Dear Students,
The weather is turning and we are all ready for a break! But before the break: one last class!
Our visual vocabulary words this week are: jaded and gambit. We had some chess players who were a bit jaded with the vocabulary word gambit.
Writing
Today, the composition on Squanto is due. I checked in on how the process of summarization went. Writing source and fused outlines is a new skill to most and is very important to the “bones” of writing. After fielding some questions, we moved on to the next writing topic.
I emphasized that up to this point, we have used the source texts provided and we haven’t used outside sources.We will continue to practice summarizing multiple sources, but for this next assignment, students will get to choose their own references/source texts.The subject is a historical person After brainstorming on their own and then as a class, they should have a pretty good idea of what subject they will choose.
The parameters: the person must no longer be living AND the person should have lots of material out there about them. For example a more contemporary person probably wouldn’t have books/magazine/journal articles written on them. It will be easiest to stick to well-known historical persons vs. more recent persons. I advised them to take a look at their homeschool shelves–there’s sure to be some great ideas lurking there!
Their homework over break is to find AND bring 3-4 references/source text to class. Two references may be internet articles and the other one(s) must be from a different source– a book, magazine/journal or documentary. Bring a hard copy of your references–that means bring the physical book/magazine or printed article to class with you next class.
Literature
Today we played a board game that was a review for the Peace Like A River exam. Each group had a game board, a stack of cards and a penny. As they flipped the penny, they moved their piece forward and answered questions on our novel.
After that, I handed out the exam. When they finished, they took a One-Pager assignment that they will fill out over the break after listening to a short story. We are expanding our understanding of the genre “magical realism” and after watching a short video on that topic, they will choose to listen to a story that fits that genre: ”Chivalry” by Neil Gaiman or “The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu. The One-Pager’s focus is their chosen story, magical realism, and the question of whether or not Peace Like A River fits into that magical realism genre. I am looking forward to the discussion afterwards!
Grammar
Since we needed the bulk of the time to review for and take the Peace Like A River exam, I simply assigned the two worksheets on Active & Passive voice. There is a video linked on one of the worksheets with tips for using this voice in their writing.
Homework
Choose a writing subject (historical person)
Bring 3-4 (physical) references about a historical person to class
Two references may be Internet articles–bring the printed article to class; bring physical copies of the other reference(s)
Active to Passive Voice–1 & video
Links for this week
Magical realism genre and short stories
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