The class began, as always, with a Quick Write and Mystery Words. Syd chose our Quick Write: Write a TV commercial for some new product that people can't do without. Samuel chose our words for today for an etymological dictionary that I have: scorzonera, puncheon, pettitoes, sprocket, and subsist. The students were to either to tell what the word means if they know. If they didn't, I encouraged them to come up with a creative definition.
We're completing our work with Animal Farm with a 2-part exam. The first part, a multiple choice and matching test, was completed yesterday during class. The second part is a take-home essay exam. We discussed the first half of the essay portion in small groups. The second half is to be done with an open book. (This document is available on Dropbox as either a Word doc, or as a pdf file.) The students may write up as many examples as they can. The more information, the more points.
I handed out A Christmas Carol, our next book. Next week I'll introduce the book and give some background information on Charles Dickens.
The students handed in their rough drafts of their history essays. I'll go over these and hand them back next week. I'm delighted to see them working so hard and improving with each essay.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Finish the second half of the Take Home Exam.
-- Fill in as much as you can for each theme mentioned.
Have a great week. It seems we have a couple more nice days before cold weather sets in.
Mrs. Prichard
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