Greetings!
I cannot believe how the time flies with these students! What a great group! We covered a lot, but I find myself wishing we had more time.
Visual Vocabulary
Our words today were dastardly and sophomoric. After studying the words, we took a minute to write sentences using them correctly.
Writing
Today we practiced the TRIAC paragraph again. We reviewed the role of each sentence in this type of paragraph. Then I handed out a worksheet with two paragraphs that were about a character from our novel–one paragraph defends Davy’s choice to take the law into his own hands and one opposes Davy’s choice. After reading the two paragraphs, students got in small groups and with markers color coded each sentence according to its function, identified a [2] prepositional opener, and the repeating & reflecting words from the topic and clincher sentences. I posed the question of which position they agree with–Was Davy justified to take matters into his own hands or not? I also asked them to think about what genre of writing the character Swede was inspired by. Of course it is westerns! I asked the class to begin to think about which kind of art, genre of book, or type of media inspires them most. Our first essay of the year will be on the topic of media/art that inspires, so they should brainstorm over the week.
Literature Discussion
The writing exercise led nicely into our discussion. We're reading Peace Like A River, and this week we took a deep dive into our novels. After laying out a timeline of events on the whiteboard, we broke into groups and used the 4 Square Discussion model to discuss the content. I heard some very intelligent insights! Students were assigned Chapters 9 & 10 and they should be ready for an in-class quiz next week.
Grammar
Today’s topic covered a review of interjections and conjunctions. After a mini-lesson, students were assigned two worksheets. They should use the KEYS I that were handed out last week to correct their own work.
Assignments for Next Week
Read Chapters 6-8
Be ready for an in-class quiz!
Grammar
Conjunctions–check your work!
Links for This Week
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