We started the class with a Quick Write using the student ideas for the prompts: Today we wrote on about 1) Hair styles and 2) Arrogant and annoying people. As always, the students did some good thinking and writing.
We didn't do any Words of the Day because I wanted to make sure that we had enough time for our presentations.
Students handed in the Rough Drafts of their Comparison/Contrast Essays along with their Pre-Writes and Rough Draft Rubrics. (Note: If students did not hand their essays in class, they can email them as Word Documents or share them as Google docs. I can not open documents from Apple/Mac Pages.)
We spent most of the class time enjoying the presentations of the book projects for My Antonia. The presentations included some thoughtful artwork that connected to the book, a game, a dramatic reading, a short essay, an apron, and a movie trailer. I'm so very pleased with the work the students have done and am looking forward to finishing up our presentations after our Thanksgiving Break.
We had a few minutes at the end of class, so I pulled out an activity that I've been wanting to do that relates to the prairie/western genre. The class was divided in half, and each group was given a poem by Marvin Hass, an old cowboy poet. Their goal was to figure out how to recite it, making sure every person was included. They were marvelous.
Assignments for Next Week
-- NOTHING!
Links for This Week
Class Notes (with photos)
My Antonia Project Self Evaluation
Have a blessed Thanksgiving!
Mrs. Prichard
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