Greetings!
We had a delightful class this week. Our class time was quite full.
We started with a Quick Write, and these were our prompts:
- Ask me (Mrs. Prichard) 3 questions, and I will answer at least one of them.
- Tell me something you've not told anyone.
- Write about keeping a secret or planning a surprise.
- Tell about something mysterious that has happened to you
- Whatever . . .
Our Words of the Day came from Ike, Megan, and Grace.
avuncular-- fr. Latin, avunculus, "uncle" -- pertaining to an uncle
uxorious -- fr. Latin, uxor, "wife" -- devoted to or ruled by a wife
ataraxia-- fr. Greek, ataraxia, "impassiveness" -- calmness; impassivity
hystricine-- fr. Latin, hystrix, "porcupine" -- pertaining to porcupines
ailorophile-- fr. Greek, ailouros, "cat" and philo, "love" -- a lover of cats
We are now in Week 5, so students need to check in on their homework. I give students three weeks to get assigned work in (actually, they have 4 weeks from the assigned date until I will no longer take it.) After that extended time, assignments will be given zeros. According to my late homework policy, any assignments due on Week 2 is now overdue. You will be getting a Grades Report sometime over the weekend.
Students handed in the final drafts of their Mystery Story. I'm really looking forward to reading these because their rough drafts were so good! As a reminder, they should hand in their rough drafts with my marks/corrections when they hand in the final drafts. The final drafts should be handed in to the Google Classroom assignment.
When we finish one paper, we start another. For the next round of essays, students can choose to write an Cause/Effect Essay or a Problem/Solution Essay. We did a lot of brainstorming about how to structure these kinds of essays. Students have the next three weeks to do their brainstorming and research. The pre-writes and rough drafts should be handed in on March 3.
We have finished our Sherlock Holmes stories and are not reading from a selection of short stories. For this week they read 3 stories by Russian authors, and we discussed the main points and overarching themes for each. Then I gave the students cards from a game, Storymatic, and they were to compose a story that incorporated one of the themes from the Russian stories. When they were done, they shared their stories with the rest of the class.
At the end of class, I gave a very brief Grammar "power lesson" about the commas that follow introductory elements. These elements can include interjections, personal addresses, prepositional phrases, and dependent clauses. The have 2 worksheets to practice this.
I want to commend this class in its ability to take down the room every week. Because we're the last class to meet in our room, the students have to fold the tables and take them to another room down the hall. Then they have to load all of the folding chairs onto a rack. They always do it with cheerful attitudes, and I'm so grateful for their work!
Next week my son Ryan Prichard will be subbing for me. I will Zoom in for part of the class and he will take charge of the rest.
Assignments for March 4
Read Dickens (45); Wilde (189); Kipling (101); Munro (140)
Week 6: Dickens, Wilde, Kipling, Munro (Short Story Worksheet)
Week 6: Dickens, Wilde, Kipling, Munro (Short Story Worksheet)
Links for This Week
Writing 2 Class Notes -- Week 5 (February 10)
Have a good weekend and a wonderful week off!
Blessings,
Mrs. Prichard
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