1. Combine sentences: combine these 7 sentences into 1 sentence.
2. Decombine sentences: take apart this sentence and see how many short sentences you can make.
3. Grammar Girl--"Complex-Compound Sentences." Fill in the blanks.
4. Create complex and compound sentences--put these words strips in two piles (one for independent clauses and one for dependent clauses). Then try making up sentences by combining them. If you were absent, invent your own 5 sentences.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
January 4
Ethics Unit
A Format for Ethical Decision Making: Analyzing "Shadow Scholar"
Entreprenuership--Taylor Turnbull, BYU Student Entrepreneur of the Year, is tentatively scheduled to speak to us this Thursday. Please do the following activity to prepare for his presentation.
Go to this site and read "How to Decide if Entrepreneurship is Right for You." Then write a COMMENT on this post that tells the class what parts of entrepreneurship would be personally "right for you" or "not right for you."
A Format for Ethical Decision Making: Analyzing "Shadow Scholar"
Entreprenuership--Taylor Turnbull, BYU Student Entrepreneur of the Year, is tentatively scheduled to speak to us this Thursday. Please do the following activity to prepare for his presentation.
Go to this site and read "How to Decide if Entrepreneurship is Right for You." Then write a COMMENT on this post that tells the class what parts of entrepreneurship would be personally "right for you" or "not right for you."
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
December 9
Challenger Disaster
Writer's Notebook: What does the Challenger Disaster teach us about the value of ethical behavior?
Mr. Brantley's letter: proofread again and sign.
Comma Game: "Toy Stories"
Writer's Notebook: What does the Challenger Disaster teach us about the value of ethical behavior?
Mr. Brantley's letter: proofread again and sign.
Comma Game: "Toy Stories"
December 7
Challenger Disaster continued
Writer's Notebook entry--Describe what the following people/organizations are most concerned about:
1. Roger Boisjoly
2. Christa McAliffe
3. Morton Thiokol
4. NASA
Writer's Notebook entry--Describe what the following people/organizations are most concerned about:
1. Roger Boisjoly
2. Christa McAliffe
3. Morton Thiokol
4. NASA
December 3
Ethics Unit
1. Definition of Ethics: dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions.
2. Ethics Game: discuss these situations.
3. Challenger Disaster: Engineer Roger Boisjoly tried to convince his boss to hold back the launch over concerns that the "O" rings would not react well to the cold weather.
1. Definition of Ethics: dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions.
2. Ethics Game: discuss these situations.
3. Challenger Disaster: Engineer Roger Boisjoly tried to convince his boss to hold back the launch over concerns that the "O" rings would not react well to the cold weather.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Jonny Harline's 2006 "Answered Prayer" jersey, helmet, and cleats--Fundraiser
During December, my son Jonny is raffling off his 2006 BYU gear to help a couple of needy families with Christmas. If you're interested, here's the link.
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