Today’s class absolutely flew by! I think it must have been because we were having fun? At least I can speak for myself. Here’s a recap with some links.
We started our day with a Quick Write as usual. Students could choose from a list of prompts I had gathered from some of my previous classes:
What are some of your pet peeves?
What do you do that really annoys other people?
What is the grossest thing you've ever eaten?
What is the best and worst part of your house?
After that, we did a Q & A in the Writing section of our class about our upcoming writing project–Mystery Story Podcast. The Pre-Write was due today and we shared topic ideas and aspects that are exciting about the project and things that seem daunting. There were comments that this type of writing is more challenging in some ways–fitting our ideas into this prescribed format–but also these constraints can be helpful. Some students are way out of their comfort zones, while some are looking forward to seeing their ideas come to life. We discussed how to add music and how to produce cover art for their podcasts. They had some great ideas and I am looking forward to their progress. The Rough Drafts of the scripts are due next week (1/25). Bring a hard copy to class for peer review.
Literature
We switched gears to discuss the first two stories from our Sherlock Holmes study. We read aloud the first few pages from “The Red-Headed League” to discuss some of Sherlock’s remarkable abilities and characteristics. They had some insightful comments! For next week, they are to read two of the most famous stories “Adventures of the Speckled Band” and “The Engineer’s Thumb” and answer the four questions.
Grammar
They have been assigned three worksheets on coordinating conjunctions and some finer points of where the comma belongs. They are to complete and correct those worksheets for next week.
Homework
Mystery Podcast Script Rough Draft–Bring a hard copy to class for Peer Review!
“...Speckled Band” & “The Engineer’s Thumb” PDF and audio stories & Four Questions
Commas and Coordinating Conjunctions
Links for this Week
Putting Together Podcast slideshow
Class Blog
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