Friday, October 3, 2014

Writing 2 Class Notes -- Week 6 (Oct. 2)

Greetings!

We had a good class yesterday.  The class has a good rapport with one another and participates will in class discussions.  

Our Quick Write was more fun than profound.  We played a variation of a game called Man Bites Dog.  I passed out cards with words that the students were to use to create headlines.  Then, they were to write a short news story to go with the headline.  We had some pretty creative stories to go with our headlines.

Our Words of the Day from ACY were:
Incognito -- fr. Latin in cognoscere, to know -- with your true identity kept secret
Scrofulous -- fr. Latin scrofula, the lymph glands, a tuberculosis of the lymph glands -- having a diseased, run-down appearance
Slovenliness -- fr. ME sloveyn, careless -- careless, loose, disorderly

The class had been assigned to read Chapters 24 - 27 from A Connecticut Yankee, so I divided the class into 4 groups, one group for each chapter.  As a group they discussed the events of their chapter, looked to key points, and talked about the development of Hank's character.  I not only enjoyed listening to their conversations, but appreciated the thoughtfulness and thoroughness of their presentations.

I handed back the rough drafts of their Process Essays.  As they edit and revise their essays for the Final Drafts, I asked them to list the First 5 and Last 5 corrections from their papers.  They should tell why they made the corrections; in other words, what's the grammar rule behind the needed change.

Assignments for Next Week:
-- Read Chapters 28 - 31 in ACY
-- Answer 3 Study Questions and do 5 Vocabulary Words
-- Prepare the Final Drafts of the Process Essay

This week's blog:
Class Notes

Have a great weekend.  Stay warm and dry!
Mrs. Prichard

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