realistic test-day format plus a teacher's guide and answer key for scoring and reteaching.