Greetings!
We had another full class time this week. I'm always amazed at how quickly our time goes. Our Quick Write titled "Reel Time." This past week, Shirley Temple died, and I was remembering how our family enjoyed her movies. I had the class write about either the first movies they remembered watching OR a movie watched over and over again. Many of them have the same memories of the same movies
Below are our Words of the Day:
acumen -- (from Latin, acuere to sharpen) noun; shrewd, sharp perception
avoirdupois -- (French) referring to a system of weights in which 16 ounces is a pound
vol au vent -- (French) a very light puff pastry filled with meats and a sauce
farrago -- (from Latin; meaning a mixed fodder) a confused mixture, jumble, hodgepodge
I handed back a lot of papers this week. We looked at the Final Exam for the Sherlock Holmes stories. They were to write whether or not they thought Holmes was a hero. I scored these essays by counting specific comments and examples. The more they wrote, the more points they acquired. We discussed our answers; though many of them held opposing opinions, they each did a wonderful job supporting their ideas.
Our next book is a collection of short, short stories, and we read three stories by Russian authors: Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Pushkin. We took time and discussed all three. For next week, we will read short stories by British authors.
As I corrected the grammar worksheets, I saw that we needed more practice and work with gerunds. In class we partly completed another worksheet with gerund phrases. They are to complete it and hand it in next week. The worksheet is attached and is on Dropbox.
They handed in their Final Drafts of the Problem/Solution Essays and are to write their pre-writes of the next essay: Cause/Effect Essay.
Assignments for Next Week
-- Read the following short stories: Dickens (p. 45); Wilde (p. 189); Kipling (p. 101); Munro (p. 140)
-- Fill out one side of a worksheet for each story.
-- Grammar worksheet -- Gerunds
-- Pre-Write for the Cause/Effect Essay
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Have a great weekend. Make the most of the winter!
Mrs. Prichard
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