Classwork - Week 34
May 6, 2002
DOL: Usage (Right Word), Comma (Introductory Phrase),
Apostrophe (Possession), Abbreviations
Because of the angle of the suns rays a rainbow may only
be scene in the early a.m. or late p.m.
JOURNAL: Field Identity - Letter home. . .
Current events
Agendas - Homework Helps (live or die by 'em)
Return of papers - end of year schedule
Red Badge of Courage
Civil War
Work on reports
May 7, 2002
DOL: Plurals, Punctuation (Magazine Title), Usage (Right Word),
Fragment
The term "disc jockey" made its first appearance in Variety magazine
in 1937 as a name for radio announceres. Which stayed up all night
"riding" discs, or recordes.
JOURNAL: Home Identity - Letter to soldier
Current events
Red Badge of Courage
Civil War - First Battle
Report
Reading Reaction
May 8, 2002
DOL: Subject/Verb Agreement, Commas (Interrupter and Number)
Diamonds are forever, and so are plastic it seems; scientists
estimate that some forms of plastic won’t decompose for 50000 years.
JOURNAL: The latest fashions . . .
Current events
Civil War
Report - research should be finished
Plan presentation - proposal due Friday.
May 9, 2002
DOL: Comma Splice, Comma (Introductory Phrase),
Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement
Years ago people used table cloths the way we use napkins
today, he or she wiped their hands and faces on the tablecloths.
JOURNAL: . . .
Current events
Civil War
Reading Reaction
Report of information
Red Badge of Courage
May 10, 2002
DOL: Usage (Right Word), Comma (Introductory Phrase),
Apostrophe (Possession), Abbreviations
Because of the angle of the suns rays a rainbow may only
be scene in the early a.m. or late p.m.
JOURNAL: The effect of the Civil War on the people at home. . .
Current events
Spelling Test
Civil War
Report of Information