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Independent Study Assignments

This document outlines the independent study assignments for 8th grade, due on March 23, during Week 3 of Trimester 3. Key subjects include Math, Language Arts, and History, with clear objectives and requirements for each subject area. Students will engage in projects like the Olympics Project focused on quadratic equations, analyze plays, read significant texts such as "Diary of Anne Frank," and understand historical impacts such as the 14th Amendment. Ensure all assignments are completed for grading and noted for parent signature.

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Independent Study Assignments

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  1. Independent Study Assignments Due March 23 Trimester 3 Week 3 Instructor: Mrs. DarciSyfert-Busk

  2. Schedule • 8:15-8:30-History Ch. 16 Testing • 8:30-Housekeeping • 8:45-Language Arts • 9:15-Math • 9:30-10-Math Test/Conferencing/Work Turn in

  3. Math Objectives: • Graphing • (Language Goal) Be able to discuss the difference between perimeter and area • Be able to identify elements of geometic figures • Be able to divide exponents

  4. Olympics Project (Test Grade!) Linear Equations Quadratic Function Design a half-pipe skateboard ramp Requirements Graph Quadratic Equation (Try…y=1/4x ) Paragraph analyzing why the quadratic equation you chose is best Scale Drawing Picture of half pipe/snowboarder?? Standard: AF 3.1 Graph quadratic functions • Design a ski hill that would be appropriate for a downhill olympic race. • Requirements • Graph • Equation • Slope • Paragraph Analyzing what this slope/equation is the best • Scale drawing • Picture of ski hill?? Skier?? • Standard: AF 3.3 Graph linear functions

  5. Grade 8.1 8.2 PPT • PPT

  6. Dividing Exponents Algebra Module Negative Exponents Change into a fraction • Subtract!

  7. New Lessons-Geometry 8.3 8.4

  8. 8th Grade I.S. Name:___________T3 Week 3 Due: March 23 Total Work Completed=_______% P.E. Math NEW BOOK ____Green Book Lesson 8.5-Odd ____Green Book Lesson 8.6-Odd ____Workbook 8-5 and 8.6 ____Benchmark Review Packet ____go.hrw.com Lessons 8-5 and 8-6 Parent_________________ ____Algebra Module (Exp. X) Day_______ Pg. _________ ____CST Questions 11-20 Study for Benchmark Test Grade__________ TW____________ • ____5 PE Credits June 1 • ____PE Log • Grade______ • TW________

  9. Housekeeping • Grade Work • Assignment Sheet • In folder • Headings • PE • Parent Sign • Date • Min….total? • Stamped Work • T2 Week 1 • 3% • 12/01/09 • Math • Science • LA • History • CST Packets • File • PE-5 Credits by June 1 • Swimming meets • Hike Friday • Picnic…Food? • Done at 12 (change) • Community Service • Last Trimester? • PE paper due Today • Math Olympics Project Due Today

  10. Compare Contrast Essay “Taking a Chance” Teacher Edit Essay: Write an essay telling how Charlie (Flowers) and ____ (Patsy) both took a chance. Compare/Contrast these 2 decisions and conclude with your opinion on each’s decision. • Portfolio

  11. Daily Language Practice • Packet

  12. Story…”Diary of Anne Frank” • Video • Pg. 648-759 • Standards: • Sub Plot

  13. Anne • The eternal optomist! • Loved the little annex • “The ‘Secret Annex’ is an ideal hiding place. • Essay: Tell what your “ideal hiding place” would be. Tell what 3 things you would take with you. (4 Paragraphs…Intro/Hiding Place/3things/Concl.)

  14. Good Characterization

  15. Reading a Play Staging • Scenery • Costumes • Actors directions

  16. New Reading…”Medicine Bag” • Pg. 582-586 • Standards: • Theme • Hike Friday!

  17. Medicine Bag • 1. What tribe was Grandpa from?_____ • 2. Describe Grandpa. • 3. How did they know he was coming? ________________ • 4. Why didn’t Martin’s mom hug grandpa? A. she was embarrassed • B. It was not the Sioux way • C. He was too frail • 5. What did it mean when he brought the “medicine bag.” • Picture of an ancestor

  18. Language Arts • Objectives This Week: • (Language Objective) Be able to appropriately read a play out loud. • Understand how an author’s background effects a story • Know what a sub plot is and how an author uses it in a story • Be able to identify a “theme” of a story

  19. Language Arts T3 Week 3 Assignments: • _____Read “Diary of Anne Frank” Act II-Scene 2. Summarize what happens to Anne and Peter’s relationship in Scene 2. • _____Finish reading “Medicine Bag” Pgs. 586-end. Answer questions at end of story. • Review and Assess Q’s Pg. _____ • _____Medicine Bag Project • _____Selection Support Pgs. ____ • _____Benchmark Review Packet • _____DLP Week 13 • _____CST Questions 20-34 • _____Medicine Bag Typed Essay (If you did not go to Field Trip) • Study for Benchmark Test • Grade_____ • TW______

