Greetings!
We had a great class today. Students have worked hard this semester, and it shows in their attitudes and the quality of their work!
For our Quick Write today, I had students come up with some ideas for our weekly Quick Writes. By now, they have an idea of what works for a good Quick Write, so it will be good to have ideas from them. Usually, I type up a numbered list and students choose random numbers every week.
We covered 3 Latin roots in our Words of the Day. As I explained to the students, having some background knowledge about Latin roots will help them decode unfamiliar words that they might encounter in their academic careers.
ambi - Latin, ambiguu, having double meaning or both -- derivatives: ambidextrous, ambiguous, ambidexterity
aud - Latin, audire, to hear -- derivatives: auditory, audio, audience, auditorium. (by the way, audacious comes from audacia, boldness)
aqua -- Latin, aqua, water -- derivatives: aquatic, aquarium. aqueduct, aquifer
While the students are busily writing their Quick Writes, I hand back their homework. Following our beginning of class activities, we discuss the homework. This week I handed back their final drafts of the Biography Essays. They've done a wonderful job writing! I'm waiting for a few students to give me their rough drafts with my corrections before correcting their final drafts. I've asked students to hand in their rough drafts when they hand in their final drafts. I like to compare their drafts so that I can see what improvements they've made.
We briefly talked about the History Essay. They should hand in the Pre-Write and Rough Draft for this essay on December 3 (our week after Thanksgiving Weekend.) We talked about the length and focus of the papers. They can write about an event or about the history of something. I think they already have some good ideas in their heads.
For the Literature portion of the class, we had two short activities: a brief section of video from The Muppets Christmas Carol about the Ghost of Christmas Present and a discussion about aspects of Christmas that are non-negotiables and those that we could/should do without. Most students say that certain foods and family are the non-negotiables; Santa and commercialism can go.
Finally, in the Grammar portion of the class, we had our last part of speech presentation -- this one about presentations. Elijah and Cyprian had a good slide presentation about prepositions and a fun game for the students. I told them all that this class has given the best presentations on these parts of speech that I've seen -- they were all full of complete explanations and fun activities. They should all be proud of the work they've done!
Finally, I encouraged the students to check their GradeSheets to make sure that what I have recorded is accurate and to see if they are missing any homework.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving week! Be blessed!!
Mrs. Prichard
Assignments for Week 13 (12/3)
-- Quick Write for 11/19
-- History Essay Pre-Write and Rough Draft
-- Discussion Question for History Essay
-- Read Stave 3
-- Stave 3 Study Guide Questions
-- Discussion Question -- Favorite Christmas Food
-- Prepositions Homework
-- Prepositions Evaluation
-- CAPP Review
Links for This Week
Class Notes
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