Mrs. BarnettEnglish 1

Week 11, 12 and 13

Bell work ALLALL bell work from the second (2nd)

nine weeks will be part of the MUG Shot(Mechanics, Usage and Grammar) .

The student will write the bell work sentence in his/her journal and make any corrections in the sentence with a different color pen or pencil.

Paragraph Quiz Paragraph Quiz on every 5th class day and the journal will be shown to Mrs. Barnett for grading of the other four (4) bell works.

Bell work #22Comma (Unnecessary), Spelling, Comma (Other)Typewriters, originaly designed as

writing machines for the blind became popular in the business world in the 1880s, and created many new jobs for women.

• Reminder: – Label the Bell work #22– Write the sentence and correct any problems with

a pen or another colored pencil– 5-minute writing

Bell work #22

Bell work #23Hyphen, Comma (Appositive), Spelling, Using the

Right Word

Alaska, the largest state with the fewest people has one third of it’s land inside the Artic Circle.

• Reminder: – Label the Bell work #23– Write the sentence and correct any problems with a

pen or another colored pencil– 5-minute writing

Bell work #23

Bell work #24Comma (Unnecessary), Quotation Marks

Humorist, Mark Twain (1835–1910) wore white linen suits in summer and in winter, because they made him feel “clean in a dirty world”.

• Reminder: – Label the Bell work #24– Write the sentence and correct any problems

with a pen or another colored pencil– 5-minute writing

Bell work #24

Bell work #25Colon, Quotation Marks, Comma (Appositive),

Spelling, Comma (Other)Harriet Tubman, the former slave who

became famous for her corage as a conductor on the Underground Railroad once made this statement “On my Underground Railroad, I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger”.

• Reminder: – Label the Bell work #25– Write the sentence and correct any problems with

a pen or another colored pencil– 5-minute writing

Bell work #25

Bell work #26Hyphen, Spelling, Colon, ApostropheAccording to a well publicized

goverment report, more than half of Americas’ new jobs will be in the following industries health services, business services, and retail trade.

• Reminder: – Label the Bell work #26– Write the sentence and correct any problems

with a pen or another colored pencil– 5-minute writing

Bell work #26

Bell work MUG Shot Paragraph Quiz

• Twain and Technology Paragraph Quiz

Bell work #27Comma (To Separate Adjectives), Spelling,

Parentheses, Comma (Other), Adverb FormSlow sustained streching helps lenghten

tight cramped muscles increases flexibility and prevents muscle strains tiny tears in muscle fibers.

• Reminder: – Label the Bell work #27– Write the sentence and correct any problems with

a pen or another colored pencil– 5-minute writing

Bell work #27

Bell work #28

Comma (Other), Spelling, Quotation MarksThe largest gold nugget ever found

weighed about 200 pounds was descovered in 1969 near Ballarat Australia, and was nicknamed Welcome Stranger.

• Reminder: – Label the Bell work #28– Write the sentence and correct any problems

with a pen or another colored pencil– 5-minute writing

Bell work #28

Bell work #29Comma (Parenthetical or Contrasted Elements),

Colon, Comma (Other), AbbreviationGerman leader Adolph Hitler born in

Braunau, Austria in 1889 took his own life at 330 pm on May 1 1945 in Berlin Germany.

• Reminder: – Label the Bell work #29– Write the sentence and correct any problems

with a pen or another colored pencil– 5-minute writing

Bell work #29

Bell work #30Comma (To Separate Adjectives), Colon, Spelling,

Apostrophe

I learned this when I visited my uncles farm Pigs can get sunburned just like humans. This explanes why pigs hang out in cool soft mud whenever possible.

• Reminder: – Label the Bell work #30– Write the sentence and correct any problems with a

pen or another colored pencil– 5-minute writing

Bell work #30

Bell work #31Comma (To Separate Adjectives), Spelling, Comma

(Other)

Chewing tobacco for exampel causes mouth and throat cancers as well as painful progressive tooth and gum problems.

• Reminder: – Label the Bell work #31– Write the sentence and correct any problems with a

pen or another colored pencil– 5-minute writing

Bell work #31

Bell work MUG Shot Paragraph Quiz

• What’s So Good About Gold?

Thank you, M’am

Short Story – dealing with characterization

Read like a Rock Star

Student’s are to pick a book of interest to the studentStudent’s book must have 150 pages and be school appropriate.

Research Paper

TopicsHow to pick a topic for your “persuasive” research paper?Listen and look at the topic list Mrs. Barnett offers to the class

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