We had a full class yesterday. Students began the class working on an ACT/SAT essay prompt. At times, these are good to do in groups because students benefit from hearing the ideas of their classmates. This essay prompt asked students to respond to this question: Which is a more powerful motivator, conscience or power/fame/money? Like many of the essay prompts, this one appears to have a black and white answer, but as we discuss it and think a little more, we come up with clarifying ideas and exceptions.
We covered a lot of ground again in class this week. In a class setting like this, I am unable to teach all of the steps and skills for writing a research paper and then send them off to do their writing. So, I teach a bit each week while they are in the process of doing research, taking notes, organizing ideas, and writing drafts. This week we covered the following topics:
Evaluating Sources
Writing Detailed Outlines
Ways of Organizing Information
Thesis Statements
Although I have worksheets and grammar lessons on hand, they often have to take a "back seat" because we don't have time in class -- usually because we are having good discussions about our paper processes. This week, however, we briefly went over 4 kinds of phrases found in sentences: prepositional, gerunds, participials, and infinitives. The last three on the this list are verbals (verbs transformed into another part of speech). The have 4 worksheets to do to review these phrases.
Assignments for Next Week:
-- Detailed Outline
-- Phrases Worksheets
-- Keep researching and taking notes.
This week's links:
Class Notes
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Prichard
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