Greetings!
It was good to see
everyone today after last week's cancelled classes. With the poor
driving weather, I'm also glad to see that we were all safe. My commute
was almost 3 hours, so the class had to start on their Quick Writes on
their own.
Next on the agenda was a discussion of the Sherlock Holmes
stories that we have been reading. Of the six stories in the book,
we've read four of them. I divided the class into four groups and
assigned each group to go through one of the stories and look for
specific places in the text that describe Holmes. As groups, they
presented to the rest of the class some good analysis of their story and
some great descriptions of Holmes's character, personality, skill, and
motivation.
For next week, the students are to write a
Take Home Essay Final. I had forgotten to make copies of the handout
that explains the guidelines for this:
What Makes a Hero?
Is Holmes a hero?
What qualities do you admire in heroes?
In at least 3 paragraphs, discuss whether or not Holmes possesses these
qualities, using examples from the text.
Specific instances and quotes should support your comments. You may want to consider whether some of the
flaws Watson acknowledges keep Holmes from becoming truly heroic in their
eyes. Feel free to compare Holmes with
other literary characters.
Our Grammar focuses for a few
weeks are verbal phrases. the worksheets they were assigned last week
had them working with participial phrases, and we discussed gerund
phrases today. These phrases are verbals -- various forms of verbs that
are used not as action words but as adjectives (participles) and nouns
(gerunds)
The students handed in the rough drafts of their Problem/Solution Essays. I will hand them back next week.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Read the final 2 Sherlock Holmes stories
-- Write an essay to answer the "Hero" question
-- Finish Worksheet 6-5
This week's blogs
Class Notes
Sherlock Holmes Take Home Final
Have a great weekend and stay warm!
Mrs. Prichard
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