Greetings!
We had a great class today. This is a wonderful group of students and I have enjoyed every class time with them.
Today we took some time with ACT writing prompts.
I divided the class into 2 groups, boys and girls. They could choose
their groups question and were to brainstorm how they might answer the
question. They then presented their ideas to the other group and
fielded questions and other ideas. We had a lengthy discussion about
whether girls and boys should have combined or separate class rooms. We
also talked about whether a person should be content with who they are
or should try to better himself. Lots of great critical thinking going
on!
Our primary discussion was focused on the rough drafts that
they had handed in last week. Firstly, I need to say that they are
doing a lot of hard work. I'm very proud of them and was delighted to
read through these first drafts of these research papers. I read this
draft for content and organization (with a few grammatical corrections
thrown in "for free.") Each student had a page of individual notes and
one of general comments about revising their papers. Some papers need
more material and to be expanded. I gave some ideas and suggestions for
this. Some papers need some reorganization, and I also gave some
suggestions in this area. If a student has any questions about the
remarks that I've made, he/she should be sure to send me an e-mail.
Writing a research paper is a rather convoluted process.
It's a cycle of planning, researching, and writing and then starting
over again. It's important that they not get discouraged if it feels as
if they are taking some steps backward, especially if they need to do
some more research or some re-organizing.
A note to parents:
Check in with your student to see how he/she is progressing. You may
be needed as a sounding board for ideas or for proofreading sections.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Write an initial Presentation Plan
-- Continue to work on revising the rough drafts
-- Continue to work on Works Cited page
Have a great week!
Mrs. Prichard
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