Another good week at CHAT under our belts. We only have 4 weeks of class left -- where has this semester gone?
I gave the students two options for the Quick Write. Firstly, Veterans Day was acknowledged and celebrated on Wednesday, November 11. I mentioned to them that this holiday was originally Armistice Day because of the armistice between the Allies and Germany that was signed at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month. It is also National Children's Book Week. The students could either write about someone whom they knew served in the military, or they could write about a favorite children's book.
We didn't have any Words of the Day. The Words of the Day test is December 3. I will send out a complete list for them to review before then.
As the class handed in their final copies of an essay, I had a handout for the next essay. They're really good troupers and have done some good writing this term. For the next essay assignment, they will write a Comparison/Contrast Essay. We talked at length about how to organize an essay of this type. Writing a thesis statement for an essay like this can also be challenging.
Our Parts of Speech Presentation this week was about Conjunctions. Our presenters covered coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, and correlating conjunctions. Understanding conjunctions also means knowing about compound sentences and complex sentences. Next week: Interjections.
We discussed again our final next week for A Connecticut Yankee -- which will look a lot like a baseball game. Most of the students have handed in their 4 questions which we will use in our game.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Conjunctions Homework
-- Comparison/Contrast Essay Pre-Write
Links for this Week:
Class Notes
Enjoy this beautiful weather!
Blessings,
Mrs. Prichard
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