CLASSROOM WORK - Week 16

December 11, 2000

DOL: Misplaced Modifier, Punctuation (Direct Quotation),

Hyphen (Single thought adjective)

'These horses are usually sold to small scale breeders

with long hair and stout, muscular legs," the stable owner commented.

JOURNAL: I'll remember this year because. . .

DIAGRAMMING: I want to do well in my classes.

Current events

Homework Helps - note internet address changes coming

Turn in Reading Logs Friday

Questions on Maps

Colonies - Grand plan and due dates

Mind Maps - Chapter 2

Diagramming

 

December 12, 2000

DOL: Quiz - "Passing Comments" - 20 corrections

JOURNAL: If I could do a project to show what I have learned

in social studies this year I would. . .

DIAGRAMMING: These map projects are going to be easy.

Current events

Turn in Map Projects

Mind Maps - Chapter 2 - Lesson 3-4

Tom Sawyer- Discussion

Colonies

Diagramming - in class

 

December 13, 2000

DOL: Dangling Modifier, Capitalization, Commas (Appositive)

Reading a book on magicians, Harry Houdini the great escape

artist died of an acute appendicitis attack on halloween of 1926.

JOURNAL: My one hope for the world. . .

Current events

Colonies

Mind Maps - Chapter 2

 

December 14, 2000

DOL: "Paying Rent" - 25 errors

JOURNAL: One invention I hope to see soon . . .

DIAGRAMMING: I had some trouble with my map.

Current events

Spelling pre-test

Colonies

Questions - Chapter 2 - prepare for test

Diagramming

December 15, 2000

DOL: Juggling - 18 errors

JOURNAL: The strangest thing I ever saw. . .

DIAGRAMMING: It would go to the pilot of a nonstop

flight from New York to Paris.

Spelling test

Turn in DOL, Journals, Diagramming, spelling homework and test

Current events

Chapter 2 - test

Tom Sawyer - reader's theater