Read and write every day! Record the title of the book/text and the pages read each day in your learning log.

• Learn new words. Listen and look for new words each day this week. Create a vocabulary log that includes the new word, its definition, where you read/heard it, and use it in a new sentence. Draw a picture that represents the meaning of the word - that will help you remember it. Make a goal to listen for and read for at least five new words a day. Be sure the new words come from a combination of reading and listening.

• Writing Prompt: Think about how important internet access has become during this time. Write an essay in which you support your position about whether or not at-home internet access should be free to all people. Support for your position can come from real life/personal anecdotes or information from different sources.

• Determine whether each event is impossible, unlikely, as likely as not, likely, or certain. Then, tell whether the probability is 0, close to 0, 12, close to 1, or 1.

  • picking a number less than 15 from a jar with papers labeled from 1 to 12

  • picking a number that is divisible by 5 from a jar with papers labeled from 1 to 12

• Find the probability. Write your answer in simplest form. Spinning a spinner that has 5 equal sections marked 1 through 5 and landing on an even number. Use a tree diagram to find the sample space.

• Use the complement to find each probability. A spinner has 3 equal sections that are red, white, and blue. What is the probability of not landing on blue?

• There are 12 pieces of fruit in a bowl. Seven of the pieces are apples and two are peaches. What is the probability that a randomly selected piece of fruit will not be an apple or a peach? Justify your answer.

The mayor of Weatherford has asked you to prepare a report on the risks and possible impact of catastrophic events to our city and local ecosystems. Your report should focus on the 3 most important catastrophic events based on your analysis of the amount of damage possible and the likelihood of their occurrence in Weatherford.

For each catastrophic event, you should include the following details in your report:

• A description of the event

• How the event is related to weathering, erosion, and deposition

• Your analysis of the possible impact to the local ecosystem where the event may occur

Write a fictitious interview with a member of the Texas Railroad Commission in the late 1800s. The interview should include at least ten questions and the responses from the commissioner. The questions should relate to the development of the oil industry in Texas, the technologies that were invented to aid the oil industry, and the changes that oil development brought to Texas. A well-written interview will reflect the voice of a person living during the late 1800s, along with the use of proper grammar and spelling.