We had an enjoyable class this week. They're not only working hard, they are engaging well in class discussions.
Our Quick Write this week was inspired by a certain star's first appearance: in 1928 Mickey Mouse premiered in Steamboat Willie, the first talking animated film. I asked the students to write about their favorite animated film, either a movie or a TV series.
Our Words of the Day today were:
bayonet -- fr. French, Bayonne -- a steel blade attached to a rifle
bazaar -- fr. Persian, bazar, market -- a marketplace or shopping quarter
bearnaise -- fr. French Bearn, a district in SW France -- a sauce of egg yolks, butter, vinegar, and herbs
beau -- fr. Latin, bellus, pretty -- a boyfriend
Note: In class I was wondering about the difference between a hollandaise sauce (a word from last week) and a bearnaise sauce. Here's what Wikipedia says:
Bearnaise is considered to be a 'child' of the mother Hollandaise sauce, one of the five sauces in the French haute cuisine mother sauce repertoire. The difference is only in their flavoring: Béarnaise uses shallot, chervil, peppercorn, and tarragon, while Hollandaise uses lemon juice or white wine.
Next week we will be having our Word of the Day test. I will send out the complete list of our weekly words this weekend. The test will have a combination of multiple choice, matching, true/false, and fill-in-the-blank questions. They should read through the list and re-familiarize themselves with the words. Increasing our vocabularies is meant to be fun, so I don't want anyone to lose sleep over this quiz.
They handed in the Rough Drafts of their History or Biography Essays. I will have those ready for them at the next class, December 4)
We are continuing through A Christmas Carol; this week we reviewed the plot from the previous weeks and discussed the appearance the Ghost of Christmas present. Dickens is so wonderfully descriptive, so I had the students close their eyes and try to picture this character as he first appears in the chapter, sitting on a throne made of food. We also watched a short bit again from the Muppets version.
Assignments for Week 14 (December 4)
-- Read Stave 4 (2 Study Questions & 4 Vocabulary)
-- Review the Words of the Day
This week's Class Notes post
Have a great Thanksgiving,
Mrs. Prichard
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