Greetings!
We had a great class yesterday. These students are coming in with a readiness to learn and are encouraging a positive perspective for one another.
Our Quick Write today was from the National Days Calendar. Yesterday was National Swap Ideas Day, in which people are encouraged to share their ideas and creativity with one another. I asked them to write about any big, outside-the-box ideas they've done or had. They could also write about whether or not they are creative. I've just finished reading their Quick Writes, and this class has a wonderful variety of creative and practical students!
This week students handed in their first paper assignment of the year, their Descriptive Essay Rough Drafts. I'm looking forward to reading them. My procedure with student papers is to go through and correct them after they're handed in and then hand them back the next week. Students are to take that following week to make revisions.
Last week for the Literature portion of the class, we started Animal Farm with an introduction and a quiz on Google Classroom. Before they start reading the book, I would like them to write a short response to the question, "What makes a good leader?" (This assignment is attached to this email and on Google Classroom.) For next week, they also need to give a short response to a discussion question and 3 Reader Responses. We talked in class about the study guide questions that are listed per chapter and also the ala carte options if students would like more creative opportunities to respond to their reading. NOTE: These reader responses can be done on paper and handed in during next week's class time OR they can be done on the Google Classroom assignment. Students DO NOT need to do it both ways.
For the final third of the class time, we talked about the Grammar projects that we will be doing this semester. During the Fall semester, we study the 8 Parts of Speech, and the students themselves do the teaching on these topics. As the teachers, students will need to do some research so that they have a firm grasp of their chosen part of speech; they will then prepare a teaching/presentation about this part of speech that also includes some kind of activity that helps the students further understand and remember what was taught. In the past I've also required that students assign homework, but this year I put together homework because I didn't know if we would be face to face or online. As they start their research, they should use the Checklist and the Planning sheet (we'll talk more about those resources next week.)
Below are the student "teachers" and the parts of speech:
Interjections -- Anthony, Annelise
Verbs -- Danica, Lilia
Adjectives -- Rachael, Nina
Nouns -- Halle, Eden
Conjunctions -- Julia, Rachel
Adverbs -- Kaylynn, Grace
Pronouns -- Tate, Rebecca
Prepositions -- Elijah, Cyprian
Have a great weekend!
Blessings,
Mrs. Prichard
This Week's Homework
-- Read Chapters 1 & 2 of Animal Farm
-- Write a response to "What makes a good leader?"
-- Take the Intro to Animal Farm Quiz (if you haven't)
-- Give your top 3 leader characteristics on the Discussion Board
-- Week 3 Reader Responses
-- Start researching your part of speech
This Week's Links
Class Notes -- Week 2 (Sept. 10)
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