This class was full today. I sure am enjoying this group of students!
Quick Write
Today’s prompt was responding to a comic that “seemed like a good idea at the time.” We enjoyed hearing about some of the childhood experiences the students shared. It’s amazing we all survived!
Words of the Day
Wry–bent, twisted, or turned usually abnormally to one side; made by a deliberate distortion of the facial muscles often to express irony or mockery; cleverly and often ironically or grimly humorous. From the Old English wrigian=to turn, tend in a particular direction. Related to wr-words: wrist, writhe, wriggle, awry
jocular–Wryly amusing, slightly odd and humorous; positive attribute; fun to be around.
Students drew wry emojis and jocular circumstances on the backs of their index cards.
Not only do I encourage students to use these words in conversation and writing, but I warned them I would be giving a quiz over them by the end of the semester.
Grammar
Today was the first day of our Parts of Speech Presentations. The Verbs group of Maesen, Lily and Stella were the brave souls to go first as the other group was absent. (The absent group will present NEXT week along with the Adjectives group.) The girls did a good job as our guinea pigs showing verbs with the game Simon Says, a worksheet (thanks, Lily!) and a short lesson. I also assigned two worksheets which are due next week. As part of the presentations, students fill out an evaluation (linked below.)
Writing
I have graded and handed back (on Google Classroom) the Descriptive Final Essays. Today the Personal Essay Rough Drafts were due. We discussed the fact that the comments/suggestions I make on the Rough Drafts will be aggressive! :0 My goal is to help students turn in the very best Final draft they possibly can. For that reason, they may be surprised to see so many edits and corrections from me.
I will be using a rubric to grade this Rough Draft–this is a change from the first essay and it might be an adjustment for students. I told them not to be discouraged if there are alot of corrections on their Rough Drafts. It is better to have lots of revisions needed to the Rough Draft than the Final paper–by that point it does NO good. I want them to benefit from the comments when there’s still time to make revisions.
Students were told that my suggestions/edits are a GOOD PLACE TO START. Please take the edits and expand in order to make the best writing possible.
To that end, we spent some time discussing Introductions/attention-getters. I am looking forward to seeing what they come up with. (Class notes linked below.)
Last, in our writing discussion is that we will be having our first Writing Circle next week. Students were to fill out the questions concerning their writing goals in order to be prepared for discussion next week. Please answer the Discussion Question about the Personal Essay if they haven’t done so already.
Literature
We didn’t take time to discuss Animal Farm this week because of our Writing/Grammar heavy class period. Next week, we will have our next Literature Circle. To prepare for this, I asked students to write out a Character “Sketch”--three points about the strength/weaknesses of a character of their choosing. We will use these to explore the characters in our discussion.
Students will read Ch. 9-10 of Animal Farm, fill out the 3 Study Guide Questions, and do Take Home Quiz #2 on Chs. 5-8.
Homework
Vebs Group–do your OWN Presentation Evaluation HERE
Adjectives/Interjections Groups–Be ready to present
Class Notes on Introductions/Attention-getters (Personal Essays)
Discussion Question–Personal Essay (Google Classroom)
Read Ch. 9-10
Study Guide Questions, Ch. 9-10
Links for the Week
Class Notes Week 6 (Sept. 29)
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