Journal July 3rd, 2008
Create better sentences from the following
sentences.
1.There is a skate shop in Inglewood. The skate shop is located
on Arbor Vitae.
2. The school prays at the beginning of class. The school says
the Pledge of Alliance.
3. Terrence went to play football. He scored a touch down.
Change the order of the following sentences to make
them correct.
4.Into the pool dived the two girls
5. You did find my hat where?
6. Iron the dress did you?
7. At our parties we usually dance.
Collage Class Project
Create a Grammar Board using pictures and words
cut out from various magazines.
1. Find common and proper nouns, verbs and
adjectives that describe the picture from various
magazines.
2. Cut out photos and words from magazines.
3. Students can cut out words or letters.
4. Be creative and use as many nouns: common or
proper, verbs and adjectives as possible.
This is an individual project due at the end of class.
Runner
watch
Orange gold sunset
run
father Manhattan Pier
Scholar
Success
jelly
Graduate
Graduation man
Gown
Lawyer
Huge
Hard Chicana Latina
work devour
Los
Woman
Supplies
Paper, scissors and glue sticks are in
the front of the class.
Extra magazines are available.
Journal for July 7th, 2008
Capitalization: Write the following sentences and
capitalize words that need capitalization. Edit words
that do not need to be capitalized. Write down each
sentence and correct the capitalization mistakes.
1. the new girl’s Name is ebony Ivy.
2. Have you Met My Mother?
3. how far is long beach from compton?
4. The book of japanese fairy tales was beautifully illustrated
5. the catholic faith has many traditions and hidden meanings.
6. father pilato was the principle for twelve years.
7. A Tasty pizza has Pepperoni and Extra Cheese.
8. Ms. Mc dorman wants all her language Arts Students to pass.
Classwork-July 7th
Read pages 200-202.
Begin working on the sentences on
page 202-204.
Students must write out each of the
sentences (1-40) on a separate sheet of
paper with the correct capitalization.
This sheet is due to Mr. McDorman at
the end of class.
Journal July 8th, 2008
Edit the following sentences to have the correct
capitalization.
1. burning leaves creates a pollution problem in
eugene.
2. Liseth Loves to Swim at lucky duck swimming pool.
3. The bill of rights is part of the united states
constitution.
4. Aaron left his gatorade bottle in class.
5. In track and field, aqeelah placed first.
6. brandon went to st. anthony of padua elementary
school.
7. Susie went to the howard hughes center to watch
scary movie 3.
July 9th, 2008
Explain using your Capitalization notes why
each of the following sentences are correct
or incorrect. Use your grammar rules as
your guide.
1. president Bush traveled to new york.
2. Alberto passed his Class with an A.
3. His family is from mexico.
4. Ms. McDorman is Irish American.
5. Terrence traveled to Rome and meet pope
john paul II.
6. She said, “don’t go inside just yet!”
Journal for July 10th, 2008
Students will need their capitalization notes or Language Arts books for
the following journal. Use seven different Capitalization rules to create
seven different complete sentences.
Example: Proper Name and Title:
Alexis, Jamea, Aqeelah and Susie all made the Academic Decathlon
Team.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Journal for July 11th, 2008
Today marks the half way point in
summer school. Write a paragraph
about your summer school experience.
A paragraph is five complete sentences.
Journals due today!