Greetings!
I am thankful we have this week off of class and I hope you are hunkered down as we prepare for this “historic blizzard” they are forecasting. Maybe even catch up on some homework for Writing Class? In case that’s on your to-do list, here is what we covered last week.
Quick Write
The prompts were taken from the suggestions you submitted last semester:
If you could be married to someone famous from the past who is no longer alive, who would you like it to be? Why?
If you could trade lives with anyone in the world, who would you choose and why?
If you could go back to any period of time or place in history what would it be and why?
Words of the Day
We are continuing with our ACT words and they were:
fatalistic: (adj) believing everything is determined by fate and is inevitable
lackadaisical: (adj) without spirit, interest or effort
licentious: (adj) ignoring rules or morals; uncontrolled or immoral
Charlotte submitted this beautiful word:
apricity–noun; The warmth of the sun in winter
The lion’s share of our class was spent on discussing Writing. I have assigned an Examples or Analogy Essay. We spent some time sharing topic ideas and brainstorming how to structure this essay. There were some good ideas! We will continue sharing on Google Classroom as they answer the discussion question and comment on their classmates’ ideas. The Rough Draft and PreWrite is due when we get back from break (3/2.)
I had sent an email home to parents to broach the topic of the Artificial Intelligence tool ChatGpt. We briefly touched on some of this tool’s capabilities and drawbacks. I told students we will be writing about ChatGpt in the next essay and it will be a topic of deeper discussion in the future.
One of the things this tool does NOT do well yet is to give credit to its sources and in-text citations. Since for this essay I am requiring 3 sources and 3 quotes along with a Works Cited page, we took the class time to review MLA documentation. This is the main way we can maintain academic honesty and avoid the charge of plagiarism. Students took notes on a presentation and I handed out citation maker sheets for students to keep track of their sources while they do their research.
After that, we had just a bit of time to sum up the 39 Steps because we finished it! I had some mixed reviews about the ending of this novel. I assigned a One Pager assignment to help students to organize their thoughts about the novel and to prepare for the test. A one pager is a way to visually share key ideas and information using both visual symbols and important words to clearly and concisely share the most important takeaways with someone else. I look forward to seeing what they come up with. We will take the test in class after break.
I handed out the new books and assigned 2 stories, Short Story Worksheets, and 2 Annotations (in their Notebooks.)
No Grammar this week! Enjoy the time off!
Homework
Read “The Gift of the Magi” and “After Twenty Years”
Short Story Worksheets & Annotations
Links for this Week
MLA Presentation and Guided Notes.
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