We had a good class this week. It was "Talk Like a Pirate Day," so our Quick Write was a story about anything pirate related. And our Words of the Day were from a list of pirate terminology:
Ahoy! ("Hello")Avast! ("Check it out.")Aye, Aye! ("Yes, sir!")Beauty (a pretty woman or a boat)Bilge rat (The bilge is the lowest level of the ship loaded with slimy, reeking water -- this would be an insult for a person)Lubber (a land lubber is a "land lover;" someone who would not be comfortable on a boat)Smartly (do something quickly; not a comment on intellectual abilities)
The students handed in their Final Drafts of their Descriptive Essay along with their rough drafts and a list of 5 reasons for corrections they made. I'll read them this week and hand them back next week. Our next essay is a Personal History Essay. (I've attached the hand out that I gave them that describes this assignment.) We spent some time talking about how to write these with thesis statements.
We corrected our most recent grammar worksheet together in class. I wanted to be sure that they understood the concept of sentence fragments. Our next worksheet deals with a review of nouns and verbs.
For our discussion of Animal Farm, we discussed Chapters 3 & 4. We talked about principles of leadership, manipulative propaganda, and the work ethics of the animals.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Write the rough draft of the Personal History
-- Read Chapters 5 & 6 of Animal Farm
-- Complete the Grammar Worksheets about Nouns and Verbs
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Prichard
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