  20. Name_____________8th Grade Independent StudyT 3 Week 3 Due: __________Total Work Completed=_______% P.E. Algebra ____Ch. 6 Lesson 3-Odd ____Ch. 6 Lesson 4-Odd ____go.hrw.com lessons 6-3 and 6-4 Parent Signature_______________ Grade__________ TW____________ ____5 PE Credits Due by June 1 • Grade______ • TW________

  21. American History • Objectives This Week: • (Language Objective) Be able to write an essay describing the effect the 14th Amendment had on freed African Americans • Understand the challenges before U.S. in “Reconstructing” the South • Know what the Freedmen’s Schools were • Know what the 2 main goals of the Ku Klux Klan were

  22. Dividing Nation North Vs. South

  23. Gettysburg Address (Notes) • President Lincoln • Dedication of Civil War Cemetery • www.history.com • Argued that slavery should be regulated to certain States

  24. The End of the War • Pg. 519 • April 9 1865 • Appomattox, VA • Lee surrenders • Grant gives kind terms • Food, keep horses and belongings

  25. Lincoln’s Assassination • Fords Theatre • A night at the theatre turns terribly wrong • www.pbs.org

  26. The Assassination A bullet at close range

  27. The Murderer Fugitive with a broke leg

  28. Lincoln Powerpointwww.mrssyfert.wikispaces.com • At home….9-12 • Today-Slides 1-8 • Print… • File • Print • HANDOUT • 4 per page • Print

  29. Benchmark Review 1. Define: 2. Who was…. James Fenimore Cooper Susan B. Anthony (not a coin!) Herman Melville Nathaniel Hawthorne Harriet Tubman John C. Calhoun Daniel Webster • Industrial Revolution • Transcendentalism • Abolitionists • Suffrage Movement • Nullification • “Liberator”

  30. More Review… 3.What was important about this place? 4. Describe the results of the following: A. Fugitive Slave Law B. Compromise of 1850 C. State’s Right Doctrine D. Invention of the Cotton Gin E. Emancipation Proclamation • A. Appomattox • B. Fort Sumter • C. Seneca Falls • D. Texas (annexation)

  31. History-T3 Week 3 ASSIGNMENTS: • ______Read Ch. 18 Lesson 1. Take Cornell Notes. • ______Ch. 18 Lesson 1 Review Questions Pg. 537 • ______Read Ch. 18 Lesson 2. Take Cornell Notes. • ______Ch. 18 Lesson 2 Questions Pg. 544 • ______Workbook 18.1/18.2 • ______CST Questions 9-18 • 6 hours Community Service Due June 1 • Grade_______ • TW_________

  32. Science Main Objectives This Week: -(Language Objective)Be able to paraphrase Newton’s Laws and give examples of each -Understand the property of inertia -Be able to describe how Newton’s Third Law is applied to deciding what is a safer car to drive

  33. Science Physical Science • Assignments: • _____Read Ch. 14 Lesson 1. Take Cornell Notes. • _____Ch. 14 Lesson 1 Questions Pg. 295 • _____Newton’s Laws Tree Map • _____Questions Pg. 285 • _____CST Questions 5-10 • Study for test Ch. 13 • Benchmark 4/13 • Grade_______ • TW_________

  34. Testing/Student Teacher Conferencing Tests Conferencing Work turn in Grade Conferencing • ?

  35. portfolio Add Descriptive Paragraph

  36. New Readings…”” • Pg. 598 • Colin Powell

  37. Grammar and Spelling Spelling Adverb clauses Next Week • Selection Support Pg. 156 • -sion • Incision • Passion • Sometime 1, sometimes 2 S’s

  38. Planning a Persuasive Essay Packets Planning 1. Define the task Audience Purpose Voice 2. Decide your position Research (PE packet) Pros/Cons 3. Brainstorm 4. Outline • Topic-Read Prompt Carefully!!!

  39. Persuasive Essay Final Due • Test Grade • Where are they?

  40. The Writing Process Steps: • I. Prewriting • II. Rough Draft • III. Revise • IV. You/Peer/Teacher Edit • Will go back to Revising after all 3 edits • V. Publish Final

  41. Compound Sentences Pg. 572 • Which one of these sentences is compound?

  42. Grammar Rules • When • When do you use “who” and when do you use “whom?” Worksheet

  43. The Savior • MiepsGies • Video

  44. Diary of Anne Frank Vocabulary • Vocabulary Matrix • Conspicuous • Mercurial • Unabashed • Insufferable • Meticulous • Fatalist • Ostentatiously

  45. Slope…Do you remember? • Counting • Slope Formula • What if you don’t have the rise or…run?

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