Classwork - Week 36

May 5, 2008

DOL: Quiz – "Data on Diamonds" - 23 errors

JOURNAL: One prejudice that I have. . .

Homework Helps
West - Chapter 15 - 16
Family History Report or Colony project
Follow directions - technical writing
Short Story Analysis

May 6, 2008

DOL: Usage (Right Word), Numbers (Very Large), Subject/Verb
Agreement.

The some total of worms in a average acre of fertile soil are 3,000,000.

JOURNAL: Do you think that the week should be changed to a four
day week with a three day weekend? Why or why not?

Chapters 15-16 test
Short Story analysis
Family History project or Colony project
Technical writing

May 7, 2008

DOL: Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement, Comma (Introductory Phrase)
In the early days of baseball a fielder put a runner out by hitting
them with the ball.

JOURNAL: Is the best teacher you ever had the same as your
favorite teacher? Why?. . .

Short Story analysis
Family History project or Colony project
Technical writing

May 8, 2008

DOL: Fragment, Capitalization, Hyphen (Single-Thought Adjective),
Spelling.

The highest scoring basketball game in history ocurred in 1983. when the detroit pistons
beat the denver nuggets, 186-183.

JOURNAL: Civil rights leader Martin Luther King said, "War is
a poor chisel to carve out tomorrows." What does this say about
peace?

The West - Chapter 24 
Short Story analysis
Family History project or Colony project
Technical writing
 
May 9, 2008

DOL: Usage (Right Word), Shift in Verb Tense, Adverb

A comet is a object in space who circled the sun in an
extreme long orbit.

JOURNAL: The end of the school year would go smoother if. . .

Vocabulary quiz

Family History Project
Chapter 24