We had a great class this week. I really enjoy the positive energy and attitudes in the class and the way in which they engage in the class discussions.
Our Quick Write prompt was the same one that I used with my Northfield students this week: "What is boring? Why? What can you do about it?" We discussed how people don't find the same activities, places, or situations boring. We seemed to agree that common ways of dealing with boredom are leaving the situations, making new friends in the situation, changing the situation, or, if those fail, resorting to using phones and apps.
We often to a "National Day" as part of our Quick Write prompts, but we didn't today. For an extra credit assignment, students can look up and find the specific "days" celebrated on their birthdays.
Our Words of the Day, chosen by Selah:
Bildungsroman -- fr. German, "building" and "novel" -- a novel about the growth and development of a young person
ex pede Herculem -- Latin, "from his foot, Hercules" -- a saying inspired by the experiment of Pythagoras where he estimated the height of Hercules by the measure of his foot.
machtpolitik -- fr. German -- a doctrine in political theory advocating the use of power and possibly physical force by a political state as they pursue their objectives.
I handed back the rough drafts of their Narrative Essays, and as is my practice, we discussed common errors found in the essays. Before I started through my list, I asked the students to make a list on the whiteboard the topics they needed help with. This included comma splice and run-on sentences, numbers, introductions, and conclusions. The final drafts are due next week, and the students should also remember to bring their rough drafts to hand in with the final drafts. In addition to the final draft, students are to fill out a half sheet titled "My First 5 Errors." As they correct their rough drafts, I want them to pay attention to the reasons why they are making corrections.
For our literature discussion of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, we looked at Chapter 6 and Dr. Lanyon's death. We discussed themes and characters. For next week, students need to read two more chapters, but they don't need to do study guide questions. However, they should continue to work on their Themes, Character, and Vocabulary Worksheets. These are be worked on as they read their books. It's a lot easier to than having to go back and do them afterwards.
Finally, for the Grammar section of the class we took time with prepositional phrases. Because a prepositional phrase can never be the subject or the verb of a sentence, it can be essential to identify and isolate these phrases. We have one worksheet to do for next week.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Extra Credit -- Find the National Days for your birthday
-- Final Draft of Narrative Essay
-- "My First 5 Errors"
-- Read Chapters 7 & 8
No Study Guide questions required
-- Grammar: Prepositional Phrases Worksheet
Links this Week
Class Notes
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Prichard
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