Our class was good this week. I gave the students two options for the Quick Write. Firstly, we discussed that it was November 5, Guy Fawkes Day. They got a little history lesson about King James I and the Gunpowder Plot. Their other option was to write about National Sandwich Day, which was on November 3. Most students chose to write about their favorite sandwich.
Our Words of the Day were:
res publica -- Latin, res, "thing," and publica, "of the public" -- a public affair, of or belonging to the state or commonwealth
res non verba -- Latin, res, "thing," non, "not," verba, "words" -- deeds, not words
restaurateur -- French restaurater fr. Latin restaurator, "restorer" -- the owner or manager or a restaurant
I handed back a lot of homework this week, including their rough drafts of their Extended Definition and Classification Essays. When I hand back the rough drafts, I like to go over common errors. I want the students to not only correct the spots that I've marked, but I want them to know why they're making the corrections. The top ones for this week were contractions, the word "things," removing 1st person, and the Oxford/serial comma. As they revise their essays, I want them to list the first five mistakes on the half sheet that was handed out to them.
Somehow, and I still can't figure quite how, I ended up with a pile of rough drafts that got put in the wrong pile and didn't get corrected. I got them corrected, scanned and sent out Thursday evening. If anyone did not get an essay back, please contact me.
We had a good Prepositions Presentation this week. As I told the class, prepositions are difficult to explain but are a little easier to identify. We had a video, an activity, and some homework.
I took some time to explain the Baseball game that we will play as our "Final Exam" for A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Students are to write 4 questions about some aspect of the book. It can be a detail from the plot, a character trait of one of the characters, etc. The questions should range from easy (1st base hit) to difficult (Home Run). I will collect them next week so that we can play on the following week.
Assignments for Next Week
-- Any missing Vocabulary Worksheets
-- Baseball Questions
-- Prepositions Homework
-- Final Draft of the Extended Definition or Classification Essay
-- 5 First Errors worksheet
-- Conjunctions Presentation -- Katelyn, KC, Danielle
Links this week
Class Notes
5 First Errors worksheet
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Prichard
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