Hello Dear Students!
We made it to our first break of Spring semester–and I think we are ALL ready for it! Some surprised me by not knowing that we have next week off–I think that’s a good sign. ;)
We began the class with two new Visual Vocabulary words: nascent and panacea.
Writing
Next, we checked in about the Writing From Pictures assignment. After re-capping the process on the board, they got in groups to compare their Key Word Outlines and to discuss the pictures they chose and the Checklist. I heard some great ideas and it seems like they are enjoying this creative writing assignment.
I circulated and gave them credit if they met the deadline for the KWO. When time was up, I fielded some questions that they couldn’t answer in their small group and assigned the Mystery Pictures essay which is due after break (3/6).
Literature
We are continuing on in our short story units now and today we had a Literature Circles discussion. After discussing different types of conflicts found in literature and generating some examples on the board, they broke into small ”expert” groups to draw a diagram plot on an assigned story from last week and to discuss its main conflict.
We hovered in our expert groups and didn’t end up organizing into mixed groups for those discussions. I must say that this class is full of deep (and lively!) thinkers and they made some insightful connections.
For homework, they have four more stories to read and a Short Story Packet to complete
Grammar
Because we devoted more time to a quality literature discussion, instead of a live grammar lesson, I will post a video in case some extra support is needed. Today’s topic of commas was about how they appear in appositives for grammar. Appositives, a special kind of parenthetical expression, can add flair and are positioned next to another noun/noun phrase to identify it or give additional information. (The appositive is underlined in the previous sentence.) As they were discussing their short story, I handed out 3 worksheets that deal with that concept. They are to finish those as homework.
I hope your break is brimming with rest, relaxation and some time with a good book!
Blessings,
Mrs. G
Homework for this week
Mystery Pictures KWO (due today)
Read: Hawthorne (73); Bierce (10); Poe (156); Harte (64)
Comma Worksheet Appositives and Parenthetical Phrases
Links for this week
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