I appreciated the students’ hard working attitudes today as they dove into another great day of learning together.
We started out class with some housekeeping and some announcements:
Please clean up after yourselves after class. No wrappers on floor; push in chairs 🙂
Turning in HW: EITHER turn it on digitally OR turn it in manually. NOT BOTH 🙂 (I have posted a tutorial on how to scan handwritten homework.)
AI: Grammarly has added a generative AI aspect to their free program. For this reason, I am asking students to avoid (uninstall) Grammarly if they have it on their browser. We discussed the difference between the basic AI tools on Google Docs/Word vs. “generative” AI. The goal is to use authentic word choices and develop a writer’s voice. When we rely too much on the suggestions that AI generates, the paper we meant to write can end up VERY differently. AI can be a wonderful tool to use–later. And not in CHAT writing. 🙂
We had our first edition of Visual Vocabulary (VV). Today, we learned: ostentatious and fatalistic. These words are taken from SAT/ACT vocabulary lists and each week we do VV, students are given the definition, the part of speech, the synonym and antonym. Then they write a sentence using the word in context. We will be adding to the list throughout the semester–so don’t lose that worksheet–keep it behind the Vocabulary/QW tab!
After that, we switched gears to Literature–Ender’s Game. We talked about the fact that our protagonist is very young and considered a prodigy. They are to read chapters 1 & 2 and do three study guide questions or 1 a la carte option. (In class I assigned all the questions. Only choose three!)
In the Writing portion of the class, we continued on the topic of child prodigies. We read a source text on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and make a key word outline for paragraphs one and two. Students are to finish it at home. We discussed two Dress-Ups (-ly adverb and who/which clause.) I also went over the title rule: grab readers’ attention and repeat 1-3 words from the last sentence of the last paragraph. They are to write three paragraphs using 1 dress-up per paragraph. Students should:
Write a KWO
Write a Rough Draft. Print it (see me if this is a problem).
Have an Editor read and mark on Rough Draft.
Write a Final Draft.
Hand in all four pieces. EITHER on GC OR in class. (Keep it all together!)
In the last few minutes of class, I introduced the Grammar project students will be working on throughout this semester. Next week, we’ll talk in more detail. For now, know that for this project, students will be the teachers–in teams they’ll gather information about an assigned part of speech and present it to the rest of the class. We will divide into groups next week and meet Mr. IVAN CAPP
Enjoy the beautiful weather!
Blessings,
Mrs. G
Homework
Read Chapter 1 & 2 Ender’s Game
About Writing from Notes–Mozart (with Dress-Ups)
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