Greetings!
Another full, productive day today with these students. We are sure learning a lot together!
QuickWrite
If people knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all. -Michelangelo
We got a little highbrow culture today as we pondered this quote and a sculpture by Michelangelo. After we listened to a short podcast of art critics discussing The Pieta, we responded to the following.
What does this quote mean to you?
After watching the video, what thoughts do you have about this sculpture,mastery, art, hard work, or learning as a “vehicle”?
Is there something that you are trying to gain mastery of in your life that takes a lot of hard work? Write about it.
Have you ever experienced a piece of art that caused you to pause and think? Describe.
What do you know about Michelangelo; his life; his work?
Words of the Day
DALLY: to waste time idly
DEMENTED: crazy, mentally ill, insane
FELONIOUS: involving criminal activity
GORGE: to stuff with food (v.); a small canyon with steep walls (n.)
After a quick homework check, I reminded students how to properly cite online articles in MLA style as well as how to do hanging indents for their Works Cited pages. They should be up to date on those because their Cause/Effect or Problem/Solution Final drafts are due today. (If they need some time to clean up their Works Cited pages, they can do that over the weekend and turn them in ASAP.)
I told the class we will be changing our syllabus a little: instead of the next essay being an Evaluation Essay, we will be writing an essay that focuses on Artificial Intelligence. I will assign that essay next week so that there would be time for a class discussion and activity around this.
I have been communicating with parents about the topic of Artificial Intelligence and specifically ChatGPT. Today was the day we unpacked that as a class.
To start out, we watched a short Youtube Video on the tool and students had the opportunity to read and analyze three pieces of writing. Their job was to decide who composed the piece: a teacher, a student or a robot. Much to their surprise (SPOILER ALERT!) all three were computer generated! This led to a lively discussion. Their assignment is to open an account on ChatGPT (if they don’t have one already) and to interact with it. They are to write about their experiences and do some fact finding. Next week, as I mentioned, I will assign an essay on this topic.
We will cover this week’s and next week’s Short Stories during the next class period.
Lastly, we continue to work on punctuation for our Grammar instruction. We've been working on commas, and this week we're working on commas with dates and addresses.
Homework
Playing Around with ChatGPT wksheet
Read Larsen (110), Anderson (1), Hardy (56), and London (122)
2 Annotations
Wk 9 Grammar
Using End Marks and Periods After Abbreviations Wksheet
Using Hypens Wksheet
Links for This Week
Wk 9 Stories: Audio and PDF versions
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