Classwork - Week 3 
Periods 5 6

August 25, 2008 – write all assignments in cursive from now on.

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.

Homework Helps - Live or die by 'em
Current Events
Vocabulary
Preamble recitation
Autobiographical Incidents
MAZE test
Big Map project
Flowers for Algernon and found poem

August 26, 2008

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: When I get to read a book of my choice . . .

DIAGRAMMING: We will present Meet the Press on Wednesday.

Current Events
Vocabulary
Spelling rules
Class edit - autobiographical Incident
Writing sample 
Flowers for Algernon and found poem

August 27, 2008

DOL: Parentheses (Explanatory words), Commas (Introductory
Clause and Series)

If someone took away all of your senses sight touch hearing
smell taste what do you imagine would be left.

JOURNAL: One thing I like about geography. . .

DIAGRAMMING: Our government should fix things.

Current events
Flowers for Algernon and found poem
Essays
Geography - Big map project
How to take notes from a text

August 28, 2008

DOL: Period (Abbreviation), Commas (Nonrestrictive Clause and
numbers), Spelling.

The Minoan cuvilizashun which lasted for 2000 years on the
island of Crete developed a rich and prosperous culture beginning
around 6000 BC.

JOURNAL: One thing about the Homework Helps is. . .

DIAGRAMMING: Meet the Press is interesting and confusing.

Current Events
Found Poem
Flowers for Algernon
Big Map project

August 29, 2008

DOL: A Lost Empire - Quiz

JOURNAL: In Flowers for Algernon the ending made me realize . . .

DIAGRAMING: I have a best friend.

Current Events
Vocabulary Quiz
Turn in secodn draft of the autobiographical incident
Found poem
Geography