Literature
On Thursday, we read a news article entitled, "Tutoring Benefits: Seniors' Health, Students' Skills," on pp. 484-487 in our textbook. This article is considered nonfiction (informational) text for our unit, "Generations: Conflicts and Legacies." Students should think about how this article relates to the short stories and poems read so far. We introduced the Rhetorical Triangle and used IXL.com WW.4 to practice recognizing the three persuasive appeals: logos, pathos, and ethos. We then looked for these appeals in the article. Study guides over the article are due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, 9/6/2016. Writing This past week, we reviewed comma, semicolon, and colon usage. Students need to finish their review packets to turn in Tuesday, 9/6/2016. Next week, we will look at apostrophes. Students need to do IXL Skills A.1 through D.2 by 8:00 PM on Tuesday, 9/13/2016. We will begin our second composition soon. Vocabulary We had a quiz over prefixes this past week. Next week we will study suffixes. We will use Quizlet.com and IXL Skills RR.1-RR.3 to help us. Additional suffixes will come from the Sadlier-Oxford book, p. 11. Independent Reading Please remember to bring these books to class every day. Thanks! You may download additional log pages from the Resources tab on this site. Visit the gallery of books at the Reading for Fun tab to see what everyone else is reading! NWEA testing begins next week. Comments are closed.
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A Classroom Prayer
Holy Spirit, Giver of all good gifts, enter into my mind and heart. Give me the gift of knowledge and the grace to use it wisely. Help me in all my endeavors. Give me perseverance and fortitude. Help my memory, that I may remember what I learn and recall it when necessary. Guide me in the classroom.
O Jesus, You who are the Way, the Truth, and the Life, let me not be deceived by false teaching. Our Lady of Good Studies, pray for me. Amen. Mary, Undoer of Knots,
Pray for Us! A Prayer to Christ, the Divine Teacher
O source of all Wisdom, Christ the Teacher,
You are the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Teach us to embrace the truths You have revealed to Your Church. Fill our souls with Your Grace that we may love God above all and our neighbors as ourselves. Christ Jesus, friend and Teacher most patient, bless us and teach us. O Light of the world, teach us always to follow You that we should not walk in darkness, but have forever the Light of Life! Amen. Archives
August 2023
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