We had a good class today. the students were all attentive and engaged in our conversations.
Our Quick Write was prompted by the fact that today is National Opposite Day. I challenged the students to write about loving something they hate or hating something they love. Or, they could try to write using a lot of double negatives. It was fun hearing them talk about the topics they liked that as if they didn't.
Our Words of the Day were chosen by Samantha from my book of foreign words and phrases:
in corpore -- Latin, "in body" -- to be present in body or in substance
kop -- Danish, "head" -- an isolated hill or elevation
moquette -- French, "imitation velvet" -- a type of fabric with a thick, velvety pile
We had a quick check in about their first writing assignment for this semester -- a Narrative Essay. We discussed the need for a clear thesis, which is a one sentence statement that combines the topic and an opinion or stand about the topic. In addition to discussing the thesis, we listed the 3 important elements of an introduction and the 3 elements of a conclusion.
We've started our first book, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Reading aloud from the first chapter, we looked at the description and character development of Mr. Utterson. We also discussed the themes of Good vs. Evil and Friendship. Students should make sure that they read the assigned portions so that they can participate in our discussions.
Our Grammar portion of the class worked with basic sentence components. All of the students have at one time or another made mistakes in their writing by including fragments or sentences lacking a subject, or a verb, or a complete thought. We worked through some sentences designating the simple subjects and verbs. We also worked with more complicated sentences that had inverted sentence orders.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Read Chapters 3 & 4
-- No Questions are required, but my be done for extra credit
-- Narrative Essay Rough Draft
-- 2 Grammar Worksheets
Links for this Week
Class Notes
Have a great weekend! Stay safe and healthy!
Mrs. Prichard
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