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!
We also had a fun mini-lesson on Flash Fiction. This is a genre of writing that tells a whole story in 55 words or less. It was fun to try our hands at one during this short story unit.
Writing
Happy deadline day! We turned in our Persuasive Essays and jumped straight into Peer Reviews. I love this exercise because it gives you an authentic audience and the kind of "outside-in" feedback that turns a good draft into a great one. Plus, there’s no better way to spark your own creativity than by seeing the brilliant ways your peers tackle the same assignment. In order to benefit from this assignment, you had to have brought a finished paper copy of your essay today. The final essay is due next week (3/19).
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.
That’s it!
Blessings on your weekend!
Mrs. G
Homework
Read: Chopin (30); Mansfield (130); Pirandello (149); de Maupassant (134)
Short Story Packet #2
Persuasive Essay–due next week!
Commas in Dates and Addresses
Commas in Dates, Addresses and in Letters
Links for this week
Writing 2 Class Blog
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