We had a full day in class today. We're nearing the end of the semester, so some of our units are wrapping up. Just two more weeks and then Christmas break.
Our Quick Write prompt had three options. Nov. 29, 1832 was Louisa May Alcott's birthday; Nov. 30, 1835 was Mark Twain's birthday, and Dec. 1, 1955 was the day Rosa Parks didn't give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama. Students could write about their favorite author, the funniest author, or something they would do as a statement in support of a cause.
Our final Words of the Day:
elan -- fr. French elan -- enthusiasm, zest, spirit
lumpenproletariot -- fr. German, "rags" and fr. French "working class" -- a term adopted by Karl Marx that refers to the poor, working class.
vindaloo -- Indo-Portuguese, vinha d'alho "wine of garlic" -- a spicy, Indian curry
I gave the students a handout with all of our Words of the Day and the definitions so that they can be prepared for our Words of the Day test next week. The test will not be very hard, but they should review the words. Quizzing one another or having someone to review with might help.
We are almost finished with A Christmas Carol. Since we were focusing on words, I quizzed the class on the vocabulary words for Stave Four. Next week we will discuss the end of the book.
They handed in their Biography or History Rough Drafts. I will get them back to them next week, and they are due the final week of class. Any other missing homework is due on that last week.
Next week we will also have our Parts of Speech test. Students have a review packet and a set of review worksheets. With some sample sentences, we practiced identifying the part of speech for each word. I mentioned to the class that if there is a particular part of speech that they are having trouble with, they could do some reviewing of their own by googling it. YouTube has some excellent videos that explain just about everything. (I have included some helpful links at the bottom of this e-mail.)
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Read Stave Five
-- 2 Questions; NO Vocabulary
-- Study for the Words of the Day Test
-- Study for the Parts of Speech Test
Links for this Week:
Class Notes
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Prichard
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