IXL Summer Adventures skill plan

IXL Summer Adventures skill plan - 8th grade

Get students exploring new topics this summer with these hand-picked skills, organized around fun daily themes!

Days
Day 1: Where to?		1. Maps with fractional distances 2. Formatting street addresses 3. Select parts of a topographic map 4. Identify and select countries of South America
Day 1: Where to?
1. Maps with fractional distances 2. Formatting street addresses 3. Select parts of a topographic map 4. Identify and select countries of South America

Day 2: Solving problems		1. Estimate to solve word problems 2. Multi-step word problems with positive rational numbers 3. Match problems with their solutions 4. The Articles of Confederation
Day 2: Solving problems
1. Estimate to solve word problems 2. Multi-step word problems with positive rational numbers 3. Match problems with their solutions 4. The Articles of Confederation

Day 3: Quote the author		1. Identify plagiarism 2. Compare passages for tone 3. Identify supporting details in literary texts 4. Source analysis: the Gettysburg Address
Day 3: Quote the author
1. Identify plagiarism 2. Compare passages for tone 3. Identify supporting details in literary texts 4. Source analysis: the Gettysburg Address

Day 4: Exponents and experiments		1. Solve equations with variable exponents 2. Understanding negative exponents 3. Identify steps of the scientific method 4. Understand an experimental protocol about diffusion
Day 4: Exponents and experiments
1. Solve equations with variable exponents 2. Understanding negative exponents 3. Identify steps of the scientific method 4. Understand an experimental protocol about diffusion

Day 5: Elementary, my dear		1. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 2. What are atoms and chemical elements? Activity: Pick an element from the periodic table. Research it online or in a book. Where is it found in nature? What do people use it for? Can you find it in your house?
Day 5: Elementary, my dear
1. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 2. What are atoms and chemical elements? Activity: Pick an element from the periodic table. Research it online or in a book. Where is it found in nature? What do people use it for? Can you find it in your house?

Day 6: Economic solutions		1. Multi-step problems with percents 2. Simple interest 3. What is economics? 4. What is a market?
Day 6: Economic solutions
1. Multi-step problems with percents 2. Simple interest 3. What is economics? 4. What is a market?

Day 7: Don't be so negative		1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Add integers using number lines 3. Add three or more integers 4. Evaluate numerical expressions involving integers
Day 7: Don't be so negative
1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Add integers using number lines 3. Add three or more integers 4. Evaluate numerical expressions involving integers

Day 8: Punnett squares and circles		1. Complete and interpret Punnett squares 2. Use Punnett squares to calculate probabilities of offspring types 3. Circles: word problems 4. Semicircles: calculate area, perimeter, radius, and diameter
Day 8: Punnett squares and circles
1. Complete and interpret Punnett squares 2. Use Punnett squares to calculate probabilities of offspring types 3. Circles: word problems 4. Semicircles: calculate area, perimeter, radius, and diameter

Day 9: Are they the same?		1. Identify equivalent linear expressions using algebra tiles 2. Identify equivalent linear expressions I 3. Analogies 4. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
Day 9: Are they the same?
1. Identify equivalent linear expressions using algebra tiles 2. Identify equivalent linear expressions I 3. Analogies 4. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

Day 10: Find your purpose		1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Activity: Find examples of ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements in magazines, newspapers, or online.
Day 10: Find your purpose
1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Activity: Find examples of ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements in magazines, newspapers, or online.

Day 11: Rational rationale		1. Put rational numbers in order 2. Add and subtract rational numbers 3. Choose evidence to support a claim 4. Classify logical fallacies
Day 11: Rational rationale
1. Put rational numbers in order 2. Add and subtract rational numbers 3. Choose evidence to support a claim 4. Classify logical fallacies

Day 12: Claim your independence		1. Identify independent and dependent events 2. Probability of independent and dependent events 3. The Revolutionary War: struggle for independence 4. Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence
Day 12: Claim your independence
1. Identify independent and dependent events 2. Probability of independent and dependent events 3. The Revolutionary War: struggle for independence 4. Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence

Day 13: Greek vacation		1. Classical Athens: geography and society 2. Classical Athens: government and culture 3. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Pythagorean theorem: find the length of the hypotenuse
Day 13: Greek vacation
1. Classical Athens: geography and society 2. Classical Athens: government and culture 3. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 4. Pythagorean theorem: find the length of the hypotenuse

Day 14: Figurative figures		1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 3. Similar and congruent figures 4. Side lengths and angle measures of similar figures
Day 14: Figurative figures
1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 3. Similar and congruent figures 4. Side lengths and angle measures of similar figures

Day 15: It's just a formality		1. Which sentence is more formal? 2. Compare two texts with different genres Activity: Think about an important event from your life. Then, write two different accounts of the event: one as a newspaper article, and one as a diary entry or letter to a friend.
Day 15: It's just a formality
1. Which sentence is more formal? 2. Compare two texts with different genres Activity: Think about an important event from your life. Then, write two different accounts of the event: one as a newspaper article, and one as a diary entry or letter to a friend.

Day 16: Once in a blue moon		1. Identify an outlier 2. Outliers in scatter plots 3. Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system 4. Identify phases of the Moon
Day 16: Once in a blue moon
1. Identify an outlier 2. Outliers in scatter plots 3. Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system 4. Identify phases of the Moon

Day 17: Know your rights		1. Pythagorean theorem: find the missing leg length 2. Converse of the Pythagorean theorem: is it a right triangle? 3. The Bill of Rights 4. Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship
Day 17: Know your rights
1. Pythagorean theorem: find the missing leg length 2. Converse of the Pythagorean theorem: is it a right triangle? 3. The Bill of Rights 4. Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship

Day 18: Commas and colonies		1. Commas with compound and complex sentences 2. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 3. Life as a colonist 4. New England Colonies: founding and government
Day 18: Commas and colonies
1. Commas with compound and complex sentences 2. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 3. Life as a colonist 4. New England Colonies: founding and government

Day 19: Transformations and transportation		1. Describe a sequence of transformations 2. Translations: graph the image 3. Industrial and Transportation Revolutions 4. Industrialization in the Gilded Age
Day 19: Transformations and transportation
1. Describe a sequence of transformations 2. Translations: graph the image 3. Industrial and Transportation Revolutions 4. Industrialization in the Gilded Age

Day 20: Scale it down		1. Scale drawings: word problems 2. Scale drawings: scale factor word problems Activity: Pick a room in your home and make a scale drawing. Use a separate piece of paper to cut out scale pieces of furniture. Use your model to experiment with rearranging the room!
Day 20: Scale it down
1. Scale drawings: word problems 2. Scale drawings: scale factor word problems Activity: Pick a room in your home and make a scale drawing. Use a separate piece of paper to cut out scale pieces of furniture. Use your model to experiment with rearranging the room!