EEL - We completed puzzles as tables for Charts E and F - Nouns and Pronouns. Work with your kids to get these charts memorized as they will help immensely when doing Quid et Quo!
Structure: Complex
Purpose: Declarative
Pattern: S-Vt-DO-OCN
We discovered that Object Compliment Nouns follow Direct Objects and can replace or describe the DO.
S Vt DO OCN
Jesus made me a saint.
The question confirmation to know if there's an OCN or not is 'Can (OCN) replace or describe, and follow (DO)? If the answer is yes, you have an OCN!
Just as we discovered that S-Vl-PN, the PN=S, the same goes for S-Vt-DO-OCN. The OCN (=) DO.
We went over Charts E and F and I showed the kids how to complete their QeQ. Then we did it together! We did the question confirmation for the above sentence and then completed the QeQ. It took us awhile to finish it but I hope that it helps the kids know how to do it.
A suggestion: if you have a first year Essentials student, or one that is struggling no matter what year, go back to the first weeks in your EEL guide and choose sentences from those weeks to complete on the QeQ. Build confidence before moving to more challenging sentences. I have complete confidence that our kids can do this!
HOMEWORK - Tasks 1-6 ATS and Review Charts E, F and N
IEW - We learned about #5 Clausal Openers this week. Start using www.asia.(wu)b to begin sentences. We talked through a few on the board.
When using a #5 clausal opener, be sure to follow it with a comma.
We also began working with Unit 7 - Inventive Writing - writing a paper without source texts. I told the kids that we would be writing a paper on... paper. We listed all the things we know about paper - kinds, weight, uses, where it comes from, etc. We chose 2 topics and wrote KWO on those topics.
Then I explained to the kids that they would be doing this very thing for the next 2 weeks - Inventive Writing on the topic "Hopes and Dreams". The prompt in the HBW book is on the Statue of Liberty and how she is a symbol of hopes and dreams for those who immigrate to America. The kids are to choose a broad topic on what their hopes and dreams are, make a list of what they know about that topic, then choose 2 sub-topics to write their KWO on those.
I hope this will be a fun paper to write. It's purely about what they think about their future. Next week we will add the Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs to this paper and complete it.
We divided into our groups and filled out POWER SENTENCE posters using details listed on the posters. I think the kids really enjoyed this! We will do it again soon!
HOMEWORK - Choose a topic based on your kids "Hopes and Dreams for your future". Work on the two paragraphs and KWO.
PASSWORD: Demonstrative Pronouns - this, that, these, those
Have a great week!!
