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"

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

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.

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.

December 1

Revision Strategies
1. Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips, "How to Write Clear Sentences."
2. Interactive Quiz # 114.
3. Interactive Quiz # 115.
4. Memo sentence revision.

Mr. Brantley's letter

November 29

Pronouns and antecedents
1. Make corrections to one of the memo sentences. Note the problem with singular nouns and their plural pronouns. Grammar Girl audio on this topic.

Revising letter to Mr. Brantley as a class.

November 18

Work on letter to Mr. Brantley in the Writing Lab.