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Wedn esday , Jan. 23, 2013. In your agenda, please write: Spelling Quiz Unit 9 Friday Ex. 17, p. 409. Daily Language Practice. 1. The Sumerians, whose civilization flourished around 5000 bc , used sixty as a base number, just like we use one hundred. (2)
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Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 • In your agenda, please write: • Spelling Quiz Unit 9 Friday • Ex. 17, p. 409
Daily Language Practice • 1. The Sumerians, whose civilization flourished around 5000 bc, used sixty as a base number, just like we use one hundred. (2) • 2. Their measurements were all expressed in numbers that could be divided by 6, since their day had twenty-four hours. (2)
Vocabulary Unit Nine • 4 minutes with your partner • Study the spelling • Remember, spelling quiz on Unit 9 this Friday.
Please do now… • 5 words • 5 sentences with context clues. Circle the context clue.
Ex. 16, p. 408 • 1. done in class • 2. She is singing with the choir and also dancing in a solo performance. • 3. Rhonda and Emily will either play or perform. • 4. We will arrive early and be sure to find good seats. • 5. The students and teacher prefer singing to dancing.
Ex. 16 continued… • 6. Rap and rock are the music of choice for many students. • 7. Sarah and Emily have a large collection of compact discs. • 8. Serena enjoys buying new compact discs and selling her old ones. • 9. Jazz and blues are unfamiliar styles of music for the girls. • 10. They don’t realize that jazz and blues inspired and have been played by modern musicians.
Ex. 17, p. 409 • For Ex. 17 • Read the sentences • Write the compound subject or compound verb in each. • One sentence will have none. Write “none.”