I began the class with a bit of an experiment. A few weeks ago I changed our table arrangement from the "U" shape to three rows. I liked that I could see everyone in the same field of vision, but I didn't like the fact that the back row seemed so far away. Katelyn led the class in the discussion, and they had a great idea that we tried today. I think it worked well. Good job, class!
Our Quick Write this week was prompted by the fact that today is Give to the Max Day, which is a day set apart for online fundraising for many non-profits. The writing assignment was to pretend that they had $5000 that they had to give away. Feed My Starving Children in addition to some personal interests. Wouldn't it be fun to have unlimited funds to use to help others out?
Our Words of the Day:
chaconne -- fr. French, a dance -- a musical piece characterized by a continuous variation, a triple (waltz) meter, and a strong repeating bass line
blep -- origin unknown -- the act of a cat sticking its tongue out slightly without realizing it (not in any recognized dictionaries, but in Urban Dictionary)
poobah -- fr. Poo-Bah, a comic character in The Mikado -- a pompous, self-important person
lollygag -- mid 19th century, unknown origin -- to dawdle or dilly dally
I checked in with the class regarding their Comparison/Contrast Essays, and many of them shared their topics with us. When we return after Thanksgiving break, they will hand in the Pre-Writes and the Rough Drafts.
We had 2 presentations for our My Antonia final projects. Emily wrote about herself in the future, and Noah had a travel brochure for Black Hawk, Nebraska, which is the town that Jim and Antonia lived in. When we get back from Thanksgiving break, the rest of the class will present. They seem to have some creative ideas, and I am looking forward to the presentations.
For the remainder of the class, the students worked in groups with a worksheet practicing identifying prepositional phrases and determining whether the phrase was adjectival (modifying a noun) or adverbial (modifying a verb). After working through most of the worksheet, I projected the key on the board, and we not only talked prepositional phrases but subjects, verbs, articles, and possessive pronouns. They do not need to do this worksheet as homework.
Assignments for November 30 (After our Thanksgiving Break)
-- Comparison/Contrast Rough Draft
-- Prepare for My Antonia Final Projects
Links for This Week
Class Notes
Have a blessed Thanksgiving!
Mrs. Prichard
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