Another great class this week -- they are a smart bunch! Our Quick Write this week was in recognition of Northfield's Defeat of Jesse James Days. We collected a list of Western words, such as Howdy, pardner, saloon, Stetson, y'all, yeehaw, etc. The assignment was to write something and include at least 2 of the words from our list. They were great sports and endured my attempt at a western accent.
Our Words of the Day were chosen by classmates from our reading selection, A Connecticut Yankee.
Blatherskite -- fr. mid-17th century English -- a person who talks at great length without making much sense
Biddable -- fr. Old English; biddan, to beg or ask -- meekly ready to accept and follow instructions; docile and obedient
Lackaday-- fr.late 17th century expression, "a lack a day" -- an expression of regret, sorrow, dismay
I handed back their homework and discussed my grading. For many of the assignments, I put on a check mark with a circle around it. Students get full points for doing the assignments. Worksheets and final drafts of the essays will be evaluated according to right or wrong answers and quality of work.
After handing back the rough drafts of the Personal Commentary Essays, I went over common errors that I found in their rough drafts. They are to keep a sheet in their notebooks with a list of the top mistakes that I find when correcting their rough drafts. On the blog, I will include a picture that has examples of some of the marks that I make on their papers.
We spent time on our Parts of Speech projects. For this project, students are to give a lesson to explain their assigned part of speech, possibly have the students do an activity, and have some kind of homework assignment. In class we discussed where and how they might find information to help with this assignment. The students then broke into their groups to plan for their presentations. These lessons and activities are to take 10 to 20 minutes.
Next week the students will take a Pre-Test to test their knowledge before they've had the series of lessons.
Because I wanted to take extra time with this first round of rough drafts and to make sure that the students were clear on the grammar project, we did not have time for a discussion of our literature, A Connecticut Yankee. Next week!
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Read Chapters 15 - 19 of A Connecticut Yankee
-- Answer 4 Study Guide Questions
-- Select & define 8 Vocabulary words
-- Work on Parts of Speech project
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Have a great week!
Mrs. Prichard
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