We had a good class this week; we were able to cover our writing assignments, the literature sections, and some grammar work.
For the Quick Write, we acknowledged Alexander Selkirk, who was left on a deserted island for 5 years. His true story became the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. Students were to write about 5 items that they would bring along with them. If that prompt did not interest them, they could write about their favorite fancy desert in honor of National Baked Alaska Day.
Our Words of the Day were chosen by Joseph:
aubado -- fr. French, aube <fr. Provencal alba, a song about the parting at dawn -- a piece sung or played outdoors at dawn
in toto -- Latin, "in completeness" -- in all, completely, entirely, wholly
opere citato -- Latin, "in the work cited" -- abbreviated op. cit., this expression is used in footnotes to refer the reader to a previously cited work.
Students handed in their rough drafts of their Narrative Essays. As I correct them, I will especially be looking for strong introductions and conclusions. In this second semester, I enjoy seeing the progress and improvement in their writing.
During our Literature portion of the class, I had the students break into small groups to work together on the themes and character worksheets. Few students had worked on them, so this was a great opportunity for them to discuss together these elements of the novel, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
The Grammar section of the class focused again on primary sentence elements, identifying incomplete sentences, and prepositional phrases. We were able to get some work done during class, but the three worksheets are all due next week.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Read Ch. 5 & 6
-- 4 Study Guide questions
-- Work on the following worksheets related to Jekyll/Hyde
Vocabulary Worksheet
Character Worksheet
Themes Worksheet
-- Grammar Worksheet
Sentences and Incomplete Sentences
Sentences: Subject/Verb Agreement
Prepositional Phrases Used as Adjectives and Adverbs
Links for This Week
Class Notes
If you've got a Super Bowl Party planned, have fun!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Prichard
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