Independent Study Assignments

Due March 16Trimester 3 Week 2

Instructor: Mrs. Darci Syfert-Busk

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

Schedule

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

Math Objectives:

Linear Equations 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

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

Olympics Project (Test Grade!)

8.1 PPT

8.2 PPT

Grade

Algebra Module Subtract!

Negative Exponents Change into a fraction

Dividing Exponents

8.3 8.4

New Lessons-Geometry

P.E. ____5 PE Credits

June 1

____PE Log

Grade______ TW________

Math NEW BOOK ____Green Book Lesson 8.3-All ____Green Book Lesson 8.4-All ____Workbook 8-3 and 8.4 ____go.hrw.com Lessons 8-3

and 8-4

____Algebra Module (Exp. Div.) Day 7 Pgs. 6, 7, 13, 17

____CST Questions 1-10

Grade__________ TW____________

8th Grade I.S. Name:___________T3 Week 2 Due: March 16 Total Work Completed=_______%

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

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

Housekeeping

Teacher Edit Portfolio

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.

Compare Contrast Essay “Taking a Chance”

Packet

Daily Language Practice

Video Pg. 648-759 Standards: Sub Plot

Story…”Diary of Anne Frank”

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.)

Anne

Good Characterization

Staging Scenery Costumes Actors directions

Reading a Play

Pg. 582-586 Standards: Theme

Hike Friday!

New Reading…”Medicine Bag”

Picture of an ancestor

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.”

Medicine Bag

Objectives This Week: (Language Objective) Be able to

appropriately read a play out loud. Understand how a characters

“historical setting” effects the mood and plot of 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

Language Arts

Language Arts

Assignments: _____Read “Diary of Anne Frank” Act II Pgs. 748-759.

Summarize what happens to Anne and Peter’s relationship in Scene 1.

_____Anne Frank Question Wksht. _____Hiding Place Essay _____Read “Medicine Bag” Pgs. 582-586. Answer

questions. _____Grammar Lesson Pg. 592 (Parag. Revision TOO _____DLP Week 12 _____Attend Hike….Indian Canyons _____Bring Bull Run to class next week _____CST Questions 20-34 _____Bring a picture of an ancestor Benchmark Tuesday March 22 or 23

Grade_____ TW______

T3 Week 2

P.E.

____5 PE Credits Due by June 1

Grade______ TW________

Algebra

____Ch. 6 Lesson 1 ____Ch. 6 Lesson 2 ____Ch. 5 Quizzes

Grade__________ TW____________

Name_____________8th Grade Independent StudyT 3 Week 2 Due: __________

Total Work Completed=_______%

Objectives This Week: Review all Objectives from Ch. 15-17 Prepare for Benchmark Test

American History

Dividing Nation

North Vs. South

President Lincoln Dedication of Civil

War Cemetery www.history.com

Argued that slavery should be regulated to certain States

Gettysburg Address (Notes)

Pg. 519 April 9 1865 Appomattox, VA Lee surrenders Grant gives kind

terms Food, keep horses

and belongings

The End of the War

Fords Theatre A night at the

theatre turns terribly wrong

www.pbs.org

Lincoln’s Assassination

The Assassination

A bullet at close range

The Murderer

Fugitive with a broke leg

Today-Slides 1-8 Print… File Print HANDOUT 4 per page Print

At home….9-12

Lincoln Powerpointwww.mrssyfert.wikispaces.com

1. Define: Industrial Revolution Transcendentalism Abolitionists Suffrage Movement Nullification “Liberator”

2. Who was…. James Fenimore

Cooper Susan B. Anthony (not

a coin!) Herman Melville Nathaniel Hawthorne Harriet Tubman John C. Calhoun Daniel Webster

Benchmark Review

3.What was important about this place?

A. Appomattox B. Fort Sumter C. Seneca Falls D. Texas (annexation)

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

More Review…

ASSIGNMENTS:

______Read Ch. 17 Lesson 4. Take Cornell Notes. ______Ch. 17 Lesson 4 Review Questions Pg. 523 ______Benchmark Review Packet ______Workbook 17.4 ______CST Questions 1-9 6 hours Community Service Due June 1 Study for Benchmark Test

Grade_______ TW_________

History-T3 Week 2

Main Objectives This Week:

-(Language Objective) Be able to describe to a partner, what a vector is describing

-Know what normal force is-Be able to draw a free-body diagram-Be able to figure out normal force

problems

Science

Science

Assignments:

_____Read Ch. 13 Lesson 2. Take Cornell Notes.

_____Ch. 13 Lesson 2 Questions Pg. 281 _____Workbook Pgs. 13 ( _____Questions Pg. 283 _____CST Questions 1-4

Grade_______ TW_________

Physical Science

Tests ?

Conferencing Work turn in Grade Conferencing

Testing/Student Teacher Conferencing

portfo

lio

Add Descriptive Paragraph

Pg. 598 Colin Powell

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New Readings…””

Spelling Selection Support Pg.

156 -sion Incision Passion

Sometime 1, sometimes 2 S’s

Adverb clauses Next Week

Grammar and Spelling

Packets Topic-Read Prompt

Carefully!!!

Planning 1. Define the task

Audience Purpose Voice

2. Decide your position

Research (PE packet) Pros/Cons

3. Brainstorm 4. Outline

Planning a Persuasive Essay

Test Grade Where are they?

Persuasive Essay Final Due

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

The Writing Process

Which one of these sentences is compound?

Compound Sentences Pg. 572

When do you use “who” and when do you use “whom?”

Worksheet

When

Grammar Rules

Mieps Gies

Video

The Savior

Conspicuous Mercurial Unabashed Insufferable Meticulous Fatalist Ostentatiously

Vocabulary Matrix

Diary of Anne Frank Vocabulary

Counting Slope Formula

What if you don’t have the rise or…run?

Slope…Do you remember?