Greetings!
We
had a great day in class this week. After a week of snow and another
of sub-zero temperatures, it was nice to have a run-of-the-mill cold
winter day.
This year is the 10th anniversary of
Facebook. Thinking of how pervasive computer technology is in today's
culture, I asked the students to write as their
Quick Writes:
"Imagine a day without computer technology." For some students, this
would be a difficult challenge, while for others, they wouldn't know
much of a difference. I mentioned to them that our family occaisionally
takes media & technology fasts. It's good to clear our heads from so many distractions.
Our
Words of the Day were:
suave --
French; pleasant, sweet, sophisticated
subito --
Italian/Latin; suddenly. abruptly
subpoena -- Latin; literally, under penalty; a legal document requiring that a person appear in court
sub judice --
Latin; literally, under a judge; this phrase means that a case is before the court and currently under consideration
I handed back the rough drafts for the
Narrative Essays. Generally, as I read through the rough drafts, I keep track of common mistakes and error. These become our
Grammar lessons
for the day. The most common errors that need attention as they revise
and edit their papers are problems related to contractions, compound
sentences, and "there are" sentences. I gave the students half-sheets
for taking notes. When they hand in their final drafts, I would also
like them to list the first five corrections and the last five
corrections in their papers.
Since we took so much time to talk about the papers and grammar, we didn't take time for discussion about our book,
We'll discuss the book at length next week.
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