We had a great class this week. I always enjoy the discussions with this group of students.
The Quick Write last week was "Confined to the Couch." The students were to write what they would do if they were stuck on a couch somewhere for 24 hours. What would they want to have with them. This week, we had a similar prompt. Because October 28 was International Internet Day, I asked the students to write about what they would do on a computer, especially the internet, for a whole day. Their responses were of mix of social media, Netflix, music, games, and photos.
Our Words of the Day:
idee fixe -- fr. French, "fixed idea" -- an obsession or set ideas
ich dien -- fr. German, "I serve" -- the motto of the Prince of Wales
icon -- fr. Greek, eikon, "likeness" -- a pictorial representation of a religious image; a painting or statue evoking reverence
I collected the rough drafts of the Examples Essays. For those students who were gone or who didn't have the essay done, please e-mail it to me when it is finished. I will have the essays back to them next week for them to revise.
Our next item on the agenda was the presentation on Verbs by Eden and Jonathon S. They had a good presentation that included a video and clear explanations of some of the key points about verbs. They told us about action/helping/linking verbs, transitive/intransitive verbs, 5 principle parts, verb tenses, and subject-verb agreement. also
We also concluded our discussions about Animal Farm. The students had been divided into 4 groups and were assigned a character to discuss. We heard about Napoleon, Squealer, Boxer, and Clover. To finish this book, I have two quizzes for them. We did most of one of them as a class; the multiple choice one is to be done at home. They can use their books.
Our next book is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. They will start reading the book next week; for this week they are to read the introduction that I put together about the book.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Read the intro to A Christmas Carol
-- Animal Farm Vocabulary Worksheet (If not handed in this week)
-- Verbs homework
Links for this week:
Have great weekend! The weather looks to be great!
Mrs. Prichard
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