Greetings!
We are in Week 14 of our Fall term! Next week will be our last week of classes before Christmas break. The students have worked hard this fall.
I used a Story Starter book for the Quick Write. With his eyes closed, a student randomly chose pages that read: "I've never seen this before," said the kangaroo as he/she turned on the flashlight. As always, the students were creative; we even had a poem.
For our Vocabulary Practice we did a rhyming exercise. Often at our dinner table we will take turns rhyming our sentences. We did the same in class today. Again, the students were creative in constructing rhyming sentences with "-en" and "-end" words.
I gave the students a quiz for A Christmas Carol. It was labeled "Final Exam," but it was really was a simple multiple choice exercise that I had the students do together. I'm not a big fan of multiple choice tests because they test a students surface knowledge of a topic and not the depth to which they understand the material. However,surface knowledge is a part of knowing a topic. In addition to the quiz, I gave the students a vocabulary Word Search to do next week for Extra Credit.
I handed back the rough drafts of their Biography Essays. The students chose a rich variety of topics: e.g. Elvis, Herman Cain, Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan. We discussed common mistakes found in their essays. Commas continue to be challenging. Another problem was with pronoun, verb, and noun agreement. The final copies are due next week.
Assignments for Next week:
-- Read Stave Five of A Christmas Carol
-- Write 3 "Final Exam" questions for us to use in class
-- Write Final Copy of Biography Essay.
-- Extra Credit: Word Search for vocabulary words (which can be found on Dropbox)
Next week we'll have a "final" for A Christmas Carol and play some word/writing/literature -related games. Students can bring treats if they want.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Prichard
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