I don't know about all of the students, but I feel that it's good to be back in school again. Our Quick Write for the day was weather-related because of the snow and high winds in the northwest portion of the state: Imagine you are stuck somewhere in a blizzard. What would you do? Write about it. For those who are new to the class, we do a these Quick Writes at the beginning of every class. They help to jump start our brains into a writing mode. Often, we usually do Words of the Day, a selection of foreign or unusual words and phrases so that we can expand our vocabularies. We didn't do any words this week because we had a lot to cover.
I handed out a lot of papers this week:
-- Spring Semester Syllabus
-- Characteristics of a Detective Story
-- Characterization in Sherlock Holmes
-- Study Questions for Sherlock Holmes
-- Problem/ Solution Essay
-- Grammar Worksheets
We discussed the general plan for the semester that included the writing assignments, the literature, and the grammar plan. I will attach those documents with this e-mail, with the exception of the grammar worksheets, and will put them on the Dropbox site. I am using a supplemental workbook published by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston which is a fairly big document. I have the whole workbook on Dropbox, so if a student is missing an assignment, you can download the workbook and print the needed pages.
Resources for the class:
-- Weekly Class Notes
-- Weekly Blogs (same content as the Class Notes)
-- Dropbox document storage site
-- Engrade (an assignment and grading website)
(If you have any questions about these, let me know. Some students already have Engrade accounts through other classes. If that is the case, let me know the student number, and I can adjust the number for the account for this class.)
Our first essay for the semester is a Problem/ Solution Essay. An essay of this kind explores possible solutions to a specific problem.
We will be using three books this semester: Six Great Stories from Sherlock Holmes, Great Short, Short Stories, and 101 Great American Poems. We're starting with the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Problem/Solution Essay Pre-Write
-- Read the handout on Characterization in Sherlock Holmes stories
-- Read "A Scandal in Bohemia" and "The Red-Headed League"
-- Answer 2 questions for "The Red-Headed League"
-- Grammar Worksheets 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
This week's blog posts:
Class Notes
Have a great week!
Mrs. Prichard
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