Greetings!
We had a good day in class yesterday. We started with a Quick Write. The two prompts for today were inspired by two October 8 events. In the year 876, Charles the Bald was defeated in the Battle of Andernach. I was struck by the unusual nickname, so nicknames were the topic of one option. Also on October 8, 1871, was the Great Chicago Fire. I asked students to write about fires, especially if they had a fun fire-related story.
Following our Quick Write, we looked over the rough drafts of the Personal Essays that I had handed back. As is my custom, I use their own writing to explore grammar issues with which they are struggling. For this round of essays, we discussed introductions and conclusions, comma splice sentences, the Oxford comma, and parallel structure. I also gave a brief explanation of my editing marks. (Here's an old blog post with explanations and pictures pertaining to the marks that I make.) Their Final Drafts of the Personal Essay is due next week.
We had our second parts of speech presentation today. Lilia and Danica gave a great teaching on verbs that included writing sentences with action verbs and state of being verbs. For the students' Grammar homework, they should do both sides of the Verbs worksheet and fill out the evaluation on Google Classroom. (If they have completed the paper worksheet, they do not need to do the worksheet on Classroom, but they DO need to do the evaluation on Google Classroom. Here's the link to this assignment.) Note: Even though I've asked students to NOT turn in an assignment on Google Classroom if they have done the paper version, for this assignment that also
Next week for our Animal Farm discussion, I will divide the students into small groups to discuss Animal Farm.
A note about Google Classroom: I've reminded students that they should NOT turn in an assignment on Google Classroom if they have already turned in the paper copy. Doing so causes some confusion for me when I'm grading assignments. In the future, I will deduct points from their assignments if they unnecessarily turn in their assignments to Google Classroom.
Have a wonderful weekend. The weather should be perfect for enjoying the fall colors!
Blessings,
Mrs. Prichard
Assignments for Next Week
-- Final Drafts of the Personal Essay
-- Read Chapters 9 & 10 of Animal Farm
-- Take Home Quiz #2
-- Verbs Worksheets
-- Verbs presentation evaluation (GC)
-- Adjectives presentation (Rachel & Nina)
Links for This Week
Class Notes 10/8
A quick note about the blog post: The blog post includes the same information that is in this email, but I do not include links to either assignments or documents specific to this class due to security concerns. If you're looking at the blog for assignments and need a link, use the date of the blog post to find the email with the links.
Student Notes 10/8
Fall Writing 1 folder
Quick Write 10/8
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