Independent Study Assignments

Due May 18Trimester 3 Week 10

Instructor: Mrs. Darci Syfert-Busk

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

Schedule

P.E.

____5 PE Credits Due by June 1

____Log

Grade______ TW________

Algebra

____Ch. 7 Lesson 7-All ____Ch. 7 Lesson 8-All ____Ch 7 Quiz Lessons 1-5 ____go.hrw.com lessons 7-7 and 7-8

Parent Signature_______________

Grade__________ TW____________

Name_____________8th Grade Independent StudyT 3 Week 10 Due: May 18

Total Work Completed=_______%

Graphing Language Objective-Be able to label

scatter plots with the terms positive correlation and negative correlation

Understand how to read and display data in a box and whisker plot

Create and interpret a scatter plot

Math Objectives:

Pick your favorite Sport Research 3 different players Pick one data point to compare them

on Points per game/Field Goal

Percentage/etc. Record or print out data and bring to

class

Sports Player Data

P.E. 5 PE Credits Due June 1

____PE Log

Grade______ TW________

www.mrssyfert.wikispaces.comdbusk@psusd.us

Tutoring Resumes!

Math NEW BOOK ____Green Book Ch. 11 Lesson 3 ____Green Book Ch. 11 Lesson 4 ____Vocab Matrix ____Workbook 11-3 and 11-4 ____www.go.hrw.com lessons 11-

3 and 11-4 ____Sports Player Data

Print out…bring to class

Grade__________ TW____________

8th Grade I.S. Name:___________T3 Week 9 Due: May 11 Total Work Completed=_______%

Objectives This Week: (Language Objective) Write a Business

Letter requesting to apply for a job Identify the cultural context of a story

and tell how it adds to or changes the story

Know what “Tall Tales” are Identify Independent Clauses and

Subordinate Clauses

Language Arts

Pg. 634

”Hokosia” Test

Bylaws Pg. Pg. 928 Associated Student

Body

Accidental Entrepreneurs Pg. 326 Jobs Article

New Readings…

Language Arts

Assignments: _____Read “John Henry” Pg. 932-937. Do

Questions Pg. 937. _____Read “Pecos Bill” Pgs. 938-944. Do

Questions Pg. 944 _____Integrated Language Pg. 952 _____Business Letter Final _____Jobs for 15 year olds Article Summary _____Selection Support Pgs. 251 Bring 2 poetry books to class by May 25

Grade_____ TW______

T3 Week 10

Objectives This Week: (Language Objective) List 3 things

that unions do for the people who are a part of them

Know what the labor laws in California are regarding Child Labor

Describe working conditions in the 1800’s

Review CH. 20 Objectives for test

American History

More Goods Needed

Sweat Shops Poor Working

Conditions

Railroads Transform the Nation

Cheap Labor=High Profits

NO Safety Equipment

Child Labor Long hours….low

pay

Working Conditions of the 1800’s

Organization of workers who

Banded together to create better working conditions and pay

EXAMPLES: Knights of Labor American

Federation of Labor

Solution: Unions

School! All students MUST

attend school or employer and/or parents face fines and imprisonment

Hours…. See Hand Out

Solution: Child Labor Laws

1. 13 year olds can only be employed_______ on non-________days. 2. 14 year olds can only work ____ hrs. on a school day. 3. List 1 job a 13 year old cannot do._____ 4. A 14 year old can work a maximum of ____hrs. on school days and

____ hours on weekends. 5. All children under 18 must apply for a _____ before working. You

can get these at _____________________. 6. A 17 year old must have a ________ or ____________in order to work

full time. 7. An employer can be fined up to $_________ for breaking labor laws

with a minor. 8. 16 year olds cannot work after _____p.m. 9. T or F A newspaper carrier needs a permit for their local route. 10. If a 16 year old graduates from high school early, he/she still

cannot work full time.

Labor Law Quiz

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

Inventor Poster

ASSIGNMENTS:

______Read Ch. 20 Lesson 4. Take Cornell Notes. ______Ch. 20 Lesson 4 Questions Pg. 603 ______Ch. 20 Review Questions Pg. 604

(Terms/Review Q’s 1-7) ______Workbook 20.4 ______California Labor Law Worksheet ______Ch. 20 Practice Test Study for Ch. 20 Test 6 hours Community Service Due June 1 Benchmark-June1

Grade_______ TW_________

History-T3 Week 10

NO TUTORING! Transfers!!?? PE-5 Credits by

June 1 Swim Meet-

Community Service 6 hours

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

Housekeeping

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

Science

Article Science Daily-Discovering a New

Earth

ARE WE ALONE?

How is a star born? Howstuffworks.com Star is born

Sequencing Chart

What do we know about our sun? Yahoo ABC News: Burning

Beauty

Stars…..

Comet-

Asteroid

2 Double Bubbles

What is the moon?

How is it different than a planet

What is a comet…asteroid

Report Outline (100 Pts.) Cover I. Intro Paragraph II. Location III. Surface IV. Orbit and Rotation V. Moons VI. Exploration by NASA, etc. VII. Conclusion

Presentation (25 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

Planet Project

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

New Chapter-Solar System

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?

Essay: Tell where the light

comes from in stars, the sun, the moon and earth.

Ch. 16 Quiz

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_________

Physical Science

Good Luck!

CST History part I

Tests Science Benchmark

Conferencing Work turn in Grade Conferencing

Testing/Student Teacher Conferencing

Test Grade Where are they?

Persuasive Essay Final Due

Packet

Daily Language Practice

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

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

Worksheet

When

Grammar Rules

Conspicuous Mercurial Unabashed Insufferable Meticulous Fatalist Ostentatiously

Vocabulary Matrix

Diary of Anne Frank Vocabulary