Greetings!
We had a good class following our week-long Spring Break. It seems that some students enjoyed having time off from their CHAT classes.
At the beginning of the Quick Write, I had the students select a noun. At this point we talked about common, proper and abstract nouns. Once they had chosen their nouns, I gave them the following quote by Rachel Carson, a naturalist and a writer: "The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him." I had the student take time to "listen" to what comes to mind about the noun. I feel pretty strongly that people don't spend enough time quietly "listening" in an unplugged way to the world around them.
Following the Quick Write, we worked together on two grammar worksheets: one on commas and one on parallel constructions. We did these as a group so that I could use it as a learning opportunity.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Read the poems by Anne Bradstreet (p. 1); Phylis Wheately (p. 1); Oliver Wendel Holmes (p. 21); Ralph Waldo Emerson (p. 4-5); Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (p. 6 - 10).
-- Catch up on any short stories that you haven't read.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Prichard
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