Classwork - Week 34 May 14, 2001
May 14, 2001
DOL: Commas (Nonrestrictive Clause), Usage Right Word)
Babe Ruth who's career began as a pitcher could throw two
baseballs in such a weigh that they would remain parallel from
his hand all the way across home plate.
JOURNAL: Mothers' Day this year. . .
Current events
Homework Helps - don't give up now
Return papers
Social Studies test - Ch. 12 - fix and grade and hand in all notes
Civil War art - presentation Thursday
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
"Oh, Captain, My Captain" - Walt Whitman
Chapter 13 - Reconstruction - test Friday
Constructions - Due 5/22. Questions?
What book are you reading? When will it be finished?
May 15, 2001
DOL: Subject/Verb Agreement, Capitalization,
Comma (Introductory Phrase)
According to some studies most types of violent crime, including
Assault and Armed Robbery, increases in number during a full moon.
JOURNAL: Things I have yet to do before the end of school. . .
Current events
Mind Maps - Chapter 13
Social Studies - art search
Quickwrite - How do teenagers grow up successfully?
May 16, 2001
DOL: Usage (Right Word), Abbreviation, Comma Splice
Potatoes are quit low in calories, you would have to eat 11 lbs. of them
to gain one lb. of wait.
JOURNAL: A club that should be on campus. . .
Current events
How to present Art of the Civil War
Reading book - library due dates and return to me dates
Straighten up room for open house
Art search
Chapter 13 - discussion
May 17, 2001
DOL: Commas (Appositive), Apostrophe (Possession),
Abbreviation
Glaciers huge masses of moving ice take up 10%
of the worlds land surface
JOURNAL: Free-write - topic of your choice
Current events
Art presentations
Test review - Chapter review
Short story - read and analyze
Next assigned book - What and when?
May 18, 2001
DOL: Quiz - "TV Nation" - 23 errors
JOURNAL: Finish and hand in Gettysburg Journal(s)
Current Events
Spelling test
Social Studies test
Langston Hughes - poems