Thursday, March 28, 2024

Writing 1 Class Notes–Week 11 (3/38)

 As is typical the week before Spring Break, we had a few absent from our class today.  One of the beauties of homeschooling is that we can take trips with the family as is needed and necessary with very few  repercussions!  We missed those who were gone, but had a fun class anyway.  If you were absent, be sure to check these notes very well ;)


For our Quick Write, students are continuing their efforts to write some original poetry.  Last week, we wrote list poetry.  This week, they generated questions of all kinds and then attempted to arrange them into a poetic form.  

  

For Writing, I reminded the class that their Analogy Essay Final Drafts and End Notes will be due when we get back from break.  Make sure you bring a copy to class for Peer ReviewGrade Reports will be issued over the break, so now is a great time to make up any work that might be outstanding.


The Literature portion of  class was dedicated to poetry. Some students enjoy poetry and some are not crazy about it.  We talked about how poetry is art made with words.  I told them that it is said that poets are born–but the rest of us can learn how to write verse and enjoy it.  :) 


After refreshing ourselves on last week’s poetry selections, we had another Jigsaw Style discussion.  They were given a Poetry Menu with discussion prompts and were assigned a poem.  After thoroughly discussing their insights, they got into mixed groups and related their top takaways.


For the Grammar portion of the class, we had a quick lesson on complements.  Complement is the term used for a word or words that are needed to complete the meaning of an expression.  Last week we studied the use of direct and indirect objects as complements.  This week, we added Predicate Nouns and Predicate Adjectives as complements.  I reminded them of our Venn Diagram of linking verbs–once they have determined if the verb is an action verb (AV) or a linking verb (LV) then they will be able to identify the complement. Here’s some Grammar Code:   PNs and PAs always follow a LV.  Since they are experts at nouns and adjectives from the Fall Semester, determining which is a noun and which is an adjective should be relatively simple.  Make sure to correct those worksheets before you turn them in.

  

That’s all, folks.  Happy Easter!  He is Risen!

Blessings,

Mrs. G


Homework

Analogy Essay Final Draft

Analogy Essay Endnotes

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