Greetings!
We had another full class time this week. When I first started teaching at CHAT, I didn't know how I would fill a 90 minute class. Now I wish I could have the students for even more time because there's always more to cover.
Quick Write
Our prompts for today:
Nov. 10 was the birthday of the US Marine CorpsNov. 11 was Veterans/Armistice DayNov. 12 was National Chicken Soup for your Soul
Students could write something about the military or about something that has to do with social/mental/emotional self-care.
Words of the Day
Today's words were war-related:
military -- fr. Latin militis, "soldier" -- of or relating to war, soldiers, armyveteran -- fr. Latin, veteranus, "old, aged, experienced" -- someone who has served in the military; someone who has had long experience in an occupation/skillarmistice -- fr. Latin, arma, "weapons" and stitium, "to stand, be firm" -- a temporary halt in battleswar -- fr. PIE (Proto-Indo-European) wers, "to confuse, mix up" -- a fight carried on in battle using arms
The final drafts of the Extended Definition or Classification Essay were due this week, and we're on to the next essay -- a Comparison/Contrast Essay. For the rest of the essays that they will write for Writing 2, students will write a Pre-Write, Rough Draft, and Final Draft. I have the Pre-Write "due" next week because I want students to take the week to plan and research for their essays. However, they don't have to hand in the pre-writes until they hand in the rough drafts, which will be on December 2 (3 weeks from this week.)
I divided students into 5 small groups for Writing Circles so that they could talk about some sample introductions. Reading samples, even bad ones, of introductions helps students get a better idea about how to write ones themselves. I overheard some good discussions.
Note: If students are late in handing in their essays, they should send me an email so that I can correct it as soon as possible. ALL rough drafts and final drafts must be handed in via Google Classroom.
Literature
We didn't talk about Giants in the Earth this week. Next week we'll talk about Giants in the Earth and Grapes of Wrath.
Grammar
This week's Grammar discussion centered on Indicative and Subjunctive moods of verbs. For the most part, students get these correct when they write (or it's easy for me to correct), but they often struggle when they are learning a foreign language. We did half of a worksheet together, and I have a video posted below that gives a more detailed explanation.
Assignments for Next Week
Extended Definition/Classification Essay Rough Draft (if not done)
Extended Definition/Classification Essay Final Draft (if not done)
First 5 Corrections (if not done)
Comparison/Contrast Essay Pre-Write (work on for 11/19 and due 12/2)
My Antonia Final Exam (if not done)
Read Grapes of Wrath excerpt
Links for This Week
Writing 2 Class Notes -- Week 11 (November 11)
Enjoy the changing of the seasons!!
Blessings,
Mrs. Prichard
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