CLASSROOM WORK - Week 25
March 5, 2001
DOL: Abbreviation, Comma Splice, Capitalization, comma (Introductory
Clause)
In 1968 an oil company heiress left 4.3 million dollars to her 150 or so
dogs, when the dogs died the money went to the auburn university school
of veterinary medicine.
JOURNAL: The journey to the high school today. . .
DIAGRAMMING: Carl Akeley suddenly became ill and died of a fever.
Homework Helps (live or die by 'em)
Current events
Hand back work
Read Underground Railroad
Check out To Be a Slave
Chapter 11, lesson 2 or 3
March 6, 2001
DOL: Punctuation (Appositive), Usage (Right Word), Verb tense
Eric the Red the Norseman who discovered Greenland gived the continent
that name to make it seam like an attractive place to live.
JOURNAL: One thing that worries me about high school. . .
DIAGRAMMING: Mary had a difficult problem, but she faced it bravely.
Current events
Standardized test review
Observation Essay - Quick write - Turn it in today only
Chapter 11, Lesson 1 review
What makes a good story? Story elements. Take notes.
March 7, 2001
DOL: End Punctuation, Pronoun (Reflexive), Colon (To Introduce
Explanatory List), Commas (Series)
What music group called theirselves by the following names, the Quarrymen, Johnny and the Moondogs the Moonshiners and Long John and the Silver Beatles.
JOURNAL: When I go to high school I am confident that . . .
DIAGRAMMING: She remained in the Congo and finished Carl's work.
Current events
Standardized test - review
Chapter 11, Lesson 2 review
Story elements
March 8, 2001
DOL: Commas (Appositive), Spelling, Fragment, Capitalization
Nelson Mandela the president of south africa. Has spent most
of his life behind bars.
JOURNAL: The rules I'd change at this school . . .
DIAGRAMMING: She remained in the Congo and finished Carl's work.
Current events
Standardized test review
Chapter 11, Lesson 3 - review
Story elements - begin your story
March 9, 2001
DOL: Apostrophe (Possession), Pronoun/antecedent Agreement,
Subject/Verb Agreement, Usage (Right Word)
The interlocking bones on a horses legs allow it's body to hang like a
hammock while they sleep standing up.
JOURNAL: The group (or groups) that I belong to . . .
DIAGRAMMING: The trip to the high school had both good and bad points.
Current events
Spelling test
Chapter 11, Lesson 4 - review
Story elements - write your own story.