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Goal for Summer TIme Commitment Type of StudentSkill maintenance(Minimum requirementfor all students)1 hour/week or 10hours cumulativeIdeal for students who are alreadyexcelling in math and who have avery busy summer schedule.Moderate growth 1.5 hours/week or 15hours cumulativeAccelerated growth 2+ hours/week or 20+hours cumulativeIdeal for students seeking tomaintain math skills and makemodest growth.Ideal for students who arecurrently having difficulty withmath or who love ALEKS.How do I get started using ALEKS? What if I need help?• Included in this packet is a “Getting Started with ALEKS” guide, which includes yourusername and password and information on how to setup and use ALEKS.• The first time a student logs on to ALEKS, the program will automatically guide thestudent through an introduction on how to use it.• There will be three ALEKS Help Sessions during the early summer for any studentwho would like to attend. Help will be provided concerning getting started, technicalissues, general use, or any other issues that students need assistance with. Thedates for the ALEKS Help Sessions are:• June 1st - 8:00 am - 9:00 am in the 3-4-5 Computer Lab• June 4th - 8:00 am - 9:00 am in the 3-4-5 Computer Lab• June 5th - 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm in the 3-4-5 Computer Lab• Additionally, ALEKS has a wonderful support site that contains FAQs and provides e-mail and phone support. You can visit the website at www.aleks.com.If you have any questions or concerns regarding the use of ALEKS over thesummer, please feel free to contact one of the middle school mathteachers:• 6th grade: Nat Oliver nat@stanleybps.org• 7th grade: Art Gluck art@stanleybps.org• 8th grade: Ted McLean ted@stanleybps.org
8th <strong>Grade</strong> Summer Reading AssignmentParallel Journeys by Eleanor AyerIn Parallel Journeys, Eleanor Ayer tells the true story of two very different people who livedthrough World War II. Helen Waterford was already a young woman, married with a child,when she went into hiding in Amsterdam because she was Jewish. Alfons Heck was just a boywhen the war began. By the war's end, he was a high-ranking officer in the Hitler Youth.Although Helen was able to find a safe home for her daughter during the war, Nazisdiscovered Helen and her husband in their hiding place. They were separated at aconcentration camp, and she never saw him again.Because Alfons was just a young boy, he was easily brainwashed by the power and the flashof Hitler and his promise for a new Germany. He eagerly participated in youth rallies, andwas chosen to lead groups of young boys into war. As Germany's forces were depleted, Hitlerdepended more and more on the Hitler Youth. When he was just 15, Alfons became a toprankedglider pilot. At sixteen, he became a Bannfuhrer, equivalent to the rank of a majorgeneral in the U. S., with 6,000 troops under his command. By the end of the war Alfons hadlost many friends and found his hometown reduced to rubble. He could only hope that theoccupying forces of the United States and France would not deal with him too harshly.At the same time that Alfons was rising through the ranks, Helen was suffering through themiserable conditions of concentration camps. During her two months at Auschwitz, where two million people perishedthroughout the war, the smoke from the crematoria was always in view. Helen was then shipped to Kratzau, a work camp wherethe women were given little to eat and lived in freezing barracks filled with lice. She was extremely weak and ill by the timeRussian troops finally reached Kratzau to free her and the other survivors.After a difficult journey, Helen eventually managed to return to Amsterdam, where she was reunited with her daughter. Later, shemoved to the United States to be with her parents. For Alfons, the post-war years were filled with work rebuilding hisgrandparents' farm, and with the struggle to come to terms with the horrors of the Holocaust. Alfons actually went to theNuremberg Trials to see the men he had idolized explain what happened. Later, Alfons also moved to the United States, afterliving in Canada.Book Selection/Difficulty:This book is written at an early seventh grade level which should make the text accessible for most students. The Lexile Score is1050L. The novel was selected to provide insight into the lives of two very different children coping with the Holocaust. Thetext teaches students how powerful the Nazi regime was and exposes them to some of the attrocities of the Holocaust. Thecontent of the book aligns perfectly with the integrated curriculum for eighth grade world studies and language arts.Differentiation:While this book is estimated to be appropriate for readers in 8th grade, it is understood that selecting a single text forthe entire grade will mean that it is too hard for some and too easy for others. The following are strategies forapproaching the text from a wide range of abilities:The book seems hard: There are a number of strategies to aid in the comprehension of the novel. The firststrategy would be for students to access an audio version of the text and to listen to the novel while reading along with the text.(Note: it’s important to follow along with an audio version and not just listen) Secondly, parents are encouraged to read the textalong with students to facilitate discussions on comprehension and also to have the opportunity to read difficult sections aloud.The book seems easy: Students who would like to challenge their thinking a bit more are encouraged to read more about theHolocaust and Nazi Germany. (See attached Holocaust Litterature Summary)Assignment:Students need to answer the following discussion questions. Each response should be a minimum 1/2 page typed (12 point timesnew roman, double spaced) and should include detailed support and explanation. Wherever possible, particularly in questions 3,4, and 5, students should cite specific examples from the text and include the page number as reference.
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