Greetings!
We had an fun class today -- we covered a lot of material. Before we started with our Quick Write I had them do a little drawing exercise, using as inspiration a picture I drew when I was a toddler. They had to draw a stick figure -- with their eyes closed.
Here are the Quick Write prompts for the day:
February 2 – World Read Aloud Day. Do you have a favorite story that was read aloud to you when you were young? Write about it.
February 4, 2004 – the day that Facebook was launched. Do you use Facebook? What are your thoughts about social media?
February 4, 1789 – the day that George Washington was elected our first president by a unanimous vote of the first electoral college. Do you have any opinions about the electoral college? Do you have opinions about what makes for a good elected leader
Our Words of the Day
mellifluous -- fr. Latin mel, "honey" and fluus, "flowing" -- sweetly flowing
monoglot -- fr. Greek, mono "one" and glotto "tongue" -- speaking only one language
borborygmus -- fr. Greek, borborygmos, "to have a rumbling in the bowels" -- a rumbling or gurgling noise in the digestive system
progeniter -- fr. Latin, progenit, "begotten -- an ancestor, parent, or origin (as of an invention or practice)
I handed back the rough drafts of the Mystery Stories. These were amazing! I found myself thinking of the plots and characters long after reading and correcting them. Many students wrote more than they usually did, and they were pretty creative. As per my practice, I go over common mistakes as part of our rough draft discussions and use these for grammar instruction. The most common errors I found in their write had to do with punctuating dialogue, paragraph formation, comma splice sentences, and compound sentences with commas. Students are to revise their rough drafts into final drafts for next week. Ask your student to share his/her story with you.
We've now finished our 6 short stories of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. To round out this literature unit, students are to write an essay exam in which they address the question, "Is Sherlock Holmes a Hero?" They must first define what a hero is and then apply their definition to Sherlock Holmes. We had NO discussion on these points because I want students to give me their own original ideas. Usually we had a debate-like discussion after this assignment, so I look forward to that next week.
I gave them their next book, Great Short, Short Stories, they have a reading assignment, but no required homework for the stories.
Our Grammar was on hold for the week. Students have enough other work to do for the week.
Assignments for next week
Short Stories: Read Pushkin (162); Tolstoy (169); Chekhov (26)
Links for This Week
Writing 2 Class Notes -- Week 4 (February 3)
Have a great weekend!
Blessings,
Mrs. Prichard
No comments:
Post a Comment