Thursday, November 7, 2019

Writing 1B Class Notes -- Week 11 (Nov. 7)

Greetings!

This week will be a brief set of notes because I might not have access to my computer for a couple days after tonight.

The Quick Write prompt:  1)  What is the most expensive thing you own or would like to own; 2) What are your spending habits or your attitudes towards money?  Cheapskate, thrifty, frivolous, or generous.

Words of the Day:
(Go here for more information on these words)
meldrop -- a drop of mucus at the end of the nose, whether produced by cold weather, sickness or otherwise.
obelus -- the division symbol; used in dictionaries to denote variations in pronunciation
agelast -- someone who never laughs

Writing
Students handed in their final drafts (along with rough drafts.)  The next essay is a History Essay.  Although they have 2 weeks to do the pre-write and rough draft, they must have a draft of their thesis statement for class next week.

Grammar
We had the Pronouns presentation today from Raya.  Because we are nearing the end of the parts of speech unit, I gave them a packet of exercises to start their review.  They have a review packet from the beginning of the semester that they can use.  This is due on Nov. 21.

Literature
We had a brief discussion about A Christmas Carol, but it seems a number of students had not finished the reading.  We will have a quiz next week, so they should be sure to get caught up on their reading assignments.

Assignments for Next Week:
-- Read Stave Three  (and Staves One and Two)
-- Respond to 3 Study Guide questions 
-- Define 4 Vocabulary Words
-- History Essay Pre-Write
-- History Essay thesis statement draft
-- Pronoun Homework
-- Start Parts of Speech Review Worksheets

Links for this week
Class Notes

Have a wonderful weekend.  It's time to get out hat and mittens!
Blessings,
Mrs. Prichard

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