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September 5, 2000

DOL: "A Good Pet" - Quiz and correct

JOURNAL: One thing that bothers me about the book. . .

DIAGRAMMING: A green iguana is an unusual pet.

Current events

Return papers - explain grading policy and notations

Spelling/vocabulary

Preamble to the Constitution

Autobiographical incident

Meet the Press

Book - questions? When is what due? Will there be a test?

Legislative Branch - discussion and dittos

SEPTEMBER 6, 2000

DOL: Punctuation (Foreign word), Commas (Appositive and introductory phrase),

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

Spelling/vocabulary

Essay rough draft - edit and recopy

Meet the Press

Read Animal Farm or Giver

Legislative packet

September 7, 2000

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

Edit Autobiographical Incidents

Present Meet the Press

Legislative Branch packets

Discuss the book - prepare for test next week

September 8, 2000

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 presented Meet the Press yesterday.

Current events

Spelling Test

Turn in DOL, Journal, Diagramming, Spelling HW, Spelling Test

Turn in Autobiographical Incidents

Check library cards

Biographical Sketch - examples

Read and discuss book

Legislative Packet