Greetings!
We had a good class today. The students came into class ready to learn, and we had a productive time.
Quick Write
Sept. 10 is National Swap Ideas Day, and it encourages us to share a creative or helpful idea with someone and trade them for their thoughts in return.
Where do you go to get good ideas?
What great ideas do you have to share with others?
What kind of group that you’d like to be in to share ideas.
On Sept. 8, 1930, the American company 3M began marketing a transparent adhesive tape that later became known as Scotch® tape. On Sept. 10, 1846, American inventor Elias Howe was granted a patent for his sewing machine, which revolutionized garment manufacture in the factory and in the home.
What is one of your favorite inventions/gadgets?
What invention do you think the world needs?
Words of the Day (These were invention-related words to go with our Quick Write.)
Patent -- fr. Latin, patere, to lie or be open; including litterae patentes, which means open letters. -- a document that is a license issued by the government conferring rights of ownership of an invention.
Innovation -- fr. Latin innovare, to change or renew -- a new method, idea, or product
Enigma -- fr. Greek ainigma, a dark saying or riddle -- a problem, puzzle, or mystery
Revised Syllabus
This week I was going to hand back the rough drafts of their Descriptive Essays and go over common writing errors, but I'm afraid my week took a turn that I had not expected. I was with my mom from Friday to Tuesday until she passed away on Tuesday. The papers weren't graded, so I pushed back the due dates of some of the writing assignments. I will have the rough drafts back to them next week and will have all of the homework corrected and updated on Google Classroom.
Google Classroom
I reminded the students that if they don't do an assignment on Google Classroom, they should leave it alone. I will update the scores for work that was handed in during class.
Literature Discussion
The class has read the first 2 chapters of Animal Farm and done their first set of reader responses. Next week we will have a 4-Square Discussion on Chapters 1 - 4. (More on that next week.)
I gave the students two documents to help them plan for their parts of speech presentations. Students signed up for their parts of speech. (See the list below). Students should connect with one another over this week, and they will have time next week in class to prepare for their presentations.
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! We will vote next week, so if a student hasn't done a picture but wants to, there's still time.
Parts of Speech Groups
Interjections -- Peytan, Sarah, Noah
Verbs -- Estelle, Johnny
Adjectives -- Megan, Ava, Rhyan
Nouns -- Grace, Jaden, Eliana
Conjunctions -- Molly, Charissa, Katelyn
Adverbs -- James, Phoebe, Joren
Pronouns -- Chase, Will, Liam
Prepositions -- Kevin, Evan, Ike
Assignments for Next Week
-- Week 4 Take Home Quiz (on Google Classroom)
-- Parts of Speech Pre-Test (if not finished this week)
-- Discussion Question -- Descriptive Essay (on Google Classroom)
Links for This Week
Writing 1 Class Notes -- Week 3 (September 9)
Blessings,
Mrs. Prichard
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