Dear Students,
The weather is turning and we are all ready for a break! But before the break: one last class!
Visual Vocabulary
I opened class with a Bellringer activity to practice paraphrasing. After that, we did our usual visual vocabulary words. This week the words are: felonious and elated. Hopefully, you are not elated about something felonious!
Writing
Today, the KWO on Victorian Inventions was due. During their work time today, I circulated and gave credit to those who met their deadline. I will close this assignment by midnight tonight. Part of learning how to be a good student is learning how to budget time wisely. I hate being a stickler about deadlines–on the other hand, since we are on about a three week essay cycle, and I know from experience that once a student gets behind, it is very difficult to dig out of that hole. That is why I tend to be strict about writing due dates. On that note, I have changed the due dates for this last essay, see below:
In preparation for writing the final essay this semester, which incorporates some research, we had a Writing Circle discussion about MLA Style citations. Students have been handling this skill fairly well, but supporting claims using citations can always use some practice. Each small group was given a folder with directions on how to cite the most common sources: books, online articles, podcasts, videos/Youtube, and movies. After taking a look at those, I gave each group a stack of cards with an example of each type of source. Their job was to compose a Works Cited entry AND show how to cite the source in their writing. They were very engaged in this task!
Literature
Over break, students should read the rest of Stave 4 of A Christmas Carol and answer 3 Questions from the worksheet. They should also answer the fun Discussion question posted on Google Classroom about who played Scrooge the best on the “silver screen.”
Though we haven’t had the opportunity to have a full-blown class discussion on this novella yet, I gave the preview that in this Stave, we meet the final ghost. After break, we will have a discussion and activity on how these three “spirits of Christmas” nudge Scrooge towards his transformation. Last, I reminded the class about the A Christmas Carol vocabulary worksheet that is due 12/11 (WK 14). If they have been defining four vocabulary words from each Stave as they have been reading, it should be a simple matter of finishing. It is worth 40 pts, so it is a big project!
Grammar
The Pronouns Group presented today with a fun mini-lesson, game of Bingo and worksheet. As usual, they have two worksheets from me. Don’t forget to fill out the Evaluation for the Pronouns group. Our last presentation on prepositions will be presented when we come back from break on December 4th (Jediah, Toby & Aaron).
That’s all for now. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and break. We have so much to be thankful for!
Blessings,
Mrs. G
Homework
Victorian Invention Essay–due 12/14
Read Stave 4 ACC
ACC Discussion Question–Which Scrooge?
Links for this week
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