Tues day , Jan. 28, 2014

1. Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 • In My Homework, please write: • Get your presentation doneby the end of the week. • Spelling Quiz Unit 9 Friday • Ex. 2, p. 400

2. Presentations • They are not scored until you come with your rubric and present them. • Also re-takes on vocab. Quiz by tomorrow

3. Daily Language Practice • 1. To make time-keeping easier, most systems divide the day into morning and afternoon, or ante meridian am and post meridian pm in Latin. (3) • In another system, half past one o’clock in the afternoon is referred to as 1330. (1)

4. Vocabulary Unit Nine • Practice spelling

5. Please do now… • What would it be like if you suddenly had wings so that you could fly?

6. Ex. 1, p. 399 • 1. done in class • 2. The term simply describes these cowboys on a horse. • 3. They have many responsibilities to their herds of cattle. • 4. The cattle must be kept together in a group. • 5. The herd may be driven to the pasture for grazing.

7. Ex. 1 continued • 6. While on a drive, the cattle must be protected from rustlers, or thieves. • 7. Other herds might mix with the cattle. • 8. All cattle are branded by the cattle owner’s unique symbol. • 9. The brand distinguished one herd from another. • 10. In the United States, people admire these heroes of the West.

8. Read p. 399 - 400 • For ex. 2 • Five are sentences so just write “sentence.” • The other five need additional words to make them a sentence so you need to add them. • Draw one line under the subject and two lines under the verb.

9. TAS Questions • What can you tell me about Valley Forge? • How can you construct meaning from informational texts?

10. Sentences. • How can I effectively use them?