Greetings!
It was so good to see the students; including our week off and the week my son subbed for me, it's been 3 weeks since I've seen their smiling faces. 
Below are our Quick Write prompts for the day.
- Tuesday, March 1, is National Minnesota Day!! What do you like the most about Minnesota? What might you say to convince someone to move to or at least visit Minnesota? If you were to have visitors from a far away place come to Minnesota, what sights would you like them to see?
- Wednesday, March 2, is World Teen Mental Health Day. What does it mean to be mentally healthy? What do you do to be mentally healthy? How do you help others who might be struggling with their own mental health?
- Friday, March 4, is National Grammar Day (It’s “imperative” that we “march forth” on this day!) Write either a rant or a praise about what you think of this system for understanding language and communicating with one another.
We usually do a quick Homework Check between our beginning of class activities and instruction. Students can hand in their work for this week when they come to class next week. With the exception of their rough drafts. Those should be finished and put on the Google Classroom assignment for the Problem/Solution or Cause/Effect Rough Draft.
Speaking of the Problem/Solution or Cause/Effect Rough Draft, we took some time for each student to share about their topics. The framework for this essay is fairly straightforward. As we went around the class sharing topics, I was impressed with wide variety of topics and their good ideas. I look forward to reading their rough drafts this week.
We turned our attentions to our short stories. We watched a short Lego animation of a story that is assigned for next week, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country." After that we broke into small groups to share funny stories that had happened in their lives. It seemed that a number of the students had not read all of the stories assigned for this week. When that happens, I often find a good "pop quiz" is in order.
For our Grammar lesson, we're still learning about commas. We've looked at commas with compound sentences, commas with complex sentences, and commas with introductory phrases/clauses. This week, we are adding commas to sentences with appositives and phrases that "interrupt" a sentence. We did almost half of the assigned work during class, so that students could ask questions.
Have a great weekend.
Blessing,
Mrs. Prichard
Assignments for Next Week
Short Stories by Twain, Crane, Jewett, Gilman
Links for This Week
Writing 2 Class Notes -- Week 7 (March 3)
Have a great weekend!
Blessings,
Mrs. Prichard
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