Greetings!
This group of kids did a great job at being flexible and engaged learners today with our distance learning day. Before our Quick Write, we talked a little bit about the advantages and disadvantages of doing classes on Zoom. We also talked here and there throughout the class about how to be good online students, including participating in breakout room discussions and avoiding being a passive observer.
Below are our Quick Write prompts for the day. Students could put their writing in the Google Classroom assignment or write it by hand and turn it in next week. After they complete their writing, I divided them into breakout rooms, and they shared their thoughts with one another.
- On March 11 In 1969, Levi-Strauss started selling bell-bottomed jeans. What are some fashions that you hope you never see again, and what are some of your favorite “classic” fashions that you don’t think should ever go away.
- On March 11 in 1903 Lawrence Welk was born. A band leader, he hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. (My parents LOVED this show.) Do you have any favorite old-time TV shows that you like? How would you compare older television programs to today’s?
- On March 12 in 1789 the US Post Office was established. How would you compare the way we communicate now to the communication methods of the past? What are pros and cons for each?
When the students were finished writing, I sent them into breakout rooms to share what they had written.
We usually do a quick Homework Check between our beginning of class activities and instruction. Students can hand in their work for this week when they come to class next week. With the exception of their rough drafts. Those should be finished and put on the Google Classroom assignment for the Examples/Analogy Rough Draft.
NOTE: Any homework that was due during Week 4 and hasn't been handed in will get a zero. Track My Grades has been updated to reflect any work handed in by last Saturday.
Speaking of the Examples/Analogy Rough Draft, I sent the students again to breakout rooms to talk about their topics and to talk about any challenges they had with writing this essay. This is probably the hardest essay they'll write this year. The type of writing and organizing that they need to do is not as straight forward as the others. A reminder: the rough drafts should be handed in via Google Classroom.
We talked about two of our O. Henry Short Stories this morning. O. Henry is a lovely writer -- he has a crisp, clear writing story, throws in some unusual words to spice things up, and often includes surprise twists at the end. We'll read two more for next week.
Our Grammar lesson was a review of linking verbs and predicate complements. Students have two worksheets on Google Classroom to practice identifying those sentence elements. (If they need further review, there's a video in the list at the bottom for that.)
Have a great weekend.
Blessing,
Mrs. Prichard
Assignments for Next Week
Short Stories: Read Makes the Whole World Kin & The Furnished Room
2 Short Story Worksheets
Grammar – Wk7: Predicate Adjectives
Grammar – Wk7: Predicate Complements
Links for This Week
Class Notes
Writing 1 Spring Google Drive
Quick Write (3/12)
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