DOL: Punctuation (Foreign word), Commas (Appositive and introductory phrase), Plural, Usage (right word).

Instead of reading and writing the incas used the quipu a cord with knotted strings of various lengths and colors to record every aspect of there daily lifes.

JOURNAL: In the book I definitely did not like. . .

DIAGRAMING: Government can surely be complicated!

Current events

Agendas and Homework Helps - "live or die by 'em"

Spelling test Friday

Essay rough draft - return

Meet the Press

The Giver - discussion

Legislative packet

DOL: Commas (independent Clauses and Restrictive Phrase), Spelling

Oxygen was descovered in 1772 by the sweedish chemist, Carl

Scheele but he withheld the information until two years later when Joseph

Priestly made the same discovery.

JOURNAL: My favorite pass time. . .

DIAGRAMMING: Diagraming is difficult.

Current Events

Spelling rules

Autobiographical Incidents - Turn in your final draft tomorrow

Meet the Press

The Giver - Questions?

Legislative Branch packets - How do you take notes?

DOL: Commas (Introductory Phrase and series), Usage (Right Word)

On our camping trip their were fireworks going off all night dogs

barking all morning and music playing all day.

JOURNAL: The easy way to change the things that are wrong in the book is . . .

DIAGRAMMING: We will present Meet the Press tomorrow.

Current events

Check library cards

Spelling Rules

Hand in essays

Meet the Press

Read and discuss Giver

Legislative Packets - Three branches of government

DOL: Parentheses (Explanatory words), Commas (Introductory

If someone took away all of your senses sight touch hearing

smell taste what do you imagine would be left.

JOURNAL: One thing in our government that is like the book is . . .

DIAGRAMMING: Our government should fix things.

Current Events

Biographical Sketch - choose a subject

Meet the Press - Present

Legislative Branch - How a bill becomes a law

DOL: Period (Abbreviation), Commas (Nonrestrictive Clause and numbers), spelling.

The Minoan cuvilizashun which lasted for 2000 years on the island of Crete developed a rich and prosperous culture beginning around 6000 BC.

JOURNAL: When I get to read a book of my choice . . .

DIAGRAMMING: Meet the Press was interesting and confusing.

Current events

Spelling Test

Biographical Sketch

Legislative Packet