We had a productive class this week and covered a lot of material. I brought two dates up for the Quick Write:
1887 was the first official "Groundhog Day" in the US (it had been a
tradition in Europe and according to folklore, if the groundhog, or
hedgehog in Europe, sees its shadow, we will have 6 more weeks of
winter); and 1996, which was the day the record low was recorded in
Minnesota (60 degrees below zero in Tower, MN). I asked the students to
put together a Winter Survival Kit.
Our Words of the Day were the following Latin roots:
capit -- Latin, "head" -- derivatives: captain, capitol, capital, decapitate, chief, chef, chapter, recapitulate
circum -- Latin, "around" -- derivatives: circumference, circumnavigate, circumvent, circular, circumstance
contra -- Latin, "against/opposite" -- derivatives: contrary, contract, contradict
cred -- Latin, "believe" -- derivatives: credible, incredible, credit, credence, creditor
Students handed in their rough drafts of their Narrative Essays.
I've told them that if they ever forget their homework at home, they
can bring it in the next week, except for when Rough Drafts are due. I
need the week to grade them, and if they come in late, then their final
drafts are late. If a student didn't bring a paper copy to class,
he/she can share it on Google docs or send it as an attachment either as
a Word doc or a PDF. (I don't have a patch in my computer to open
documents from Apple Pages.) I will have the rough drafts back next
week for them to revise.
We took the bulk of the class for Grammar in
order to go over compound and complex sentences. In our quest to be
experts in the Comma, we need to learn many other elements of grammar
and sentence construction. Students have encountered and written
compound and complex sentences but are not 100% sure about how and why
they work. We did work at the board with a number of class
"volunteers."
We briefly walked through the content of the assigned chapters of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
These are short chapters, so the reading time should not take too
long. As they read, they should continue to be filling out the charts
(Character, Theme, Vocabulary) as they encounter pertinent information.
These are to be handed in when we finish the book.
A final note:
This is a large class, and many of the students seem to have good
friends in the class. This last week the neighbor-to-neighbor chatting
seemed to be more than usual, so I'd like to remind all of the students
to stay engaged with the class and to resist the urge get involved in
those little conversations that distract everyone. I will start
separating people during class if it seems necessary to the wellness of
the class.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Read Ch. 5 & 6
-- Answer 4 Questions
-- Continue working on Character, Theme, and Vocabulary worksheets
-- 2 Introductory Elements Worksheets
Links for this week:
Class Notes
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Prichard
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