Hello All!
Another snowy day, but the sun was shining and so were these students! Here’s what we covered.
Quick Write
Here are today’s prompts:
If you were a parent, would you prefer a girl or boy child? Would you like to have the choice to determine the gender of the child? Why or why not?
If and when I raise children, I'll never…
What 3 things do you do that irritate your parents the most? Why do you do them?
What 3 things do you do that your parents appreciate the most? How often do you do these things? Do you think you could do them more often? Why or why not.
Words of the Day
AMALGAMATE: to combine, mix, or blend
BELEAGUER: to annoy persistently; harass
ANTIQUATED: old-fashioned and obsolete
CARICATURE: a distorted representation of someone or something
Literature
We have read more Short Stories by Twain, Jewett, Crane, and Gilman. As promised, we had a short quiz. I asked students to write a 1-minute version of the stories they had recently read.
Writing
The “ticket” needed for entry to today’s class was their hard copy of their Cause/Effect OR Problem/Solution Essay. We used it to do some Peer Review. Some students found this to be a more challenging piece of writing because of the MLA style formatting that is required. It was noted that this is like a “mini-research paper”--which it is! The Final Draft is due next week.
Before we did the Peer Review, I went over 5 Common Errors that I found while grading this round. They focused on the Roadmap Sentence, writing out numbers 10 and under, formatting, MLA style quotes (embedded vs. parenthetical) and hanging indentations for the Works Cited page.
Grammar
Then for the rest of our Grammar portion of our class, we are continuing our work with commas. This time, we are practicing putting commas in the correct places for ists, series as well as for dates and addresses.
Homework
Grammar Wksheets
Links for This Week
Audio and Web Versions of Short Stories
Have a cozy weekend. Spring is coming!
Warmly,
Mrs. G
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