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Attention 8th-grade students! This is your guide for the Independent Study assignments due on May 11. The schedule includes Math from 8:30 to 9:30 AM and subjects like Science, Language Arts, History, and Lunch before entering Study Hall. Complete your assignments including Math lessons, Language Arts readings, and American History objectives. Don’t forget to participate in the community service due by June 1 and bring in your P.E. credits! Make sure to check your progress percentage for each subject. Good luck! ###
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Independent Study Assignments Due May 11 Trimester 3 Week 9 Instructor: Mrs. DarciSyfert-Busk
Schedule • 8:30-9:30-Math • 9:30-9:45-Science • 9:45-10:00-Housekeeping/CST’s • 10:00-10:30-Language Arts • 10:30-11-History • 11:00-ELA Benchmark/Survey • 12:00-Lunch • 12:30-2-Study Hall/NO PE
Name_____________8th Grade Independent StudyT 3 Week 9 Due: May 11Total Work Completed=_______% P.E. Algebra ____Ch. 7 Lesson 5-All ____Ch. 7 Lesson 6-All ____Finish CST Packt ____Complete Ch. 6 Test by Friday in class(Bring YOUR book!) ____go.hrw.com lessons 7-5 and 7-6 Parent Signature_______________ Grade__________ TW____________ ____5 PE Credits Due by June 1 ____Log • Grade______ • TW________
Math Objectives: • Graphing • Language Objective-Know the definition of mean, median, mode and range • Understand how to read a line plot and a stem and leaf plot • Find the mean, mode, median and range in a set of numbers • Identify the most useful measure to use in answering a question
Ch. 10 Quiz A • CH. 10 Test
8th Grade I.S. Name:___________T3 Week 9 Due: May 11 Total Work Completed=_______% P.E. Math NEW BOOK ____Green Book Ch. 11 Lesson 1 ____Green Book Ch. 11 Lesson 2 ____Workbook 11-1 and 11-2 ____www.go.hrw.com lessons 11-1 and 11-2 Grade__________ TW____________ • 5 PE Credits Due June 1 • ____PE Log • Grade______ • TW________ www.mrssyfert.wikispaces.com dbusk@psusd.us Tutoring Resumes!
Language Arts • Objectives This Week: • (Language Objective) After reading Hokosia, be able to tell what the main points of the article were • Understand what a biographical narrative is • Know how to use who and whom correctly
Medicine Bag Project • Presentations
Folk Tales • Mine…the kraken • Share yours
”Hokosia” Test • Pg. 634
Language Arts T3 Week 9 Assignments: • _____Read “Bylaws” Pg. 928-930. Do Questions Pg. 931. • _____Read “Accidental Entrepreneurs” Pg. 326-328. Do Questions Pg. 329 • _____Read “Business Letter” Pgs. 330-333. Write a business letter to an employer requesting a job. • _____Research the “Unemployment Rate” and bring 1 newspaper article about this topic. • _____Jobs Article Summary • _____Selection Support Pgs. 186, 187, 188, • *Study for Hokosia Test • Grade_____ • TW______
American History • Objectives This Week: • (Language Objective) Describe the monopolies of the late 1800’s • Describe how the expansion of the railroad changed the U.S. • Know who the main “Robber Barons” were • Know how “Wall Street” got started
Growth of Industry • 1. Plenty of Natural Resources • 2. Growing Population • 3. Better Transportation • 4. High Immigration (skilled) • 5. New Inventions • 6. Investment Capital (Lots of Money!) • 7. Govt. Assistance (tax on imports!)
