Friday, December 4, 2015

Writing 2 Class Notes -- Week 13 (December 3)

Greetings!

As always, our class time was productive and enjoyable!

Our Quick Write this week was more on the thought-provoking side than the light-hearted side.  December 1 marks the day when Mrs. Rosa Parks, and African-American, got on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama and refused to give up her seat for a white man.  This provoked a lengthy boycott of the city buses, which eventually caused some segregation laws to be changed. I gave the students 3 options for writing:  1) What is something that they would consider boycotting; 2) What is something they would protest; or 3) What is on their Christmas list.  

Our Words of the Day:
calliope-- fr. Greek, combining kallos "beauty" and opos "voice"  -- a steam-powered pipe organ
camarilla--fr, Spanish, camarilla, "a small room" -- a clique, a group of scheming advisors
canape -- fr. Latin, canapeum, "mosquito net;" fr. French, canape "a sofa" -- a thin piece of bread or toast or a cracker spread with cheese

This is the last of our Words of the Day for this semester.  The Words of the Day Test will be on Week 15 (December 17).

A large portion of the class was spent reviewing the 8 Parts of Speech.  The students did a good job with their projects and in presenting to the class. Next week is the Post-Test.  I've put on the blog and attached with this e-mail a Study Guide and Practice Worksheets.  I projected the worksheet on the whiteboard and had students work as a class to review.

A reminder:  Writing 2 is a year long class, but you must register for each semester.  The registration for the Spring Semester is now open.

Assignments for Next Week:
-- Review the Parts of Speech

Links for this Week:
Class Notes

Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Prichard

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