Independent Study Assignments
Due March 18
Trimester 3 Week 2
Instructor: Mrs. Darci Syfert-Busk
Housekeeping
Grades Due March 4!!!!
 5 PE Credits due June 1
 Grade Work
 Assignment Sheet
 Reports?
 PE
 Hiking!!!
 Stamped work
 PE next week-YOGA!
 Math
 PE Research/Question
 Science
 CST’s
 Social Studies
 Parent Conferences
 Languages Arts
 80/80 Probation Rule
Language Arts
 Main Objectives This Week:
 (Lang. Objective) Be able to combine simple sentences using
coordinating conjunctions in order to create compound and
complex sentences
 Use test taking strategies of elimination to do well on
standardized tests
 Be able to write a personal letter
CST’s
 Your Score
 Release Questions
 Your Goals???
 Talk to Parents…make
your goals
 Parent Signature
 Test Strategy-Elemination
New Reading…”Letter to Scottie”
 Pg. 540
 Standard:
 Purpose of writing
 Writing Personal Letters
Olympic Glory Assignment
 1. Venn Diagram
 Extra Questions
 2. Focus Questions A-G
 1. What is the main idea of this
 3. Standards Review
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Questions 1-7
 4. Extra Questions
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article?
2. Cite 1 example of semicolon (;)
usage in this magazine article.
3. What is the purpose of the
article?
4. What year did the olympics
begin?
5. Where was the 1st olympics?
6. Cite a compound sentence from
the 1st page of this article.
Letter to an Olympian
 John Carlos
 Joannie
 Shaun White
 Apolo Ono
 Bodie Smith
Friendly Letter Format
Writing Personal (Friendly) Letters
 Ww w.letterwritingguide.com
Writing-Compound and Complex
Sentences
 148, 153
 Compoud Sentences
 Use coordinating
conjunction (and, but,
or…)
 Each part can stand on its
own
 Complex Sentence
 has 1 independent clause
(CAN stand alone) and one
or more subordinate
clauses(can’t stand alone)
Poetry-Pg. 298
 Standards:
 Free Verse
 Tone in poems
 Vocabulary
 Henceforth
 Whimper
 querulous
Walt Whitman-Pg. 302
 Find another Walt Whitman
Poem
 Compare/Contrast the 2
poems
 Write an essay comparing
the 2 poems
Language Arts
Assignments:
 ______Read” Abuelito…” Pg. 298. Do questions pg. 301
T3W2
 ______Read “Open Road” Pg. 302. Questions Pg. 303.
 ______Read “Life…” Pg. 304. Questions Pg. 305.
 ______Read “Who Knows…” Pg. 306 and do Q’s
 _____Whitman Poem Compare/Contrast
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Grade_________
Work Completed:
______________
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Essay/Planning Guide/Double Bubble
______Review and Assess Pg. 307
______Letter to an Olympian Final
______CST Release Questions 20-34
*Benchmark 3/25
Science
Main Objectives This Week:
-Know how our earth is changed by shifting plate
boundaries
-(Language Objective)Be able to tell someone
how the earthquake in Chile caused a tsunami I
Hawaii
-Understand how earthquakes are measured
-Understand how to determine how far a point is
from the epicenter of an earthquake
Chile
 research
 USGA
Plate Tectonics Project
Due March 4
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Use www.readwritethink.org
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Prove you know how plate tectonics work
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8 pages
 Cover
 Pg. 1-What are lithospheric Plates
 Pg. 2-2 kinds of plates?
 Pg. 3-Divergent Boundaries
 Pg. 4-Convergent Boundaries
 Pg. 5. Transform Boundaries
 Pg. 6-Formation of Islands
 Pg. 7-Cause of Earthquakes
 Pg. 8. Measuring Earthquakes
 Pg. 9-Preparing for Earthquakes
 Pg. 10-Your choice
Earthquakes Scavenger Hunt
 When was the last
 What countries are on the
earthquake?__________
 Where was it?_________
 What was the largest
earthquake recorded in the
United
States?______________
 What was the largest
earthquake ever recorded
in
Calif.?_______________
___________________
“Ring of Fire?”
___________________
___________________
___________________
 How big was the Haiti
earthquake?__________
 On the bottom of this page
list what emergency
supplies every household in
California should have.
