*Social Studies Test*
April 21, 2009 |
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| Roanoke Island, Jamestown, Plymouth, Mass. Bay, Pennsylvania, and Georgia |
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Explorers Unit Test
March 19, 2009 |
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Information covered in this test:
1. Motivations, Obstacles, and Accomplishments
2. Explorers from Portugal, England, France, and Spain
3. Cultural Interactions between Europeans and Native Americans; Cooperation and Conflict between Europeans and Native Americans
4. Ghana, Mali, and Songhai |
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Ghana, Mali, Songhai Quiz
March 18, 2009 |
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| This will be a short quiz on the West African Societies of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. |
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Explorers Quiz
March 11, 2009 |
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| Students will be quizzed on their knowledge of the Spanish, English, French, and Portugese explorers and their accomplishments. |
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Spelling Sentences for List #10: Tricky Words (homework)
Due Date: November 7, 2008 |
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| Students must use their spelling words to write five simple sentences and five compound or complex sentences. |
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Quiz today!
November 5, 2008 |
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Your quiz will be on:
Dependent and Independent Clauses
Compound and Complex Sentences
*Be sure to study your notes, complete all homework, and participate in class!* |
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Workbook pg. 124 due today (homework)
Due Date: November 5, 2008 |
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| While working on pg. 124, review pg. 125 and any other previously completed pages on indepenent/dependent clauses and compound/complex sentences. |
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Writing Prompt #3
November 5, 2008 |
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Students are continuing to work on their third paper this week in class. The prompt is to tell a story about something funny that happened to you or a friend.
The focus of this paper is to have sentence variety:
-include some short and some long sentences to create a nice flow
-include compound and complex sentences
-include declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences
-start each sentence differently (with different words) |
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Spelling Sentences (ten) due today (homework)
Due Date: October 31, 2008 |
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| Choose ten of your twelve Spelling words and write sentences for them. |
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Writing wb. pg. 14 due today (homework)
Due Date: October 30, 2008 |
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Writing wb. pg. 125 due today (homework)
Due Date: October 29, 2008 |
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Writing wb. pg. 13 due today (homework)
Due Date: October 28, 2008 |
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Writing Prompt #2
October 6, 2008 |
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We will be working on writing our second paper this week in class, with the focus on writing a fantastic topic sentence.
This paper is (ideally) due on Friday, October 10th. |
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 Writing Prompt #2 (24.58 KB)
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Spelling Sentences #5 (homework)
Due Date: October 3, 2008 |
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| Write five sentences using five of your spelling words. |
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Progress Reports Go Home!
October 3, 2008 |
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Quiz: Subjects and Predicates
October 2, 2008 |
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Students will have to identify the parts of a sentence: The Complete and Simple Subject and the Complete and Simple Predicate.
We will practice identifying these parts of sentences each day in class to prepare for the quiz. |
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Notes- Subjects and Predicates (24.58 KB)
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Words for Fall Word Search (homework)
Due Date: October 2, 2008 |
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| Practice your spelling words by completing this word search. |
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Grammar & Writing wb. pg. 6 (homework)
Due Date: October 1, 2008 |
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Grammar & Writing wk. pg. 5 (homework)
Due Date: September 30, 2008 |
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Spelling Sentences #4 (homework)
Due Date: September 26, 2008 |
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| Write five sentences, using five of your spelling words. |
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Quiz: Types of Sentences
September 25, 2008 |
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Students will have to identify sentences as being declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory, or an interjection.
Notes were given in class last Thursday, and we are practicing this each day before the quiz. |
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Examples for Practice (27.14 KB)
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Writing Workbook pg. 2 (homework)
Due Date: September 22, 2008 |
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| Types of Sentences |
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