We had a good, productive class this week and covered a lot of ground. For our Quick Write, the students were to choose 1 literary character, 1 real person, and 1 place besides Minnesota and write a brief story. Following their short writing exercise, we had some Latin phrases: acta sanctorum (acts of the saints), ad astra per aspera (to the stars through difficulties), ad augusta per angusta (to the majestic (the holy place) through grief (the narrow place)).
Continuing with our study of commas, our Grammar lesson concerned introductory elements. After doing a couple practice sentences, the students were assigned to do the rest as homework.
We're discussing forming good sentences as a part of the Writing portion of the class. Given a worksheet, they are to write a bad sentence and then improve it. On the second half of the worksheet, they're assigned to choose 5 sentences from the Sherlock Holmes stories and to rewrite them in a different style. They handed in their rough drafts of their Problem/Solution Essays which I will go over this week and hand back next week.
We discussed two more stories from the Sherlock Holmes book. Not only are these stories fun and interesting, the students are reading them carefully to see if they can solve the mysteries by the end of the story. They are to read the last 2 stories in the book. When they're done reading, they are to write a response in the form of a Final Essay. In at least 3 paragraphs, they are to discuss whether Holmes is a "hero."
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Finish the Grammar worksheet
-- Exercises 1 & 2 of the Building Sentences worksheet
-- Read "The Final Problem" and "The Adventure of the Empty House"
-- Answer the question on the Final Exam
This week's blog entries:
Class Notes
Have a great week! Stay warm!
Mrs. Prichard
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