Classwork – Week 26
March 4, 2002
DOL: Pronoun (Reflexive), Usage (Right word), Fragment
Amazonian Indians invented galoshes centuries ago but dipping there feet
into liquid rubber. To protect theirselves against insects on the ground.
JOURNAL: My Favorite Music . . .
DIAGRAMMING: I have a talent and use it well.
Current events
Homework Helps
Standardized test prep
Turn in Problem Solution letter draft tomorrow – questions?
Social Studies - Chapter 9 - introduction
Quickwrite
Miracle Worker
March 5, 2002
DOL: Quiz – "Pounds of Paper" - 22 errors
JOURNAL: The best fashion today. . . .
DIAGRAMMING: At the show I ate three buckets of popcorn.
Current events
Standardized test prep
Turn in Problem Solution letter
Chapter 9
Poetry Project
Miracle Worker
March 6, 2002
DOL: Abbreviation, Comma Splice, Capitalization, comma (Introductory
Clause)
In 1968 an oil company heiress left 4.3 million dollars to her 150 or so
dogs, when the dogs died the money went to the auburn university school
of veterinary medicine.
JOURNAL: The journey to the high school today. . .
DIAGRAMMING: Carl Akeley suddenly became ill and died of a fever.
Current events
Standardized test prep
Chapter 9
Poetry Project
Miracle Worker
March 7, 2002
DOL: Punctuation (Appositive), Usage (Right Word), Verb tense
Eric the Red the Norseman who discovered Greenland gived the continent
that name to make it seam like an attractive place to live.
JOURNAL: One thing that worries me about high school. . .
DIAGRAMMING: Mary had a difficult problem, but she faced it bravely.
Current events
Standardized test prep
Chapter 9
Poetry Project
Miracle Worker
March 8, 2002
DOL: End Punctuation, Pronoun (Reflexive), Colon (To Introduce
Explanatory List), Commas (Series)
What music group called theirselves by the following names, the Quarrymen, Johnny and the Moondogs the Moonshiners and Long John and the Silver Beatles.
JOURNAL: When I go to high school I am confident that . . .
DIAGRAMMING: She remained in the Congo and finished Carl's work.
Current events
Spelling test
Standardized test prep
Chapter 9
Poetry Project
Miracle Worker