Class Work - Week 14
November 26, 2001
DOL: Subject/Verb Agreement, Number, Usage (Right word)
A elephant is the only creature, besides a human being, who
have 4 appendages with hinge joints.
JOURNAL: The sneakiest thing I've ever done . . .
DIAGRAMMING: Typing essays is difficult.
Current events
Standardized Test Prep
Homework Helps - discuss
BIG maps - set due date
Tom Sawyer - love him or hate him?
Mind Maps - Lesson 1 or 2 - Where are we?
Colony Project
November 27, 2001
DOL: Correct "Tell Me a Story" - 22 corrections
JOURNAL: The best trick I ever played on someone. . .
DIAGRAMMING: We like running in a race.
Current Events
Standardized Test Prep
Mind Maps
Colony Project
November 28, 2001
DOL: Verb Tense, Commas (Appositive), Capitalization
Tattooing the art of making designs on the face and body by
inserting dye under the skin is practiced in Egypt before 1300 b.c.
JOURNAL: The most interesting research I have done. . .
DIAGRAMMING: Will mind maps help me on a test?
Current events
Standardized Test prep
Mind Maps
Citizenship test
November 29, 2001
DOL: Verb Tense, Run-on sentence, Commas (Appositive),
Numbers, Punctuation (Book Title)
Gone with the Wind the only book ever written by Margaret
Mitchell was published in 1937 and sells 1,500,000 copies in its
first year it weighed three pounds, ran 1,037 pages, and sells for
three dollars.
JOURNAL: The hardest part of writing an essay . . .
DIAGRAMMING: Do I care about English grammar?
Current events
Standardized Test Prep
Tom Sawyer - Written assignment
Mind Maps
Colony Project
November 30, 2001
DOL: Verb Tense, Abbreviation , Commas (Number
and Date), Comma splice
Basketball All-star Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 pts.
In one game on March 2 1962, in the same year he scores
4029 points, a record far from being matched.
JOURNAL: As a researcher I am best at. . .
DIAGRAMMING: Do you understand my problem, and will it ever
go away?
Current events
Spelling - test
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Map packet
Mind Maps