Hi Everyone!
We had a great class today! I am always encouraged to see such bright, inquisitive students each week who are engaged and ready to learn!
We kicked off with our Quick Write. First we had a mini-lesson on our next Dress-up called strong verbs. We discussed a great way to identify verbs and strong verbs vs. weak verbs. One of the best ways to encourage strong verbs is to ban weak verbs, so we banned our first weak verb: go/went (come/came.) Students started building a list of alternatives to that oft-used weak verb. We started an alternative word list for these banned verbs and will add to it throughout the year.
I gave them a choice of writing prompts to practice using strong verbs:
National Parents as Teachers Day
National Fast Food Day or
Tell some current faves: songs, Youtube channel, Podcast or game.
Writing
Today, the Biography Essays were due. After they are graded (and coded) I will hand them back. Students will then use their Grammar and Content Codes to perform their Final Edits.
We took a few minutes to discuss introductions and conclusions using a worksheet. We identified a clear thesis and roadmap sentence, style points and the topic-clincher rule for the sample I handed out.
In the meantime, it was time to introduce our next and LAST essay for the semester. Students will be researching and writing about a Victorian Invention. It goes well with the time periods of Peter Pan and A Christmas Carol. Today we went over the requirements of the essay and brainstormed some ideas. The Victorian Invention KWO is due next week.
Please note, there is a change in due dates for the last writing assignments. See below:
Grammar
Today’s part of speech presentation was the Adverbs group. They had a mini-lesson, a fun game of hangman and a worksheet. They also had two worksheets from me. Though I have decided to cancel the Conjunctions worksheets from last week due to printer issues, there was an option for extra credit by doing one of the Conjunctions worksheets from last week; simply turn it in the bin next week. 😀
I hear the weather is going to warm up! Enjoy the weekend!
Mrs. G
Homework
Read Stave 3 A Christmas Carol
Favorite Christmas Foods Discussion Question (GC)
Links for this Week
About the Victorian Invention Essay
Introduction and Conclusion practice
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