We had a good class today. the students were all attentive and engaged in our conversations.
Our Quick Write was prompted by the fact that today is National Opposite Day. I challenged the students to write about loving something they hate or hating something they love. Or, they could try to write using a lot of double negatives. It was fun hearing them talk about the topics they liked that as if they didn't.
Our Words of the Day were chosen by Samantha from my book of foreign words and phrases:
brouhaha -- fr, French, originally, brou, ha, ha! -- used by characters to represent the devil in 16th century drama -- a fuss, commotion, hullabaloo
ex delicto -- fr. Latin, "from a transgression" -- a legal term the refers to the consequences of a crime
paladin -- fr. Latin, palatinus, "an imperial palace" -- a knightly or heroic champion
We had a quick check in about their first writing assignment for this semester -- a Mystery Story. Some of the students are not as confident about this assignment because creative writing is more unfamiliar ground. For students who really don't want to write a mystery story, they can write an essay about something that is "mysterious." The blog for Writing 2 has along the right hand column some links to last year's short stories.
We've started our first stories Six Great Stories from Sherlock Holmes. For those of you who are familiar with these stories, the first one, "Scandal in Bohemia" is about Irene Adler, the one woman who fascinated Holmes. This story along with our other story for today, "The Red-Headed League" gave us good scenes for understanding Holmes' observation abilities. They also provided some glimpses into mystery story elements -- the misdirected clues, disguises, knowledge of human nature, etc. Students, make sure you read the assigned stories so that you can participate in the class discussions.
Our Grammar portion of the class was a continuation of work with parallel structure. Students worked hard, and most of them got the worksheets done before the end of the class.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Read "The Speckled Band" and "The Engineer's Thumb"
-- Answer 4 study guide questions
-- Mystery Story Rough Draft
-- 2 Grammar Worksheets
Links for this Week
Class Notes
Have a great weekend! Stay safe and healthy!
Mrs. Prichard
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