Friday, October 2, 2015

Writing 2 Class Notes -- Week 6 (October 1)

Greetings!

Yesterday was a great day, weather-wise and class-wise.  

I gave the students two options for the Quick Writes.  September 26 was John Chapman's birthday; most know him as Johnny Appleseed and remember that he traversed our young country planting apple trees.  The second option was to comment on the fact that October is National Pizza Month.  I heard from the students their favotie apple recipes and favorite pizza combinations.


Our Words of the Day included:
abbott -- fr. Middle English -- a man who is the superior in a church
rheumatism-- fr. Latin, fr. Greek -- any disorder of the extremities, especially back and legs
mere -- fr. Middle English -- to be nothing more, nor better than.

The students got back their rough drafts, and as is my policy, we go over common mistakes found in those rough drafts.  One of the best ways to learn grammar is to learn in in the context of their own writing.  For this discussion, we covered introductions/conclusions, contractions, punctuation in dialogue, and semicolons.

This week we had our Pronouns presentation given to us by Savannah, Megan, and Christopher.  They did a great job!.  A video along with a short presentation were given; the presenters prepared a game, and students were also given some homework. I will be including a link to the PowerPoint presentation that one of the students put together.  Additionally, I have some other links for students to check out if they want to do more research.

Next week:  Adjectives with Nicole, Andrew, and Luke

We did not have time to discuss A Connecticut Yankee.  For next week, I would like students to be sure to be ready to discuss the  chapters.  Youtube has a great audiobook available if students are have a hard time reading the chapters.

Assignments for Next Week:
-- Final Draft of Process Essay
-- Pronouns Homework
-- Read Chapters 28 - 31 in ACY
-- Answer 3 Study Questions and fill in 5 Vocabulary words

Links for This Week:
Class Notes

See you next week!  Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Prichard

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