Hello Dear Students,
Today was another full day. The class was engaged and ready to learn–just what I like!
For our QuickWrite today, students had a choice on whether they would like to reflect on their thoughts about Halloween, or if they’d like to try their hand at writing an epitaph. Afterall, it is National Epitaph Day today–as weird as that sounds. They had fun making up a person and writing a few rhyming words to honor them. Here is an example:
Here lies poor Billy.
Although it sounds silly,
he never ate anything green.
The candy that filled him
is also what killed him
the day after last Halloween.
Literature
They have reached the pinnacle climax of our story. The students have been enjoying our novel and it is coming to an end. They are to finish it this week and do a 3 Responses worksheet as usual. Next class, they will be taking an exam over the novel. To prepare them for that, we gamified our learning by playing a Peace Like A River board game. After composing their own question from an assigned chapter, students got in groups and played. The questions sparked great discussion and were very helpful in reviewing the material. The game questions and answers are posted on GC and will be helpful in preparation for the test.
Grammar
Today’s grammar discussion continued our unit on Phrases. Today it was Participial Phrases. Using these phrases correctly is key to “leveling up” your writing. Students took notes on how participials look like verbs, but they function as adjectives because they describe a noun/subject. Participials usually end in “ed” or “ing.” Students had a chance to write a few practice sentences and they were assigned homework. They are to complete a Phrases Review, which is posted as a Google Form on Google Classroom.
Writing
We talked about the Rough Drafts of Essay 3 that were due last week along with the Peer Review that was to be completed by a friend or family member at home. Next week the Final Drafts and Endnotes are due.
Please note: we are one week behind on the syllabus–we will cover Active and Passive Voice & Rhetorical Devices next week.
Homework
Read Chapter 20-23 Peace Like A River
Study for exam
Identifying Past and Present Participles
Participles and Participials Phrases
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