Visual Vocabulary
Our words today were modicum (noun) and brusque (adj). Students worked with those words today.
Literature
Today, we had a review day. After putting the students in groups, they had some time to talk over the main points of the stories we have read so far: plot, characters, tone, etc. After they had reviewed, it was time for the promised quiz. It pays to be prepared for class!
Writing
The “Franken-essays” were due this week. Now that they have had some practice writing effective introductions and conclusions, they are ready to sink their teeth into some proper essays.
I introduced the “Strength as Weakness Essay.” We watched the Ted Talk on this topic, where the speaker discusses his disabilities and how his mind was blown when he realized that, when applied to different contexts, these disadvantages could actually be “superpowers.” I love this concept! We took a few minutes to brainstorm ideas and discussed two options to organize this essay.
Option 1: take three weaknesses and discuss how they can actually be strengths in other settings/contexts.
Option 2: take one weakness/character flaw and discuss three ways they can be strengths in other settings/contexts.
The Key Word Outline is due next week (either bring it to class OR scan and upload it to GC. I won’t be accepting submissions after the due date for that one ; It’s worth 20 points!) Next week, we will talk Style (dress-ups, sentence openers. However, if you want to get a jump on drafting your essay, the template is posted right now. It will be due Week 10 (March 27th.)
Grammar
We are forging ahead with our comma unit and today’s topic was a review on where to put the commas in dates and addresses. There are two worksheets due next week–they are to finish and correct them. Please note, the worksheet “Commas in Dates and Addresses”
Homework
Read: Chopin (30); Mansfield (130); Pirandello (149); de Maupassant (134)
Weakness as Strength Essay (if you want to start early; not due until 3/27)
Commas in Dates, Addresses and in Letters
Links for this week
“How Our Weaknesses Can Become Strengths” Ted Talk by David Rendall
About the Strength as Weakness Essay
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