The prompts for this week's Quick Writes came from the student list: 1) If you could live anywhere in the world for one year, where would that be, and 2) "National No Work Day." As usual, I also encourage the students to write about anything else that is on their minds.
Our Words of the Day:
farci -- fr. French, farcir, "to stuff" -- a food stuffed with finely ground, seasoned meat and vegetables
diktat -- fr.German, diktat, "something dictated; fr. Latin dictare, "to dictate" -- an authoritative decree or statement
limbo -- fr. Latin limbus, "border, edge"-- an intermediate, transitional, midway place.
Students handed in their rough drafts and pre-writes for their Narrative Essays. And
I'm looking forward to reading their Narratives! If students did not bring their essays to class, they can email them or share them as a Google Doc. If the essay is not done, a student should contact me to discuss an appropriate extension. I know that some weeks or some assignments are more challenging, so I want to give extra time if needed, and students are more likely to give themselves that extra push if they have a specific deadline.
For our in class discussion of our book, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, I divided the class into small groups of 3 or 4, and we used the Triangle Strategy: one student asked the study guide question, the second answered, and the third agreed, disagreed, or added to the response. When that question was satisfactorily discussed, the students rotated the triangle and their roles changed. (See the attached document for clarification.) I heard lots of good talk, and this strategy ensures that everyone gets involved in the discussion.
For grammar this semester, we are working on sentence structures, building from the simplest sentences to more complex ones. We worked partially through some worksheets in class that involved finding the subject nouns and predicate verbs for sentences. Their homework is to finish the worksheets.
Have a great weekend! Enjoy the sunshine!
Mrs. Prichard
Assignments for Next Week
-- Read Chapters 5 & 6
-- 4 Study Guide Questions
-- 2 Simple Sentences worksheets (front and back)
Links for This Week
Class Notes
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