We made it to class despite the snowy weather, and it was good to see everyone’s smiling faces.
As usual, we started with our Quick Write using a combinations prompt options that both the class and I have written:
I wouldn't be me without…
Write about a scar that tells a cool story.
What five adjectives describe your personality?
How would you like to “show up” to others? What five adjectives would you like other people to describe you with? How do you desire others to experience your personality?
Remember your prompt from last week? Take the same character you invented and answer questions 1-3 from their point of view.
Whatever???
Our Words of the Day were a combination of the ones I brought and one that Grace brought. I asked students to submit their Words of the Day to me in advance, provide the definition, etymology and an example sentence and they can have some extra credit. Though today’s submission was a bit obscure, the Word of the Day should be a word that is interesting, but not too strange. In other words, it should be a word that could be used in conversation, or perhaps our writing.
Students recorded these Words in their Writing 2 Notebooks.
abscond (v)
Definition: To depart quickly and in secret, especially to avoid criminal charges.
Etymology: Latin–ab=off or away from; -condere=put together; store
Example: The bank robbers immediately absconded to Mexico with the money.
Nefarious (adj)
Definition: Evil, reprehensible
Etymology: Latin-ne-not and fas=right; first used in 1609
Example: Because of the nefarious nature of this crime, I am forced to pass a stern sentence.
Arachibutyrophobia (n)
Definition: fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
The usual Agenda for the class time is to do these beginning of class activities and then most of the time we cover these topics in this order: Writing assignments/instruction, Literature discussion, and Grammar instruction/work.
For our Writing discussion, I checked in with them about the progress of their Narrative Essays. The Pre-Writes and Rough Drafts are due next week. Students were reminded that a Narrative Essay is kind of like a "story with a purpose."
To that end, there may be some characters using dialogue. We had a mini-lesson on using quotation marks. They worked in pairs on a worksheet. There is a Dialogue Quiz posted on Google Classroom–watch the video, then answer the questions.
The class has read and annotated the first 2 chapters of our book, The Thirty-Nine Steps. We didn’t talk about chapters 1 and 2 this week, but will circle back next week. Instead, I divided the class into 4 groups, and they played the game "Enter the Mystery Mansion." Students were given cards with pictures, and as a group, they were to compose a mystery and/or spy story. When they were done, a story was shared to the whole group.. They were quite creative!
The last part of class was for Grammar instruction. Today, I did a short lesson on simple and compound subjects and predicates. Students got their worksheets at the end of class. Remember, they should be corrected before they are turned in!
Homework
Read Chap. 3-4 39 Steps
3 Annotations (in NB)
Links for the Week
Class Summary Video (if absent)
Blessings on you week!
Mrs. G
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