Greetings!
Yesterday's class went well. We were productive, creative, and thoughtful. Our Quick Write was to write about the life of a dollar bill in the first person. I have a Daily Sparks book that gives short writing assignments. One of the students picked this exercise from the book. A lot of writing teachers feel it's helpful to get the bad writing out of the system. Hopefully we did some of that yesterday. I chose 4 words from the SAT Prep book for our Mystery Words. I don't necessarily believe the students will remember all of the words that we discuss, but they'll have an appreciation for new words and for word roots.
I handed back the rough drafts of the process essays. We spent a good part of the class time going over common grammar problems found in the papers. I'll list and discuss some of these on the blog.
I had sent around an e-mail hinting that that I might give a "pop quiz" for our reading of Gulliver's Travels. The students have done a good job keeping up to date with their reading, but I wanted to check for their comprehension. It was such a beautiful day that we took our books and the quiz outside. We answered the questions as a group, and I included more discussion in between the students' answers.
Next week's Assignments:
-- Read Part III, Ch. 1 - 4. (Read the discussion questions before reading the chapters, student's are not required to write out any answers.)
-- Final copy of Process Essay
Enjoy this beautiful weather!
Mrs. Prichard
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