Even though the students enjoyed their break, it always feels good to get back to the routine of school. For our Quick Write this week students chose from the list we developed last semester: 1) Secular and non-secular music; 2) If you could have one animal trait, what would it be? 3) What food are you craving right now? As always, many of the students share the ideas that they had written about.
Our Words of the Day were also chosen by the students:
nekhedonia -- fr. Greek, Nike, the godess of victory, and hedone, "pleasure" -- the excitement and exultation of an anticipated victory
mambo-- fr. Haitian Creole, "to talk" -- a Latin American dance, similar to a rumba or cha cha.
kitsch-- fr. German "gaudy, trash" -- something that has popular or sentimental value but not of great artistic quality
I checked in with the class on the progress of their current writing assignment, which is to write either a Cause/Effect or a Problem /Solution paper. This two-part paper might require them to do some research that they will then include in their papers. We discussed a little bit this week and will talk more next week about how to do in text citations and a Works Cited page according to MLA guidelines.
For this week, the class read Short Stories by British authors. They were divided into groups and directed to discuss the plots, characters, and deeper meanings of the stories. By this time of year, I find that students start to lag behind in some of their assignments. (I think impending spring has something to do with this!) That said, for next week students do not have to fill out any worksheets, but there WILL BE A QUIZ.
We are continuing to work on commas for the Grammar section of the class. This week, our comma-related topic was restrictive and non-restrictive phrases and clauses. (We have some Rocketbook notes that might help with homework.)
Have a great weekend. The weather should be nice, and spring is just around the corner!
Blessings,
Mrs. Prichard
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Read "Dr. Heidigger's Experiment" (Hawthorne), "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (Bierce) and The Cask of Amontillado" (Poe)
-- No Worksheet, but be ready for the Quiz
-- Rough Draft of Cause/Effect or Problem/Solution Essay
-- Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Phrases & Clauses (2 worksheets)
Links for this Week
Class Notes
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