Inventions • Electricity-Generator (Edison) • Bessemer steel process-less coal…cheaper • Telephone (Bell) • Others
Inventor Poster • Cause/Effect Web • Paragraph telling about who he was, what he invented, how it effected life as we know it • Picture of him • Picture of his invention(s) (original) • Pick either Henry Ford, Alexander Graham Bell or Thomas Edison
Railroads Transform the Nation • Transcontinental Railroad • Chicago became an important transportation Hub • Changed time (Pg. 592) • Linked East and West economies • Settlement of West • Weakened Indians • Gave people more control of the environment
Western Settlement • People able to settle where they could not before • Gold and silver from Western mines…supported Eastern industries
Robber Barons-Pg. 594 • Used ruthless tactics against competitors… immoral! • Did NOT legally rob…but morally robbed • John Rockafeller • Andrew Carnegie • JP Morgan
Businessmen…replacing their “Bad Karma” • Gave $350,000,000 • Carnegie Hall-NY • Andrew Carnegie
History-T3 Week 9 ASSIGNMENTS: • ______Read Ch. 20 Lesson 2. Take Cornell Notes. • ______Ch. 20 Lesson 2 Questions Pg. 593 • ______Read Ch. 20 Lesson 3. Take Cornell Notes. • ______Ch. 20 Lesson 3 Questions Pg. 597 • ______Workbook 20.2 and 20.3 • ______Wallstreet Reform Article Questions • Inventor Poster Due if you did not finish • 6 hours Community Service Due June 1 • Benchmark-June1 • Grade_______ • TW_________
Housekeeping • Grade Work • Assignment Sheet • In folder • Headings • PE • Parent Sign • Date • Min….total? • Stamped Work • T3 Week 4 • 3% • 3/23/10 • Math • Science • LA • History • NO TUTORING! • Transfers!!?? • PE-5 Credits by June 1 • Swim Meet- • Community Service • 6 hours
Science Main Objectives This Week: -(Language Objective) Describe the difference between asteroids, comets and meteorites -Memorize the order of planets from the sun -Review all Ch. 15-Test -Know the different layers of the sun -Know the life cycle of stars
ARE WE ALONE? • Article • Science Daily-Discovering a New Earth
Stars….. How is a star born? What do we know about our sun? Yahoo ABC News: Burning Beauty • Howstuffworks.com • Star is born • Sequencing Chart
What is a comet…asteroid • What is the moon? • How is it different than a planet • Comet- • Asteroid • 2 Double Bubbles
Planet Project Report Outline (100 Pts.) Planet Model-50 Pts. Create a model of your planet based on a 40 foot sun Must be correct perspective based on www.exploratorium.edu May be made of clay, paper, styrofoam, paper-mache or any other appropriate medium Must reflect what the planet actually looks like Must be labeled • Cover • I. Intro Paragraph • II. Location • III. Surface • IV. Orbit and Rotation • V. Moons • VI. Exploration by NASA, etc. • VII. Conclusion • Presentation (25 Pts.)
New Chapter-Solar System • Bibliography-blue • www.nasa.gov • Yellows • A. Location of planet in Universe • B. Surface of your planet • This week… • A. Orbit and Rotation • B. Moons
Ch. 16 Quiz • Essay: • Tell where the light comes from in stars, the sun, the moon and earth. • 1. How far is the sun from Earth? • 2. What is our closest star? • 3. T or F Our sun is the biggest star. • 4. What color is the hottest star? • 5. Which has more gravity…a larger planet or a smaller planet?
Science Physical Science • Assignments: • _____Ch. 16 Review Questions Pg. 353-354 • _____Ch. 16 Practice Test • _____Big Bear Questions Pg. 351 • _____Ch. 16 Vocabulary Matrix • _____Ch. 16 Quiz • _____1 paragraph of research paper due • *Study for Ch. 16 Test • Benchmark-May 25 • Research Project and Planet model Due • Grade_______ • TW_________
CST History part I • Good Luck!
Testing/Student Teacher Conferencing Tests Conferencing Work turn in Grade Conferencing • Science Benchmark
Persuasive Essay Final Due • Test Grade • Where are they?
Daily Language Practice • Packet
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
Grammar Rules • When • When do you use “who” and when do you use “whom?” Worksheet
Diary of Anne Frank Vocabulary • Vocabulary Matrix • Conspicuous • Mercurial • Unabashed • Insufferable • Meticulous • Fatalist • Ostentatiously