engagement strategies involving scaffolded productive struggle and discourse that can be embedded into Agile Mind curriculum

Environmental impacts of AI. How can we reduce the impact on the environment. Spread awareness to others.

Write the title of the book and the author’s name. Use creative lettering and colors to convey important ideas in the book. Choose 2 characters from the book. Then find an image of an object that symbolically represents each character. Finally, write four sentences explaining how each object represents the characters. Find and copy a sentence example of figurative language from the novel - be sure to put “quotation marks” around it and include the page number. Write a brief explanation about what it means in the context of the book. Pick a challenging word from the book and define it. Write the sentence from the book that is was used in - be sure to put “quotation marks” around it and include the page number. Write your own sentence using the word as it relates to your book. Identify an important value (characteristic) portrayed in the novel and describe an event that develops that value. -Value is an ideal accepted by some individual or group. (Examples: Compassion, courage, honesty) Give one example of internal conflict that your main character struggles with AND one example of an external conflict. Be sure to copy the passage and put “quotation marks” around it, include the page number. Explain why these are conflicts for the main character. Often times, a text can cause us to have an emotional response. Quote 2 passages in the text (include page numbers) that evoked an emotional response. Explain your response. (Think about… What feelings did you have? Did you agree/disagree with what a character did or said? Did something make you want to laugh or cry? Why?) Choose one character description from the novel and compare him/her to a character in another story. Explain the similarities and differences in at least 4 sentences. Explain the point of view from which the text is written. Why do you think the author chose this perspective instead of another one? Select an example that illustrates/supports the point of view. Copy it using “quotation marks”. Be sure to include the page number. Identify one of the themes (big life truth) of the story and explain it. (NOT A TOPIC - Theme Statement) Select a passage that illustrates/supports the idea. Copy it (using “quotation marks”) or paraphrase it. Be sure to include the page number.

Organize a solar system model project. Students will research planets and create a scale model, integrating art, science, and math skills.

5.2B Math TEKs reteach

Identity, privilege, inequality, social justice, research, community justice action

Weather refugees

Create an 8th grade humanities project connected to being a responsible citizen