Visual Vocabulary
Our words today were hackneyed (adj) and boon (noun). Students worked with those words today.
Writing
The “Franken-essays” were due this week. Now that they have had some practice writing effective introductions and conclusions, they are ready to sink their teeth into some proper essays.
I introduced the “Thank Me Essay.” After we watched the Ted Talk on “The Power of Saying Thank You.” In this short talk, the speaker asks why we don’t simply ask the people we know and love to thank us for specific things. Why is that so hard to do? She posits that we don’t do it because if we do dare to do that, we are making ourselves vulnerable. When we ask to be thanked: what if the person neglects us, abuses that knowledge OR what if they actually do thank us? How would we react? What an interesting concept!
For this essay, students will follow the “My Dog Model” (as passed out in class) to write an essay that describes three things you would ask a loved one to thank you for. The Key Word Outline is due next week (either bring it to class OR scan and upload it to GC. I won’t be accepting submissions after the due date for that one ;It’s worth 20 points!)
Next week, we will talk Style (dress-ups, sentence openers. However, if you want to get a jump on drafting your essay, the template is posted right now. It will be due Week 10 (March 27th.)
Literature
After that, we refreshed ourselves on the two O. Henry stories that were assigned for Literature this week. They were a study in contrasts! “The Furnished Room” is a rare melodramatic (and, frankly, depressing story) whereas “Makes the Whole World Kin” is more in the style we have come to know from O. Henry: witty, humorous and ironic. After a short discussion–and because I must keep these students on their toes– we had a quiz over the second story. Next week they have two more stories and a Short Story Packet as homework.
Grammar
Last, we discussed Direct and Indirect objects. Using some simple example sentences, we identified the direct object–which is the noun or pronoun that “receives” the action of the verb. The indirect object is used when the direct object alone doesn’t tell the full story. Indirect objects “receive” the action of the verb indirectly through the direct object. (Phew!) A tip is that you will find it right after the verb. For example:
She threw him a kiss.
S AV IO DO
There are two worksheets that ask students to build sentences using direct and indirect objects. Mrs. G will correct those.
And I will wave goodbye to you for now.
Blessings!
Mrs. G
Homework this week
Read “Pimienta Pancake” & “Retrieved Reformation”
Thank Me KWO (due next week for 20 pts!)
Grammar
Links for this week
The Power of Saying Thank You Ted Talk by Laura Trice
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