Independent Study Assignments
Due Dec. 3
Trimester 1 Week 13
Instructor: Mrs. Darci Syfert-Busk
Housekeeping
 Schedule and phone
 Grade Work
contact
 Sub Dec. 3
 PE-Hike Tuesday
 5 PE Credits due Tuesday
 Assignment Sheet
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 2 ½ Page Persuasive Essay
 Grades Due Thanksgiving
 Progress Reports
 Benchmark Results
 PE Credits
 PE
 Stamped work
 Math
 Science
 Social Studies
 Languages Arts
Book Report Point Totals
 Persuasive Essay=40 points
 Title/Standards=5 points
 Jack London Picture=5 points
 Timeline =20 points
 Plot Map=20 points
 Neatness/Creativity/Attractiveness=10 points
 Total=100 points of test grade
Language Arts
 Main Objectives This Week:
 Know what “shades of meaning” of words is
 Know what the meaning of the vocabulary words in
“Thunder Butte” (Quiz in class next week!)
 Know what Possessive Adjectives are
 Know how to make different forms of a word by adding y, s,
ed, ous, and able
Language Arts-T2 Week 2
ASSIGNMENTS:
 ______Read Ch. 1 and 2 of “Egypt Game.” Write a separate
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summary paragraph for each chapter.
______Integrated Language Pg.205
______Selection Support Pg. 62, 63, 64, 65
______Shades of Meaning Worksheet (in class)
______Drop the Y Worksheet (in class)
Study for “Thunder Butte Test
 Grade_______
 TW_________
Objectives
 Understand how to calculate percentages
 Know what a percent of something means
 Know how percents relate to fractions and decimals
6th Grade Independent Study
T2 Week 2
Due: December 10
Total Work Completed=_______% Name_______________
Math
P.E.
 ____Chapter 6 Lesson 1. All.
*5 P.E. Credits Due March1
 Grade_________
 Total Work_________
 ____Chapter 6 Lesson 2. All.
 ____Ch. 5 Study Guide Pgs. 274-
276
 ____www.go.hrw.com (Lesson 6-1
and 6-2)
 Study Ch. 5 Test on Pg. 277…Ch. 5
Test is next week!
 Grade__________
 Total Work____________
Science
Main Objectives This Week:
-Understand what buoyancy is
-Know what makes some objects float and some
to sink
-Be able to use density formula to predict if
something will float
Science
 _____Read Ch. 5 Lesson 2.
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Take Notes.
_____Do Ch. 5.2 Questions Pg. 104
_____Buoyancy Experiment Lab Report
_____Bring a floating and a sinking object to
class
Chapter 5 Density Project Pg. 112-Due
December 17
 Grade_______
 TW_________
Egypt….
 Pg. 146
 Video
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Pyramids
 Video
 Take notes for test too!
Vocabulary
Define
Land of Plenty
 Cataract
 Yearly floods….silt
 Delta
dropped
 FERTILE soil
 Silt
 Fertile
 Desert….kept invaders
away
 Picture Pg. 153
Objectives for this week…
 Identify the main geographical points in
India
 Understand how the geography affected(s)
Indian life
 Know where the first cities were built
 Know what climate issues effect india’s
agriculture and lifestyle
History
Assignments:
 _____Read Ch. 1 Lesson 4. Take Notes using
Cornell Notes.
 _____Review Question Pg. 224
 _____Go to www.worldclimate.com and
create a bar graph showing the rainfall in
Pakistan for last year. Use graph paper, and
follow directions on pg. 225.
 _____India Map
 Grade_____
 TW______
New Story…”Thunder Butte”
Pg. 192
Video
Standards:
-Shades
-Multiple Paragraph
Essays
Bring 3 Ring Binder next week!
 Writing Portfolio
 Insertable cover
Computer
 Social Studies Project
Daily Language Practice
 1 sentence and 1 paragraph
per week
 Fix sentences….
 Fix Paragraph
 COPS
 1.Capitalize Proper Nouns
 2. Beginning of Sentences
Big Morongo Preserve Hike
Poetry Planner
Name______________________
Spelling
Ex-Means out or away
from
-We excluded him
from our club.
-I exhaled after
holding my breathe.
Grammar
 Selection Support
 Principal Parts of Verbs
 Pg. 136
 Present/Past/Past
Participle
 Jump-is jumping/jumped/
has jumped
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Imagery
 Word Pictures that appeal to the senses
 Sight
 Smell
 Touch
 Hearing
 Taste
 What are some for
fall leaves?
 Hike Packet
Story….”Dust of Snow”…”My
Picture-Gallery”…”Saying Yes”
Standards:
Imagery
Figurative
Language
Vocabulary:
Rued
Suspended
Tableaus
Pg. 28
11:30-12
Testing/Conference Time
Tests
Conference
 Zlateh
 Notes
 Math Part A
 Packet
Persuasive Essay Prewriting
Planning:
Read this book…or not!?
 Prompt:
 Write a persuasive essay
telling your audience why
they should or should not
ready the Jack London
book that you read this trimester.
 1. Understand the task
 Read prompt CAREFULLY!
 Audience
 Purpose
 Voice
 2. Decide what your position is
 Pros/Cons
 3. Brainstorm
 Don’t forget the opposing view
 4. Outline