DOL: Quiz - Groundbreaking Story - 25 corrections

JOURNAL: My favorite relative. . .

DIAGRAMMING: Spelling rules are strange but helpful.

Current events - assign

Homework Helps and Agendas

Return papers - Progress notes time

Spelling rules

Biographical Sketch - sample

Legislative Branch packets - write out "How a Bill Becomes a Law"

Giver - What is the theme? Unanswered questions?

Check out Animal Farm and return Giver periods 2 and 6.

DOL: Capitalization, Fragment, Hyphens (single-thought adjective)

About 500 or so less than healthy hedgehogs. Brought to lincolnshire's hedgehog hospital each year; 70 percent survive.

JOURNAL: One thing that would have helped the characters in the Giver. . .

DIAGRAMMING: Jack ran fast, and Jill skipped quickly.

Current events

Spelling rules

Hand in Biographical Sketch - second draft

Legislative Packet

Process Giver - questions?

Animal Farm - what to expect

DOL: Capitalization, Fragment, Commas (Appositive), Spelling

The first five books of the hebrew bible or the torah. Contane the

laws of judaism and the early history of the jewish people.

JOURNAL: One of the laws we have that is like the laws in the Giver. . .

DIAGRAMMING: Jack ran fast, and Jill skipped quickly.

Current events

Spelling rules

Animal Farm - what is going on?

Legislative Packet - set date for test

Return papers - Biographical Sketch due date

DOL: Capitalization, fragment, Spelling, Punctuation (Book Title), Comma

In his book "things fall apart." Chinua Achebe relates the story of a

beautiful fascinating african culture that has all but disapeared.

JOURNAL: One "bitter pill" in the book . . .

DIAGRAMMING: Marty has money "to burn", but Gertrude is "flat broke."

Current events

Spelling word sort

Giver - written response

Legislative packet - compare/contrast notes

DOL: Capitalization, Fragment, Punctuation (Direct Quotation)

In 1963 African-american leader Martin Luther King, jr.,

said I have a dream . . . that my four little children will one day

live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their

skin. But by the content of their character.

JOURNAL: My favorite food. . .

DIAGRAMING: Ward is the father of Wally, and June is the

mother of Beaver.

Current events

Spelling test - turn in DOL, Journal, Diagramming and Spelling homework

What will be on the Legislative Branch test?

Why are we reading Animal Farm? The big question will be:

Were the animals better off at the beginning or at the end?

OR - What did the animals do with their freedom?