We had a good class this week. For the Quick Write, the students wrote responses to the following prompt: See how many adverbs you can come up with to modify the verb in the following sentence: 'I _______ wrote my research paper in twenty minutes.' " They came up with quite a variety of words.
Our Latin phrases this week were:
caveat emptor -- Let the buyer beware.
cave canem -- Beware the dog.
cf. or confer -- to compare (often used in scholarly texts)
I handed back the rough drafts of their News Stories. We spent quite a bit of class time going over common errors found in the papers. As I've said before, one of the best ways to learn grammar is as a student is writing. Otherwise, grammar and mechanics are just theory. For their final drafts, I would like them to write a "reverse outline." This kind of outline is written after the rough draft is written but before the final draft is completed. It's a helpful tool because it gives the writer a sense his organization, especially if there are any flaws.
We talked over some Poetry this week by Gerard Manly Hopkins and Robert Browning. I hadn't mentioned it to them, but April is National Poetry Month; in fact, Thursday, April 18, was "Poem in Your Pocket Day."
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Read the following from the poetry book:
Shakespeare (p.1); Donne (p. 2); Jonson (p.3); Quarles (p. 4); (Carew (p 5); Milton (p. 5)
No poetry worksheets
-- Final Draft of News Story, including
Reverse Outline
Final Copy
Thesis Statement
5 Reasons for Corrections
Citations
This week's blog:
Class Notes
Have a great week!
Mrs. Prichard
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