Greetings!
We had a good class today. The students were engaged and interacted well with the material and with one another.
Quick Write
Students had 4 options today: 1) Sept. 1 was National No Rhyme Day Students could try to rhyme some words that don't have clear "rhyme partners." 2) Sept. 2 is National Blueberry Popsicle Day. Students could write about favorite frozen treats or foods "on a stick." 3) Sept. 3 is National Lazy Mom's Day, and students were prompted to write about tasks they could do for their moms or tasks that their moms do that they would never want to do. 4) "Whatever." Students could write about something else that was one their minds.
Words of the Day
- Pertinacious -- fr. Latin, pertinax, "very firm, tenacious" -- stubbornly persistent.
- Ulotrichous --- fr. Greek, oulos, "curly, woolly" and thrix, "hair" -- having very curly, wool-like or stiff hair
- Gobbledygook -- a word coined by Maury Maverick in 1944 - means unintelligible, whether in communication is nonsense/gibberish or overly complicated
I took a few minutes to go over the CHAT classes email and Google Classroom. Some students haven't used Google Classroom and are unfamiliar with this resource. It might take a while to become completely comfortable with all of the necessary aspects of Google Classroom.
Writing Discussion
The rough drafts of the Descriptive Essay were due today. They could be handed in on Google Classroom or as paper copies in class. I will go over these rough drafts and hand them back next week for students to revise into final drafts. I clarified that all students get a basic score for their rough drafts. A qualitative evaluation will be given for the final draft using a rubric.
Literature Discussion
We're starting into our book for the semester, Animal Farm by George Orwell. For a Pre-Reading exercise, they are to compose their thoughts about "What Makes a Hero." This is due next week, but some students were finished and handed it in this week. As part of our discussion, we talked about the sub-title for the book: a fairy story. When we're all done with the book, we'll talk about how our definitions of a fairy tale match with the book.
I gave students an introduction to the book and a study guide. For each reading assignment, they're to complete 3 Reader Responses, and those could be study guide questions or something from the "Ala Carte" section at the end of the study guide. They can do a mix of questions and ala carte options.
Grammar Topics
This week I introduced our grammar unit: The 8 Parts of Speech. Students will be the teachers -- in teams they'll gather information about their assigned part of speech and present it to the rest of the class. We will divide up into groups next week. For their homework, they are to complete a Parts of Speech Pre-Test. They can complete the paper copy or the Google Classroom copy.
As an Extra Credit assignment, they can submit a picture of "IVAN CAPP" (our mnemonic device for the parts of speech) to be voted on as a class favorite to use as a mascot for this unit. As a class, they decided to make this a competition. May the best IVAN CAPP win!
Assignments for Next Week
-- Read Ch. 1 & 2 of Animal Farm
-- Quiz -- Intro to Animal Farm (on Google Classroom)
Links for This Week
Writing 1 Class Notes -- Week 2 (September 2)
Blessings,
Mrs. Prichard
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