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Independent Study Assignments. Due May 11 Trimester 3 Week 9 Instructor: Mrs. Darci Syfert-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.
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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