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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