Greetings!
We had an fun class today -- we covered a lot of material . We started with our Quick Write. As I told them last week, the plan was to write letters of encouragement and gratitude. to someone. They wrote their letters, put them in sealed envelopes, and handed them in. If need be, they can bring the addresses next week if they forgot to bring them today. I will mail them.
Our Words of the Day came from the class contributions:
thalassophile -- fr. Greek, thalasa, "sea" -- a lover of the sea
geminate -- fr. Latin, geminatus, "twinned, divided, equal" -- duplicated, found in pairs; something arranged in pairs
susurrate -- fr. Latin, susurare, "to hum, murmur, mumble" -- to make a whispering or humming sound
costermonger -- fr. French, costard, a large variety of apple; Old English mangare, "merchant, broker" -- a vendor of vegetables
I handed back the rough drafts of the Narrative Essays. These were very enjoyable essays to read. Many students wrote more than they usually did, and they told interesting stories in the contexts of their essays. As per my practice, I go over common mistakes and use these for grammar instruction. The most common errors I found in their write had to do with punctuating dialogue, paragraph formation, comma splice sentences, and compound sentences with commas. Students are to revise their rough drafts into final drafts for next week. In addition to their final drafts, they must fill out a form titled, "First Five Mistakes" on a Google Classroom assignment.
We had a short discussion about Richard Hannay and The Thirty-Nine Steps. We talked about how Hannay was so quick to share his story with those he met, even though dangerous spies were on his trail. We discussed employing a "willing suspension of disbelief." In other words, some parts seem unbelievable, and they will remain just that -- unbelievable. We accept it and go on. In the chapters that they will read for next week, the spy aspect of the story will evolve, so that by the end, there is a solution to the whole mysterious situation. For next week, they will read Chapters 7 & 8 and take a quiz. If they want, they can do the study guide questions for extra credit.
Our Grammar instruction centered on prepositional phrases. These phrases function as either adjectives or adverbs. It is important to identify them in sentences so that they can be eliminated as other sentence parts (e.g. subject, direct object, etc.) Students have 2 sides of one worksheet to do for next week.
A note on homework: last week with 46 rough drafts from Writing 1 and Writing 2, I only corrected student papers. The other grammar and literature homework will be graded and entered into Track My Grades this week. Again, if you are not able to get into Track My Grades, let me know. We discovered today that I had the wrong email entered for one student, and I was able to correct it.
Assignments for next week
Narrative Essay Final Draft
First Five Mistakes (GC)
Read Ch. 7 & 8 of The 39 Steps
Quiz: Ch. 5 – 8 (GC)
Ch. 7 & 8 Study Guide Questions (Extra Credit)
Grammar – Wk4: Prepositional Phrase Practice
Grammar -- Wk4: Prepositional Phrases as Adj/Adv
Remember to bring your address for your envelope.
Links for This Week
Class Notes
Have a great weekend!
Blessings,
Mrs. Prichard
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