We had a good class this week and some good discussion. We are in the phase of the class where students need to focus on their own writing, and there is not as much for me to teach.
We began class with a discussion about the Presentations. I had the students tell their classmates what they would like to hear about the different topics. We had a good discussion that I hope will peek everyone's interest in one another's topics.
Rough Drafts #2 have been coming in, and I handed some of them back this week. We discussed some issues that were in these rough drafts, including parenthetical citations, Works Cited entries, forecasting your topics or ideas ("I'm going to tell you ..."), active vs. passive voice, noun/pronouns agreement, use of colons, etc.
The Presentations for December 1 are:
Luke
Nicole
Harrison
Nicholas
As I've told the students, the Final Drafts of their papers are due December 15, the last day of class. They may find themselves presenting before they've completely finished writing.
We ended the class by playing two games that we use at my other school for community building. One was "A Cold Wind Blows," a game that is a mix of musical chairs and "Never Have I Ever." The other is a common theater warm-up game: "What are You Doing?
I will be returning the remaining Rough Drafts this weekend.
Assignments for Next Week
-- Keep working on those papers.
-- Keep working on your presentation.
Links for this week:
Class Notes
Stay warm, drive safely, and have a great Thanksgiving!
Mrs. Prichard
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