Hey Class, this will be a short week full of fun things to think about. Lets review the first two weeks. The first week was comprised of making sure we understood how the class would be structured. To facilitate this, we went over the course disclosure. Each of you were asked to print the disclosure and have your parents sign that you both agreed to the terms located therein. (Hope that was not too painful. Try writing a new one each year…now that is painful.) You also found theCore curriculum attached to that document. The second assignment you were asked to complete was to read the core and then post a comment on justinsplace.wikispaces.com in the discussion section. Most of you did this correctly. This was to get you used to the wiki space discussion board while understanding that the state of Utah designates what they think you should be taught your senior year. (Did you have an opinion about that?) The third concept that we wanted to reiterate to you were the ideas found in the Language Pyramid Powerpoint. We began with thoughts, and then moved on to nonverbal communication(with the pinky brush experience) and finally toverbal communication. From communication, we discussed the origin of the alphabet and made letter sounds with our tongues. Oddly enough, the word language and tongue are actually very similar in pronunciation of the word language in other tongues. (yeah, that wasn't an awkward sentence was it?) Fromletters, we learned wordsand then a form class words. We ended the second week with a much greater appreciation towards the part of speech that we learned in elementary school. Most of you thought this would be easy until actually being tested on it in the form of a worksheet. I would complete the rest of the worksheet and make sure you have the appropriate definition of the word noun written and memorized. Here it is. NOUN- A word that names a person place thing or idea. Now that is the easy part. Can you also name the many classifications of nouns and recognize how they work? Here they are: Singular Plural, Common, Proper, Concrete, Abstract, Collective, Compound, and Possessive. Somewhere in here, I think I should talk about taking notes. If you take all of the bold words in this piece of writing, you will have a quick summary and never have to read this entirely through. Imagine if you printed this and then annotated it with a few thoughts and illustrations of your own, wouldn't that make it stick in your brain a little better. Any takers?
Homework that needs to be turned-in on Tuesday for A day and Wednesday for B Day.
1. Wiki membership
2. Course Disclosure
3. State core discussion board
4. Reading card for week 2.
5. Annotation of nouns
6. Quilt block from Everyday use
7. 4 Quadrant summary from everyday use
8.
Wow, that is quite a bit of information to chew on. How about a deal? I will give you Labor Day weekend to make sure you are up to speed on these things. Please come back to school with some questions in mind for a thoughtful class discussion in relation to Everyday Use. If you are still looking for more to do and want your fellow students to think you are brilliant, see what others have said about this great piece of writing and its author, Alice Walker.
Week 3 Goals:
1. Independent reading: we will do this each day this week. Please have two reading cards completed by Friday. (Inclass)
2. Share Everyday use quilt blocks with the class and Hang on the wall. (In Class both days)
3. Post a comment on week 2 discussion board (Week 2: due on (A) Thursday and (B) Friday)
4. Adjectives- we will have a worksheet and annotation sheet to complete (In Class)
5. Essay #1:Begin writing biographical sketches (A Narrative writing help sheet is found in week 1. Please use it.)
6. Essay #2: Write a short essay on an item that has been passed down from generation to generation that means something to you or your family. (If we run out of time, we will postpone this for next week.)
7. View and discuss the Presidential address to school students.
Hey Class, this will be a short week full of fun things to think about. Lets review the first two weeks. The first week was comprised of making sure we understood how the class would be structured. To facilitate this, we went over the course disclosure. Each of you were asked to print the disclosure and have your parents sign that you both agreed to the terms located therein. (Hope that was not too painful. Try writing a new one each year…now that is painful.) You also found the Core curriculum attached to that document. The second assignment you were asked to complete was to read the core and then post a comment on justinsplace.wikispaces.com in the discussion section. Most of you did this correctly. This was to get you used to the wiki space discussion board while understanding that the state of Utah designates what they think you should be taught your senior year. (Did you have an opinion about that?) The third concept that we wanted to reiterate to you were the ideas found in the Language Pyramid Powerpoint. We began with thoughts, and then moved on to nonverbal communication (with the pinky brush experience) and finally to verbal communication. From communication, we discussed the origin of the alphabet and made letter sounds with our tongues. Oddly enough, the word language and tongue are actually very similar in pronunciation of the word language in other tongues. (yeah, that wasn't an awkward sentence was it?) From letters, we learned words and then a form class words. We ended the second week with a much greater appreciation towards the part of speech that we learned in elementary school. Most of you thought this would be easy until actually being tested on it in the form of a worksheet. I would complete the rest of the worksheet and make sure you have the appropriate definition of the word noun written and memorized. Here it is. NOUN- A word that names a person place thing or idea. Now that is the easy part. Can you also name the many classifications of nouns and recognize how they work? Here they are: Singular Plural, Common, Proper, Concrete, Abstract, Collective, Compound, and Possessive. Somewhere in here, I think I should talk about taking notes. If you take all of the bold words in this piece of writing, you will have a quick summary and never have to read this entirely through. Imagine if you printed this and then annotated it with a few thoughts and illustrations of your own, wouldn't that make it stick in your brain a little better. Any takers?
Homework that needs to be turned-in on Tuesday for A day and Wednesday for B Day.
1. Wiki membership
2. Course Disclosure
3. State core discussion board
4. Reading card for week 2.
5. Annotation of nouns
6. Quilt block from Everyday use
7. 4 Quadrant summary from everyday use
8.
Wow, that is quite a bit of information to chew on. How about a deal? I will give you Labor Day weekend to make sure you are up to speed on these things. Please come back to school with some questions in mind for a thoughtful class discussion in relation to Everyday Use. If you are still looking for more to do and want your fellow students to think you are brilliant, see what others have said about this great piece of writing and its author, Alice Walker.
Week 3 Goals:
1. Independent reading: we will do this each day this week. Please have two reading cards completed by Friday. (Inclass)
2. Share Everyday use quilt blocks with the class and Hang on the wall. (In Class both days)
3. Post a comment on week 2 discussion board (Week 2: due on (A) Thursday and (B) Friday)
4. Adjectives- we will have a worksheet and annotation sheet to complete (In Class)
5. Essay #1:Begin writing biographical sketches (A Narrative writing help sheet is found in week 1. Please use it.)
6. Essay #2: Write a short essay on an item that has been passed down from generation to generation that means something to you or your family. (If we run out of time, we will postpone this for next week.)
7. View and discuss the Presidential address to school students.