February 2, 2010

Homework:
Completing the Sentence Unit 8
Good draft of story due Thursday so we can read the whole story
Book Fair on Friday.  Bring money if you would like to buy anything.

Today:
We watched a video and looked at adjectives.
Reviewed vocab and started the Completing the Sentence
Began a short unit on punctuation dialogue.

Ex 2. (Add quotes where needed.)
1. I hope, said Elizabeth, that we will reach Atlanta soon.
2. If the traffic does not get worse, the driver predicted, we should be there in half an hour.
3. Mrs. Yamaski, our physical education teacher, told us we would begin the volleyball unit Monday.
4. We took the injured young owl into the house, said Dick, and we made a nest for it in a basket.
5. Mr. Howard said that we might have trouble persuading the owlet to eat.