November 22-24, 1999
Class objective: Adjectives
Assignments:
Business Letter due Monday Nov. 29 (see textbook references for guidelines)
  • Monday 11/22: page 249-250 check HW from last week
  • Tuesday 11/23: Test adjectives

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    November 15-19, 1999
    Class objective: Adjectives
    Homework Assignments:
  • due Tuesday 11/16: pg 247 (all #s)
  • due Wednesday 11/17:pg 248 (all #s)
    Heads up: Three compositions will be due during second quarter (details to follow)
    Business Letter
    Writing to Express an Opinion
    Writing to Persuade
    November 1-5, 1999
    Class objective: Continue VERBS (lessons 6,7,8,9)
    Bring examples of advertising from newspapers, magazines, junk mail.

    Homework Assignments:
  • due Tuesday 11/2: pg 180 (all #s)
  • due Wednesday 11/3:pg 181 (all #s)
  • due Thursday 11/4: pg 182 (all #s)
  • due Friday 11/5: pg 183-4 (odd numbers)
    • Study for TEST on Friday morning (on Subject Verb Agreement)

    Heads up: Three compositions will be due during second quarter (details to follow)
    Business Letter; Writing to Express an Opinion; Writing to Persuade
    Week Oct 25-29
    Class objective: Continue VERBS
    Bring examples of advertising from newspapers, magazines, junk mail.
    Homework Assignments:
  • due Tuesday 10/26: Direct Objects, p. 177 (all #s)
  • due Wednesday 10/27: Transitive and Intransitive Verbs, p. 178 (all #s) #1-22
    Study for TEST of Direct Objects and Transitive/intransitive on Wednesday.
    Week Oct 18-22
    Class objective: finish unit 3 nouns; begin Verbs (unit 5); writing page 114-120
    Bring examples of advertising from newspapers, magazines, junk mail.

    Homework Assignments:
  • due Tuesday 10/19: p. 121 Answer the "Reading and Writing Connection" and "Dramatize instructions"
  • due Wednesday 10/20: p. 175 #1-22
  • due Thursday 10/21: p. 176 #1-24
  • due Friday 10/22: p. 177 #1-24 TEST
    Week Oct 11-15
    Class objective: continuing Unit 3, NOUNS, lessons 4, 5, and 6
    Bring examples of advertising from newspapers, magazines, junk mail.
    Homework Assignments:
  • due Wednesday 10/13: p. 109 #1-22
    (have you written a draft of your composition due 15 Oct - Compare and Contrast?
  • due Thursday 10/14: p. 110 #1-20 Study for test (possessive nouns, appositives).
  • due Friday 10/15: Composition due (approximately 300 words, turn in all drafts so that I can review your writing process), Do page 111 #1-22 (appositives). TEST (covers lessons 4-5-6)

    • Composition = Compare and Contrast (reference pages 130-137 and 512)
    A paragraph of comparison shows how two things are alike. A paragraph of contrast shows how two things are different.
    Guidelines:
    1. Think about your purpose. (Are you educating, entertaining, persuading? For whom are you writing this composition?)
    2. Chose a specific topic (does it contain 2 things you can compare and contrast? List the similarities and differences about the two things.)
    3. Arrange the details on your list in a clear, organized way before writing a paragraph of comparison or contrast.
    4. Write a topic sentence that clearly states the main idea. Use the details on your list to write the other sentences your composition. Make sure that these sentences support the main idea.
    Week Oct 4-8
    Class objective: Unit 3, NOUNS
    Homework Assignments:
  • due Tuesday 10/5: p. 106, #1-18 (brainstorm ideas now for your composition due 15 Oct "Compare and Contrast").
  • due Wednesday 10/6: p. 107 #1-22
  • due Thursday 10/7: p. 108 #1-28 Study for test (types of nouns, singular and plurals).
  • due Friday 10/8: TEST

    • Composition = Compare and Contrast (reference pages 130-137 in your textbook; also refer to pages 512 to review Guidelines for writing; you may use the prompt on page 513 if you cannot think of a topic)
    Week of September 20-24
    Retest Grammar quiz during recess Monday or Tuesday.
    Objective: Compound sentences, pg 26
    Standardized test week (no homework)
    Week of September 13-17
    Objective: Compound sentences
  • Monday 9/13: Subjects in commands and questions pg. 20; HW: pg 44 (even # only)
  • Tuesday 9/14: Compound subjects pg. 22; HW: pg 45 (1-20)
  • Wednesday 9/15: Compound predicates, pg 24; HW pg 46 (1-22)
  • Thursday 9/16: QUIZ (Bring something to read in case you finish quiz before others.)
  • Friday 9/17: Compound sentences, pg 26
    Week of September 7-10
    Class objective:
    Unit 1: The Sentence, lessons 1-4 pages 13-21.
    Homework Assignments:
  • for Wednesday 9/8: Friendly letter (final revised copy with drafts) and #1-20 page 41
  • for Thursday 9/9: # 1-26, page 42
  • for Friday 9/10: #1-22, page 43


    • Quiz Thursday 9/9 (types of sentences, subjects and predicates in sentences)