Greetings!
We had a good class this week. The students came into class ready to learn, and we had a productive time.
Quick Write
Sept. 10 is National Swap Ideas Day, and it encourages us to share a creative or helpful idea with someone and trade them for their thoughts in return. Prompts:
Where do you go to get good ideas?
What great ideas do you have to share with others?
What kind of group that you’d like to be in to share ideas.
On Sept. 8, 1930, the American company 3M began marketing a transparent adhesive tape that later became known as Scotch® tape. On Sept. 10, 1846, American inventor Elias Howe was granted a patent for his sewing machine, which revolutionized garment manufacture in the factory and in the home. Prompts:
What is one of your favorite inventions/gadgets?
What invention do you think the world needs?
Words of the Day (These were invention-related words to go with our Quick Write.)
Patent -- fr. Latin, patere, to lie or be open; including litterae patentes, which means open letters. -- a document that is a license issued by the government conferring rights of ownership of an invention.
Innovation -- fr. Latin innovare, to change or renew -- a new method, idea, or product
Enigma -- fr. Greek ainigma, a dark saying or riddle -- a problem, puzzle, or mystery
Revised Syllabus
This week I was going to hand back the rough drafts of their Personal Essays and go over common writing errors, but I'm afraid my week took a turn that I had not expected. I was with my mom from Friday to Tuesday until she passed away on Tuesday. The papers weren't graded, so I pushed back the due dates of some of the writing assignments. I will have the rough drafts back to them next week and will have all of the homework corrected and updated on Google Classroom.
Google Classroom
I reminded the students that if they don't do an assignment on Google Classroom, they should leave it alone. I will update the scores for work that was handed in during class.
Literature Discussion
The class has read the first 20-some pages My Antonia and done their first set of reader responses. We had small group discussions about grammar, and next week we'll have small group discussions about this book.
Grammar Topics
Last week I had the students write 3 - 5 questions that they had about grammar. They could be specific questions or general, over-arching ones. This week we used the 4-Square model for asking and answering these questions. This model requires everyone in the group to listen in order to respond. One question that I suggested was "Why Grammar?" I heard some good, academic conversations going on. For our grammar topics this semester, we will start with a parts of speech review and then work through different types of phrases. They will review nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs this week.
As I mentioned in the class policies, this year I am doing something different with the grammar homework. This week students were given keys to all of the worksheets. After they finish the grammar homework that was assigned for a week, they should correct it and then hand it in. I want to see what they missed, so they should mark what was incorrect and then fix whatever was wrong. Doing it this way will be more beneficial to the students. They can see right away if they know the material. Each worksheet is worth 10 points, regardless of how long it is. If a student forgets to correct it, I will hand it back to be corrected.
Assignments for Next Week
-- Read p. 24 - 47 (Book I, Sections VII - XIII)
Links for This Week
Writing 2 Class Notes -- Week 3 (September 9)
Blessings,
Mrs. Prichard
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