As always, our class time was productive and enjoyable!
Our Quick Write this week was more on the thought-provoking side than the light-hearted side. December 1 marks the day when Mrs. Rosa Parks, and African-American, got on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama and refused to give up her seat for a white man. This provoked a lengthy boycott of the city buses, which eventually caused some segregation laws to be changed. I gave the students 3 options for writing: 1) What is something that they would consider boycotting; 2) What is something they would protest; or 3) What is on their Christmas list.
Our Words of the Day:
elan -- fr. French elan -- enthusiasm, zest, spirit
lumpenproletariat --fr, German, "rags," fr. French "working class" -- a term adopted by Karl Marx, this refers to the poor, working class.
vindaloo -- Indo-Portuguese, vinha d'alho "wine of garlic" -- a spicy, Indian curry
This is the last of our Words of the Day for this semester. The Words of the Day Test will be on Week 15 (December 17).
A large portion of the class was spent reviewing the 8 Parts of Speech. The students did a good job with their projects and in presenting to the class. Next week is the Post-Test. I've put on the blog and attached with this e-mail a Study Guide and Practice Worksheets. I projected the worksheet on the whiteboard and had students work as a class to review.
A reminder: Writing 1 is a year long class, but you must register for each semester. The registration for the Spring Semester is now open.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Read Stave 4
-- Answer 2 Questions and do 4 Vocabulary Words
-- Review the Parts of Speech
Links for this Week:
Class Notes
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Prichard
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