Hello Class!
We had a great, fast paced class today where students were engaged and learning well. I love working with this group!
For our QuickWrite today students watched a short video by Canadian psychologist, author, and media commentator Jordan Peterson. After watching, they responded to whether they agree with Peterson’s claim that
Writing is Thinking
We discussed whether they agreed or disagreed and I hope they were inspired to take ownership of their writing–learn to be articulate and deadly as Mr. Peterson asserts!
Grammar took the lion’s share of our class today–we had three presentations: Conjunctions, Adverbs and Conjunctions. The groups did a good job presenting their information! Students got to interact with the material through activities, short lessons by me and worksheets. They have two Adverbs and two Pronoun worksheets due next week. Our last group will present next week and then we will finish the unit.
With the remaining class time was devoted to Writing and our last essay of the semester was introduced. It’s called Essay 4: “A Leads to B”. Students will be examining the connection between two events. The example given in class was:
As homework, they will need to brainstorm a major change or event and explain how this change came about. Another angle is to look at something that exists today and explain how that thing came to be. Ask: How did A inspire B? Their task is to explain the connection.
There are more examples on their Prewrite worksheet and that is due next week. Rough draft is due Week 12 (11/30)-- the week after Thanksgiving break. The Final is due the last day of class.
Enjoy the next few warmer fall days!
Blessings,
Mrs. G
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