We had a great class this week. At the beginning of the class, I asked the class to pray for my daughter. She has mono, and she had called me that morning to say that she thought she might have bedbugs in her dorm room because her feet were covered in small bumps. I'm glad to report that she's doing better, and that the issue wasn't bedbugs but she has a sever allergic reaction to some meds that her doctor gave her. A hearty "Thank you" to them for agreeing with me in prayer!
I changed the seating for the class this week. It seemed to help give more order to the class time, and helped students focus on the lesson rather than on each other.
Our Quick Write was in recognition of a well-known author. January 27 was the birthday of Charles Ludwidge Dodgson, more commonly known as Lewis Carroll. He was a member of Christ Church and told stories to the daughter of the dean, Alice. These stories became Alice in Wonderland. For the students' own writing, I had them write about some place that they could imagine as the perfect place -- either real of imaginary.
We had more Latin roots for Words of the Day:
cave -- L. hollow -- English derivatives: cave, cavity, excavate, cavern, cavernous, excavator
capio -- L. take, seize -- English derivatives: capture, captive, captivate, captain
The Rough Draft of the Narrative Essay was due this week. These essays are easy because they can tell a story of their own, but they can be hard because coming up with a thesis can be challenging. My plan is to sit with a cup of tea and read these while the men of the family watch the Super Bowl tomorrow. I'll have them back to them next week so that they can revise them.
We talked only a little about our literature selections for this week. We talked through the beginning Chapter 3 of The Strange Adventure of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, discussing line by line.
We spent a lot of time discussing our Grammar topics. My goal was to work through the comma rule regarding placing a comma following introductory elements and subordinate clauses. In order to talk about this comma rule, we had to begin with simple sentences and dependent/subordinate clauses and then move on to subordinating conjunctions, compound sentences and then complex sentences. Fully knowing commas can be a rather complicated process.
Assignments for Next Week
-- Read Chapters 5 & 6 of Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
-- Answer 2 questions for Chapter 5 and 2 for Chapter 6
-- Finish the back of the worksheet about Introductory Elements (1 - 10: 11 - 20 for extra credit)
This week's Links:
-- Class Notes
Have a great week!
Mrs. Prichard
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