Writing 1: Writing 1 Class Notes -- Week 15 (December 14)

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Writing 1 Class Notes -- Week 15 (December 14)

Greetings!

We had a wonderful day today and combined both work and fun on this final day.

Homework & Grades

Students handed in their final drafts of their Historical Person Composition. I will grade those projects and any other homework that was handed in; my goal is to have final grades out soon. I mentioned to the class that I will take any homework submitted by December 22 at 11:59 p.m. If there are any questions, please contact me. Because I have final drafts and projects from both my classes, I know that I won't have the work ready for final grades until after Christmas. Look for them some time after the New Year.

The Wrap-Up

As a culminating event, we combined work and fun with a quiz on the Fall Visual Vocabulary in the form of a KAHOOT! game. I will record their scores and use it as their grade.

After that, we had a “test” over A Christmas Carol in the form of a game called ZAP! The class split into teams and had fun answering questions and things got a little competitive! ZAP! Is not only a question/answer game, but it also allows teams to steal points from each other. The winners received a candy reward.

A Contest

Last, we had the Annual Writing 1 Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest–there were some other choices for coloring and word searches too (as per their request last week.) Some enjoyed drawing and coloring—for the hotly contested 1st Prize: a quality Spork! They sipped hot chocolate, snacked and enjoyed Christmas music as they colored for the rest of the period.