Writing 2 Class Notes -- Week 2 (Sept. 4)

Greetings!

(Firstly, my apologies for the lateness of this update.  Our family had neither phone nor internet connections until Sunday afternoon.  We survived quite well without them, but some work items were delayed.) 

We had a good, productive day in class this week.  The prompt for our Quick Write was inspired by the 50^th anniversary of Gilligan’s Island (one of my favorite childhood TV shows.)  The students were to write about being stranded somewhere.  We had some students in some unusual places, including a time machine. 

 Our Words of the Day came from the students.  I had four volunteers contribute words from our literature:

-- Hinder (to pause or interrupt)

-- Timorous  (fearful, timid)

-- Malediction  (a curse, imprecation)

-- Odsbodikins  (a mild oath, exclamation)

Students handed in their Personal Essays.  I will go over these and hand them back next week.  I am fairly thorough with my marks and comments on these rough crafts.  Much of the learning about writing comes as students revise and correct their rough drafts for the final drafts.

We began our discussions about A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (ACY).  The students were to read chapters 1 – 6.  We discussed Mark Twain’s situational and verbal humor.  We listed adjectives that we felt described Hank, our Yankee who finds himself in Camelot.  Some students already like the book, but most aren’t sure.

We discussed the Grammar lesson from Week 1:  The Sentence.  I use a basic equation for the formation of a sentence:

     Subject (Noun) + Verb + Complete Thought = A Sentence

We discussed sentence fragments and ways to correct a run-on sentence.

Assignments for Next Week:

-- Read Chapters 7 – 14 of ACY.\

 -- Write out answers to 4 Study Questions and choose 8 vocabulary words

-- 2 Grammar worksheets:  Sentence Fragments

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Prichard