Greetings!
We had a delightful class today. Our class time was quite full.
We started with a Quick Write, and today they had 5 options (4 of which came from their own ideas): Tell about a favorite memory from 2020; If you were stranded on an island, what 3 things would you like to have; explain your thoughts and ideas about socialism; describe what you would do if you had 3 days without electricity; or whatever else is on your mind. I had a lot of homework to hand back, so they students had a lot of time to write.
Our Words of the Day came from Nina, Rachel, and Annelise today. As I put the words on the board, I asked the class to make up definitions for the words.
griffonage -- fr. French, from Middle French grifouner to scribble (from griffon stylus, from griffe claw) + -age -- : careless handwriting : a crude or illegible scrawl.
docetism -- from medieval Latin Docetae , the name, based on Greek dokein ‘seem’ -- a belief that Jesus was human but not divine.
raconteur -- French, from raconter ‘relate, recount’ -- an excellent story teller
While the students are writing, I hand back homework, and we do a short Homework Check after the beginning of class activities. This week, I reminded them of my late homework policy. I give students three weeks to get assigned work in (actually, they have 4 weeks from the assigned date until I will no longer take it.) After that extended time, assignments will be given zeros. I also explained that while I don't have a specific day for correcting homework, I correct homework all at once and don't check and re-check Google Classroom for late assignments. If homework is handed in on time, it will automatically be included when I correct homework. If it is late, it could be included, or it might not be. Most weeks, I will include scores on Track My Grades.
Students handed in the final drafts of their Narrative Essays. I'm really looking forward to reading these because their rough drafts were so good! As a reminder, they should hand in their rough drafts with my marks/corrections when they hand in the final drafts. The final drafts could be handed in during class or uploaded to the Google Classroom assignment. The students also need to finish the First Five Mistakes form.
When we finish one paper, we start another. For the next round of essays, students can choose to write an Examples Essay or an Analogy Essay. For both of these types of essays, the students should be thinking explaining one thing with one or more other things. Students have the next two weeks to do their brainstorming and research. The pre-writes and rough drafts should be handed in on March 11.
We had a brief discussion about Richard Hannay and our book, The Thirty-Nine Steps. Some of the students like the adventurous character of Mr. Hannay, and others don't like him. I love it when a book elicits strong opinions from readers. We will finish the book by next week.
At the end of class, we worked through our Grammar worksheet, practicing identifying and classifying prepositional phrases. Prepositional phrases function either as adjective phrases or adverb phrases, and it can be tricky to tell what kind of phrase it is.
A reminder -- we don't have class next week ; the next time we see one another will be March 4.
Assignments for March 4
-- Examples/Analogy Pre-Write
-- Read Ch. 9 & 10 of The 39 Steps
-- Week 6 – 3 Study Guide Questions
-- Classifying Prep Phrases
-- Read Ch. 9 & 10 of The 39 Steps
-- Week 6 – 3 Study Guide Questions
-- Classifying Prep Phrases
Links for This Week
Class Notes
Have a good weekend and a wonderful week off!
Blessings,
Mrs. Prichard
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