DOL: Run-on sentence, commas (appositive and introductory phrase),

Abbreviation.

The speed of sound or Mach 11 can be reached at sea level at

around 742 mp hour at 36,000 feet the speed of sound becomes

661 mp hour.

JOURNAL: The reason that the flags have all been at half mast lately. . .

DIAGRAMMING: Are you ready?

CURRENT EVENTS:

Last week - decontamination and return work

House on Mango Street - Where are we?

"Landlady" - Where are we?

Judicial Branch packet - where are we?

Book reports - Where are you? Due when?

DOL: Run-on sentence, commas (independent clauses and

It should have been obvious when you visited that Fido is the

greatest dog in the world not only does she hang our with us but

she loves to wrestle when she's finally tired Fido will take a nap

with her head on your lap.

JOURNAL: One kindness I appreciate. . .

DIAGRAMMING: Will you vote in November?

CURRENT EVENTS

Judicial Branch - What about the Salem witchcraft trials?

Judicial Branch - packets

Book Reports - present

House on Mango Street - process

DOL: "Channel Crossings" - 20 corrections

JOURNAL: Now that the dust from last week has settled . . .

DIAGRAMMING: Was that a good decision?

CURRENT EVENTS:

Judicial Branch

Vignettes - begin to write

DOL: Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement, Plural, Capitalization

In many companys everyone, including the president, takes their

turn at making coffee.

JOURNAL: In JFK's speech he said,"Let the word go forth from this

time and place that the torch has been passed to a new generation . ."

DIAGRAMMING: Are you anticipating Halloween?

CURRENT EVENTS:

Judicial Branch - begin to study for the test

House on Mango Street - Mandala

"Diary of Anne Frank" - introduction

DOL: Pronoun (Objective Case), Capitalization, Punctuation (Direct

Whenever the neighbor's dog trespasses on our lawn, my Mom likes to recite

this line from a Robert Frost poem to my brother and I: 'good fences make good neighbors.'

JOURNAL: What "Good fences make good neighbors" means. . .

DIAGRAMMING: The judicial system in the United States is fair sometimes.

CURRENT EVENTS:

Judicial Branch - study

Mandala

"Diary of Anne Frank"