Tuesday, 8/31/04
Welcome! Seating charts. Names.
I. Copy homework into assignment
book. If you don't yet have an assignment book, use a sheet of paper in
your binder, or notebook. Be sure to copy the assignments again into your
assignment book when you get one. This is what we do on the first day of
every week. The homework for the entire week (and sometimes beyond) will
be on the board the first day of each week, and the first thing we do is
copy it into our assignment books.
II. Warm Up. (Usually this would go into
your English spiral notebook, with a date and title. Again, if you don't
yet have a spiral notebook for English, use a sheet of paper in your binder
for now.) Here is a model for your notebook:
Warm Up. 8/30/04.
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I need a notebook by...
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no mistake
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Warm Up. (+1/2 point for each correct.)
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By when (day and date) must you have a spiral notebook exclusively
for English?
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Choose the one that is incorrectly spelled, and spell the
word correctly. If all are correct, write "no mistake." a) equiptment
b) laboratory c) multiply d) parallel e) no mistake
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Copy. 10% of 40 = _______
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(1) "Uncle was skeptical that the plane would
fly. He didn't see how it could work."
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a) Based on this context, what does the word skeptical
mean? hopeful, doubtful, supportive, stupid
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b) Is it used as a noun, verb, or adjective?
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Copy and fill in the blank. tobacco : cigarette : : meat
: _______
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Don't do anything stupid. Copy the sentence and change
it's meaning by adding one piece of punctuation.
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There is one mechanical/spelling error in these seven questions.
Find it and fix it.
III. Correct Warm Up. Go over. Be sure to save. You get the
extra credit you earned on Friday.
IV. Class Expectations.
Web Site: http://school.mrcoward.com
If you can access the info online, do so tonight, print
the handout, and bring it tomorrow for extra credit.
Read and sign on. Due tomorrow. (Quiz!) Parents
read and sign by Friday.
Get a spiral notebook! What to do when you're absent.
V.Can You Be Perfekt?
Write 150 words about fun (in any way related
to fun!). No mechanical mistakes are allowed. Put name, date,
and period in the upper right corner. Give the page a title. Ink. Not ripped.
Due Friday. 20 points, -5 for each mechanical mistake I find. Get "everybody
and his mom" to proofread it for you!
Bonus options: a) Go for three hundred words! b) Use
a colon and a semi-colon correctly. c) Go for more than "It
is fun to see Spot run."