Classwork - Week 4

 

September 16, 2001

DOL: A Lost Empire - Quiz

JOURNAL: One thing about the Homework Helps is. . .

DIAGRAMING: I have a best friend.

Current Events

Homework Helps and agendas

Biographical sketch - samples

Legislative Packet

Giver

September 17, 2002

DOL: Colon (Time), Semicolon (independent clauses),

Periods (abbreviation), Punctuation (Book Title).

She closed the book and looked at the clock she had finished

reading the elder brothers at exactly 1204 pm

JOURNAL: When I am with my friends . . .

DIAGRAMMING: We eat chocolate and licorice.

Current Events

Return papers - How grades are earned

How essays are graded

Spelling Rules

Giver - Questions activity

Legislative Branch packets

Biographical Sketch

Periods 2 and 5 - Library presentation

 

September 18, 2001

DAILY ORAL LANGUAGE: Punctuation (Direct Quote),

Hyphen (Capital Letter Noun), End Punctuation, Commas

(Interrupter and Title), Usage (Right Word)

Hey Elena said Steven Baron Sr. as we unpacked did you forget

the grapes. You forgot the T shirts, to? Oh brother!

JOURNAL: The best thing I can do to help the guest teacher is . . .

DIAGRAMMING: We will behave well for the guest teacher.

Current events

Spelling Rules

Biographical sketch - one more sample - to be read aloud

Read and discuss book story outline - test tomorrow

September 19, 2001

DOL: Semicolon (Independent Clauses), Commas (Appositive and

Conjunctive Adverb), Spelling

The lungfish an unusual animal has both lungs and gills therefore

it can breath eather underwater or on land.

JOURNAL: Growing up includes learning about (or experiencing) . . .

DIAGRAMMING: George and Anita ran.

Current events

Giver - test

Edit essays- Biographical Sketch

Legislative Branch - Reproduce "How a Bill Becomes a Law"

September 20, 2001

DOL: Punctuation (Song title), Commas (Date and Independent Clauses),

Spelling

It was Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter who wrote the song Here

Comes Sunshine but it was my friends and I who heard it preformed

on July 2 1995.

JOURNAL: The most puzzling question I still have about The Giver . . .

DIAGRAMMING: Marty and Gertrude have money "to burn."

Current events

Spelling Test

Turn in Biographical Incident 2nd draft

Reaction to the book - Meet the Press II

Book - themes possible

Legislative Packet