1. Bellringer 10/15/
DOL – Make the following a more colorful sentence: She danced. Journal – Elie and his family had to abruptly leave their home forever. In a paragraph, think about if you had to leave your home today and could only take what you could carry in a small backpack, what would you take? Why are these things of value to you personally?

2. Bellringer 10/16/
DOL – Write the sentences, adding your own subject:
___________________________ was black and looked like ebony.
___________________________ hadn’t really been listening.
Add your own predicate to the following sentences:
Sleek silver devices ___________________________ .
The long table ___________________________ .
Journal : Read the quote from Elie Wiesel:
“Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.” Elie Wiesel
*List 5 things that give meaning to your life

3. Bellringer 10/17/
DOL –Rewrite the sentence using the correct verb:
My friend (don’t / doesn’t) like me anymore.
Jessica and her sister (wasn’t / weren’t) at school today.
There (is / are) many things you still need to learn.
There (is / are) a lot you still need to do.
Journal – In a paragraph, answer the following topic:
If and when I raise children, I'll never...

4. Bellringer 10/20/14 44 Suddenly, the rat heard a low growl and a hiss.
DOL – Write the sentences and underline the simple subject once and the simple predicates twice:
Suddenly, the rat heard a low growl and a hiss.
Scratch bolted as fast as he could.
Captain Meow, the black tomcat, raced at Scratch’s heels.
Just in time, the brown rat scurried into his hole.
Journal – In a paragraph, describe & explain how you spread kindness.

5. Bellringer 10/21/14 45
DOL Rewrite each sentence with the correct verb to give each sentence subject-verb agreement: 
One of the cars (is / are) out of gas.
All the letters in that box (need / needs) to be thrown away.
The players and their team captain (is / are) nervous about the game.
Either my mom or my dad (pick / picks) me up every day.
Journal – Imagine you were a prisoner in a concentration camp. Make a list of what you’d do once you were set free.

6. Bellringer 10/22/
DOL: Write the sentence label the nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and conjunctions:
The lion was hidden among the tall grass.
Man has never travelled beyond our solar system.
She dropped the bucket into the old well, and there was no way to get it back out.
Journal – Study this
painting by Claude
Monet. What feeling do
you get from the painting
? What do you think the
artist was thinking? What
would be a good title?

7. Bellringer 10/23/
DOL: In the following sentences, identify the underlined portion as the COMPLETE SUBJECT or COMPLETE PREDICATE:
____________ Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President of the United States.
____________ In the 1860 presidential election, Lincoln defeated Democrat Stephen Douglas, John Breckinridge of the Southern Democrats, and Jon Bell of the Constitutional Union Party.
____________ Before becoming president, Abe worked as a lawyer and served in several political positions.
____________ Lincoln lost eight elections during his political career.
____________ President Lincoln presided over the Civil War and the end of slavery.
Journal - “Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use. ~ Charles M. Schulz
In a paragraph, explain the meaning of the quote & tell about something you’d like to try that you’ve never done before.

8. Bellringer
DOL – Write & label a declarative, interrogative, imperative, & exclamatory sentence. Journal – in a paragraph, explain & discuss what you’d be most afraid to lose if you were taken to a concentration camp.

9. October 27,
DOL: In the following sentences, write them and label the nouns, pronouns, verbs, conjunctions, and adjectives: 1) Yesterday was the coldest day of the year. 2) Happiness is the best feeling and sadness is the worst. 3) Tim, Joe, and Anton are my best friends. 4) Evolution is part of nature. Journal – Anne Frank became famous for her diary entries before being taken to the concentration camp. In a paragraph, write a diary entry for your life detailing what is going on in your life today.

10. Oct. 27,
DOL: Write the following sentences, changing the sentence type to
the type indicated in parenthesis:
1. My brother is a major league baseball player. (Interrogative)
2. Is it time to go yet? (Imperative)
3. The house is located in Africa. (Interrogative)
4. Why is the car old and is missing one door? (Declarative)
Journal: David Olere was a Polish
born painter & sculptor best known
for painting his experiences as a
prisoner during the Holocaust.
Analyze the painting and explain
Olere’s viewpoint of life in the
concentration camp.