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