We had a great class today. Well, at least I thought so. I gave the students 2 tests, so they might have other opinions!
I usually have the Quick Write at the very beginning of class, but this week I had students write from the prompts between tests. The prompts for the day were related to December 7:
1941 -- The bombing of Pearl Harbor (write about Hawaii, World War 2, etc.)
1963 -- The first instant replay done for a televised for the Army-Navy game (write about favorite sport that you like to watch)
1969 -- Frosty the Snow Man is first televised (favorite Christmas movie)
We started the day with the Words of the Day Test. The test was fairly easy with matching, multiple choice, true/false, and fill in the blank. At the end of the class, we went over the answers, and I'm hoping they did well.
After the this first test, I went over the rough drafts of their Biography/History Essays. I always take time after the rough drafts have been handed in to discuss common errors related to grammar and writing. Today's topics included Introductions/conclusions/thesis statements, formatting, writing names, comma splice sentences, avoiding the word "things," and commas with compound sentences.
Next on the schedule was the Parts of Speech Test. The class has given presentations and has been studying interjections, verbs, adjectives, nouns, conjunctions, adverbs, prepositions, and pronouns all semester. This test was the same as the pre-test that I gave the students at the beginning of the year, so if they studied that, they would have been good.
In the first semester, I like to give my tests on the week before the last week of class so that we can have a party on the last day of class. Next week we will have a "final" for A Christmas Carol in the form of a Jeopardy game. We'll also play some Christmas & word-related games. Students are welcome to bring snacks to share with the class.
Since next week is the last week of the semester, all homework needs to be handed in on that day.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Final Draft of Biography/History Essay
-- Hand in any late/missing homework
-- Be ready for a Christmas Party!
Links for this week
Class Notes
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Prichard
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