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Independent Study Assignments. Due December 1 Trimester 2 Week 1 Instructor: Mrs. Darci Syfert-Busk.
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Independent Study Assignments Due December 1 Trimester 2 Week 1 Instructor: Mrs. DarciSyfert-Busk
Schedule---See Board!8:15-8:30:Prepare Packets/Questions8:30-9:30: Math9:30-9:50: Feedback/Housekeeping9:50-10:30: Science OR Social Studies10:30-Restroom Break/Snack10:40-11:30: Language Arts11:30-12:00: Testing/Teacher-Student Conferencing12:00-Parent Meetings12:30-1:00-P.E. (Voluntary except Probs.)1:00-Lunch12-2-Probation Study Hall
Math Objectives: • Objectives this week…. • Review of Ch. 4 Part A Objectives • Review Fractions (+,-,x,div.) • Review combining positive and negative numbers
8th Grade I.S. Name:___________T2 Week 1 Due: December 1 Total Work Completed=_______% P.E. Math • 5 PE Credits Due March 1 (Or Research Paper) • ____PE Log • Grade______ • TW________ • NEW BOOK • ____ Green Chapter 4 Quiz Pg. 190 • ____Green Ch. 5 Lesson 1. Do Questions Pg.226 only. Study for Ch. 5 Part A Quiz Retake • Grade__________ • TW____________
Eric Fernandez8th Grade Independent StudyT___ Week ___ Due: __________Total Work Completed=_______% P.E. Algebra ____5 PE Credits Due by March 1 OR Report • Grade______ • TW________ • BYU Online Education Course 51 • ____ • ____ • ____ • Grade__________ • TW____________
Thank You Letter PEER EDIT Share your letter -Your address -Their address -Greeting -Beginning -Middle -End -Salutation -SKIP 4 lines for hand signature -Typed signaturei
Fighting Ground Quiz • 1.
Novel…”The Fighting Ground” • Story of the Revolutionary War • Pgs. 30-40 • Learning of the Revolutionary War through literature… • Book Report Due before Christmas…
portfolio Add Standards
OLD Story…”An American Dream” • Test next week!
New Story…”An American Dream” • Test next week!
Planning a Persuasive Essay Packets Planning • Topic-Read Prompt Carefully!!! • 1. Define the task • Audience • Purpose • Voice • 2. Decide your position • Research (PE packet) • Pros/Cons • 3. Brainstorm • 4. Outline
Persuasive Essay Due Next Week • Planning Packet • Rough Draft • Counts as PE time! • If you do not have your 5 PE credits….this needs To be 5 paragraphs typed And 2 ½ pages long
Consumer Information Readers Companion Pg. 334 Directions Warranty
Grammar Pronoun Agreement Must Agree! • Pg. 676 • Eric must do it’s homework! • What doesn’t agree? • Practice Grammar Lesson
Language Arts • Objectives This Week: • Understand the key parts of a persuasive essay • Know how to use techniques to convince people of your opinions • Know how to write a business letter properly
Language Arts T2 Week 1 Due December 1 Assignments: • _____Read Pgs. 50-60 of book…”The Fighting Ground. Write summary. • _____Daily Language Practice Week 7 • _____Letter to Dr. Kalisek due typed. (Refer to letter writing in Writers Inc.) • Grade_____ • TW______
Housekeeping • PE Field Trip Planning??? • PE credits-5 by March 1 • Portfolio Folders • Grade Work • Assignment Sheet • In folder • Headings • PE • Parent Sign • Date • Min….total? • Stamped Work • T1 Week 10 • 3% • 11/03/09 • Math • Science • LA • History
Expanding our nation Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase www.videos.howstuffworks.com Notes/Map • Colonizing the U.S. • Northwest Territory • Pg. 223 • Got from Great Britain • Color Map • Louisiana Purchase • Pg. 320 • Focused us on westward expansion • Color Map
This week….War of 1812 • United States and Britain • Fighting Again!!! • Who wins? US!!! • Cements us as an independent nation!
American History • Objectives This Week: • Review Ch. 9 and 10 Objectives • Understand how machines and factories changed the way people lived • Understand how the invention of the cotton gin brought about slavery
History-T2 Week 1 ASSIGNMENTS: • ______Read Ch. 11 Lesson 1. Take Notes. • ______ Review Questions 11.1 • _____Ch. 9 and 10 Take Home Test • Grade_______ • TW_________
The Atom • Cookie Guess!? • What element is this?
Periodic Tablewww.chem4kids.com Groups-Pg. 143 Rows • Alkali-soft, silvery, reactive • Group 2 Metals-oxides (bond well with oxygen) • Halogens-reactive, often toxic • Noble Gases-do NOT form bonds • Transition Metals-Conduct heat well • 1-1st level (2) • 2-2nd level (8) • 3- 3rd level (8) • Atom Game
Chapter Review Notes • How to read a periodic table • Element/ atomic number/mass number (Pg. 141) • Groups (Pg. 143…highlight) • Energy levels (orbitals) • Use your table to make notes
More notes Properties • Appearance • Electricity/heat conductivity
Science Main Objectives This Week: • Know how electrons bond • Know the different levels of electron orbitals • Know how atoms bond in order to form molecules of different substances
Science Physical Science • Assignments: • _____Atoms, Elements and Compounds Packet • _____Do Brainpop (chemical equations) with at least a 90% grade and print out quiz results (dsms/middle) • _____Go to www.chem4kids.com and read the sections….take quiz on “Reactions” • _____Find a news article online about “Acid Rain.” Bring to class. • Grade_______ • TW_________
Spelling Rules • When a word ends with an e and the suffix begins with a consonant….do NOT drop the e • Example: • Time + ly = timely • When a word ends with an e and the suffix begins with a vowel…. DROP the e • Example: • Close + er = closer
Vocabulary-Pg. 99 • Furtive • Pretext • Intimation • Judicious • Indulgent • emancipated • Vocabulary Matrix done next week….Due in 2 weeks
Testing/Student Teacher Conferencing Tests Conferencing • Tell Tale Heart • Teacher Edit of Travel Essay • Hand in work
Grammar and Spelling Spelling Adverb clauses • Selection Support Pg. 156 • -sion • Incision • Passion • Sometime 1, sometimes 2 S’s • Next Week
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