Second Semester D.O.L. and Lexicon
The words and sentences listed below are the daily class starters for the days listed. Students who miss class are expected to complete these exercises on their own. They will be quizzed over the material.
February 5-8 (DOL skill targeted: appositive phrases, run-on sentences, pronoun-antecedent agreement.)
Latin Prefix "ante" meaning "before"
2/6 antecedent
George herman babe ruth was born on february 6 1895 he hit 714 home run during his career he hit many of its home runs in yankee stadium he became known as the house that ruth built.
2/7 antebellum
Frederick douglass a escaped slave who became a leading abolitionist was born on febuary 7 1817.
2/8 anterior
NO DOL DUE TO SHORT WEEK AND QUIZZES TODAY
January 29- February 2 (DOL skills targeted: possessive pronoun usage and identifying run-on sentences)
Greek Root "path/pathos" meaning "feeling"
1/30 empathy
franklin delano roosevelt was born on this date in 1882 he is the only president to be elected to for terms he was are thirty two presdient
1/31 sympathy
Several great major league baseball players were born on january 31 jackie robinson most known for breaking the color barrier in baseball was born on january 31 1919 also ernie bankds whose nickname was mr cub was born on this date in 1931
2/1 apathy
langston hughes a poet was born on febuary 1 1902
January 22-26th (DOL skills targeted: Identifying run-on sentences and comma usage)
Greek Root "graph" meaning "write"
1/23 seismograph
john hancock was born today in 1737 he was the first man to sign the declaration of independence
1/24 cartography
on january 24 1962 jackie robinson became the first african american elected to the national baseball hall of fame
1/25 epigraph
on january 25 1998 john elway led the denver broncos in there victory over the green bay packers in the super bowl the win was the broncos first in five attemps since 1978
January 16-19 (DOL skill targeted: appositive phrases)
Greek prefix "Pan" meaning "all"
1/16 pandemic
martin luther king jr leader of the nonviolent civil rights movement in the united states in the 60s was born in atlanta georgia on january 15 1929
1/17 panorama
prizefighter muhammed ali was born on january 17 1942 in louisville kentucky his given name was cassius clay
1/18 panchromatic
a a milne author of winnie the pooh books was born january 18 1882
January 8-12 (DOL skill targeted: subject and object pronouns)
Greek Root "Chron" meaning time
1/9 chronological
Steve and him were an our late and he missed the bus to school.
1/10 synchronize
The students attending the game a lawton high are melissa and me.
1/11 chronicle
Just between you and I braums ice cream is better than the ice cream at dairy queen.