Greetings!
We had a good class today even though we were missing a few students. For our Quick Write I handed out cards from a game called "Pictureka."
I still don't know the real rules for this game, but they were to
choose at least 2 of their cards for a short story. They were very
creative!
I handed back their Final Drafts of their Personal Essays.
They did a great job working over their rough drafts and making
corrections and revisions. In these first rough drafts I did a lot of
correcting of grammar mistakes. In the upcoming essays I will continue
to make corrections and suggestions, but I will also put troublesome
sections in brackets for them to fix on their own.
Our current writing assignment is a Biographical Essay. I checked with them about the Pre-Writing part
of the assignment. They were to brainstorm, outline, and do any
initial research. A reminder: these essays are to have a thesis. In
other words, they are to state some opinion or take a stand about the
person about whom they are choosing to write.
We discussed the Character Sketches they wrote for Animal Farm.
This was a great discussion, and they had some pretty insightful
comments. I love the way that they are learning to think about
literature. Next week we will have a Final Exam which they will help write. I want each of them to bring 3 questions about the book that we'll use for an exam.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Bring 3 "test" questions for the final next week.
-- Write the Biographical Essay rough draft.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Prichard
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