Parts of Speech Update

Hey class!

I've gotten a couple of e-mails with questions about the Parts of Speech unit, so I thought I'd send out a group-wide e-mail.

Even though we talked about this in class last week, I feel that there may still be some confusion about the guidelines for the project and the specifics of the assignment.  So, here's what I'd like to do --- let's push the presentations out a week so that we have extra time to plan and to work in groups.  This week we will talk through any questions that students might have.

Adjusted schedule:

Week 3 -- Review Parts of Speech/Discuss assignment

Week 4 -- Parts of Speech Pre-Test
Week 5 -- Nouns (Chader, Darren, Ted)

Week 6 -- Pronouns (Rachel, Anna.)

Week 7 -- Adjectives (Nicole, Andrew, Luke)

Week 8 -- Adverbs (Hannah, Shay, Ian)

Week 9 -- Verbs (Corey, Abby, Faith)

Week 10 -- Prepositions (Christopher, Savannah, Megan

Week 11 -- Conjunctions (Katelyn, KC, Danielle)

Week 12 -- Interjections (Simon, Nick, Jack)

Week 13 -- Review

Week 14 -- Parts of Speech Post-Test

I've taught this lesson using this process at the other school where I teach, and I was excited about how students learned.  We all know that if you have to teach something, you learn it a little better.  Also, students enjoyed being taught by their classmates.

On the down side, we only see one another once a week, so we need to fit a lot in to our weekly class.  Students may not realize that they have questions about an assignment until AFTER they've left class.  Always feel free to send an e-mail to clarify anything.

See y'all on Thursday,

Mrs. Prichard