Science
 _____Read Lesson 9.2. Take Cornell Notes.
 ____Ch. Assessment Questions Pg. 201
 ____Chile Earthquake Project
 _____Redo Earthquake Scavenger Hunt (USGA)
 ____Workbook 9.3 Graphic Organizer (Scales to
Measure Earthquakes)
 *Study for Ch. 9 Test
 *Benchmark-4/5
 Grade_______
 TW_________
Objectives
 (Language Objective) Be able to orally describe how you can
solve for unknown angles if you know 1 angle of 2 bisecting
lines
 Be able to identify supplementary and complementary angles
 Know how to classify polygons
 www.mrssyfert.wikispaces.com
6th Grade Independent Study
T3 Week 2
Due: March 18
Total Work Completed=_______% Name_______________
Math
P.E.
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____Ch. 9 Lesson 3 Pg. 438-439
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____Ch. 9 Lesson 4 Pg. 442-443
*____PE Essay History Pg. 245 
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#2
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*____Research History of yoga
and bring 1 article
*5 PE Credits Due June1
_____PE Log
____Quiz Pg. 446
____Ch. 9 Lesson 5 Pg. 450
____Workbook 9.3 and 9.4
____www.gohrw.com Lessons 9.1 and
9.2MUST BE SIGNED by parent!!!!!
 Parent Signature_______________
 *Study for benchmark…Monday Studyhall
11:00
 Grade_________
Objectives for this week…
-(Language Objective)Be able to retell the
story of how Siddhartha became “Buddha”
-Summarize the features of Buddhism
-Understand how the Maurua rulers united
northern India into a great Indian empire
-Describe what the Buddhist beliefs are about
how to alleviate suffering
India’s Religious Legacy
 Pg. 241
 Buddhism
 Hindu
 Less than 1% are buddhist
 4/5 are Hindu Today
today
 Popular in Asia, Western
Europe and America
 Gandhi
 www.5min
 “mohatma gandhi
biography video”
India’s Artistic Legacy
India Party Next Week!
Pg. 244
Yoga-next week…research
Ayurvedic Medicine
Vegetarianism
 Food
 Decoration
 Yoga Demo
 Ayurvedic Medicine
Presentation (aeromatic
oils, etc.)
Religions Research Paper
Outline and cards
with 3 details on
each due next week.
 Tao
 Buddha
 Confucius
Today!!!
Bibliography
www.easybi
b.com
 Laotzu
History
Assignments:
 _____ Read Ch. 7 Lesson 4. Take Cornell
Notes.
 _____Ch. 7 Lesson 4 Questions Pg. 243
 _____Benchmark Review Packet
 _____Bring Indian Food/Yoga
Demo/Ayurvedic Medicine
Presentation/Decoration for India Party
 _____Eastern Religions Report Final Due
typed with Bibliography
 *Study for Benchmark!
 Grade_____
 TW______
Testing Today
Testing/Conferencing Time
Tests
Conferencing
 Language Arts Benchmark
 Weekly Work Turn In
 Math Ch. 6 Test
 My Access results
Extra Credit Options
Language Arts
Social Studies
 See a movie
 Volunteer over break
 Create a Plot Map from
 Martha’s Kitchen
www.readwritethink.org
 Write a movie Review (See
www.nytimes.com for
book reviews as an
example
 Elderly Home
 Church
 Dog Shelter
Extra Credit
Math-Bake Christmas
Cookies
Science
 Adapt the recipe like we
 Create a model of how the
did in class
 Write up old and new
recipe
sun revolves around the
sun. Show equinoxes.
Seasons, etc.
 AND/OR
 Research Winter Solstice
 Write an essay telling what
the Winter Solstice is.
Daily Language Practice
 1 sentence and 1 paragraph
per week
 Fix sentences….
 Fix Paragraph
 COPS
 1.Capitalize Proper Nouns
 2. Beginning of Sentences
Spelling
Ex-Means out or away
from
-We excluded him
from our club.
-I exhaled after
holding my breathe.
11:30-12
Testing/Conference Time
Tests
Conference
 Zlateh
 Notes
 Math Part A
 Packet
Persuasive Essay
 www.myaccess.com
 Username
 Password
Compound Sentences
 Pg. 538
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