Greetings!
We had a wonderful class this, especially considering part of the class time was spent taking a test.
Before taking the test, the students did a Quick Write. December 10, 1896 was the day that Alfred Nobel died. He became the benefactor for the awards for the various Nobel Prizes. I asked the students to write about their favorite scientific advancements or inventions.
Following our Quick Write, we went right away to the Parts of Speech test. The first page of the test was identical to the pre-test they took before the student presentations. They worked hard and finished fairly quickly.
When they finished their tests, we discussed the rough drafts of the History/Biography essays. Often when I hand back rough drafts I go over common errors that were made by the students. Many of these errors were comma related. I gave them the rubrics that I will use to evaluate the Final Drafts of the essays. When they finish their final drafts for next week, they are to evaluate their own essays using these.
Next week, we will have finished our book, A Christmas Carol. I gave them a Take Home test for the book that they should finish before next week's class.
Next week the students will take the Words of the Day test next week. Attached is the list for them to use to review. As I told them in class, the test will be a mix of multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and matching questions. If they go over the words and are familiar with them they will do well. They don't need to feel that they should have them perfectly memorized.
Finally, I traditionally use the last week of class for a party, following the Words of the Day test, of course. I have some Christmas writing activities for us to do.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Finish A Christmas Carol (No questions or vocabulary words)
-- A Christmas Carol Take Home Final
-- Final Draft of History/Biography Essay
-- Rubric/ Self Evaluation for essay
-- Review Words of the Day
Links for this Week:
Have a great week!
See y'all on Thursday!
Mrs. Prichard
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