DOL: Colon (Time), Semicolon (independent clauses),

She closed the book and looked at the clock she had finished

reading the elder brothers at exactly 1204 pm

JOURNAL: When I am with my friends . . .

DIAGRAMMING: We eat chocolate and licorice.

Current Events

Return papers - How grades are earned

How essays are graded

Homework Helps and agendas

Spelling Rules

Giver - Questions activity

Legislative Branch packets

Biographical Sketch

DAILY ORAL LANGUAGE: Punctuation (Direct Quote),

Hey Elena said Steven Baron Sr. as we unpacked did you forget

the grapes. You forgot the T shirts, to? Oh brother!

JOURNAL: The best thing I can do to help the guest teacher is . . .

DIAGRAMMING: We will behave well for the guest teacher.

Current events

Spelling Rules

Biographical sketch - one more sample - to be read aloud

Read and discuss book story outline - test tomorrow

Periods 4 and 6 - Library presentation

DOL: Semicolon (Independent Clauses), Commas (Appositive and

The lungfish an unusual animal has both lungs and gills therefore

it can breath eather underwater or on land.

JOURNAL: Growing up includes learning about (or experiencing) . . .

DIAGRAMMING: George and Anita ran.

Current events

Giver - test

Edit essays- Biographical Sketch

Legislative Branch - Reproduce "How a Bill Becomes a Law"

DOL: Punctuation (Song title), Commas (Date and Independent Clauses),

It was Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter who wrote the song Here

Comes Sunshine but it was my friends and I who heard it preformed

on July 2 1995.

JOURNAL: The most puzzling question I still have about The Giver . . .

DIAGRAMMING: Marty and Gertrude have money "to burn."

Current events

Spelling Rules

Reaction to the book - Meet the Press II

Book - themes possible

Legislative Packet

DOL: Comma (non restrictive Clause), Usage (Right word)

Holistic medicine which includes treatments such as acupuncture

and aromatherapy focuses on treating the whole person - body and

mind - rather then just the effected part.

JOURNAL: When I have time to create something nice . . .

DIAGRAMING: Ward and June are the parents of Wally and Beaver.

Current Events

Biographical sketch - turn in

Spelling rules

Legislative Packet

September 25, 1998

DOL: Quiz - Groundbreaking Story - 25 corrections

JOURNAL: My favorite relative. . .

DIAGRAMMING: Spelling rules are strange but helpful.

CURRENT EVENTS:

Hand in DOL, JOURNAL, DIAGRAMMING

Spelling rules

Read Giver or Animal Farm

Legislative Branch packets