Classwork - Week 37

May 12, 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. . .

Homework Helps
Family History Project or Colony project
Chapter 24

May 13, 2008

DOL: Commas, Dangling modifier, Capitalization,
Maintenance of active voice.

Standing on a ladder a window was broken when i slipped.

JOURNAL: If I could redo part of eighth grade. . .

Family History Project or colony project
Short story analysis
Chapter 24

May 14, 2008

Proper Noun, Pronoun order.

Please lend me one half cup of sugar so
that dad can make a cake for me and my brother.

JOURNAL: In high school one thing I'll change about myself . . .

Family History Project or colony project
Introduction to Industrial Revolution post Civil War
Chapter 24

May 15, 2008

DOL: Numbers, subordination, comma (Introductory phrase),
Active Voice, Spelling

The 4 men worked hard to finish the job by the end of the
week a large bonus was given to them by there boss.

JOURNAL: Something Mrs. Sterling needs to know before
she teaches one more year. . .

Family History Project
Short Story analysis
Industrial Revolution activity
Chapter 24

May 16, 2008

DOL: Common Noun, Apostrophe, Verb, Colon, Quotation Punctuation
When mother said take lisas sweater to her i decides to also take lisa the
following items shoes tshirt jeans and hat.
JOURNAL: Someone who is a lot smarter than he/she acts . . .

Vocabulary quiz
Social Studies Chapter 24 - test
Film - permission slips
Industrial Revolution and Immigration - notes and activity