Week 9-- Day 34

Good afternoon!

Thank you for another enjoyable class! Sometimes it's even hard for me to focus on the grammar when we have such good conversations! We had a lot of good vocabulary introduced throughout our class time today (ex. cold turkey).

I started today's class with the word, prop (from yesterday), to show you all of the different meanings. That's the really hard thing about English-- so many words have so many meanings! I decided to do the adjective clause/phrase review from the homework because it really is the best review I have. Because of the good discussion and questions, it seems to me that you have a strong understanding of the grammar. I expect to see lots of competents and exceptionals when I check your quizzes this weekend.

Ater that, we finished up the worksheet on the provisions that the pioneers needed on their journey to the end of the Oregon Trail. I think it's interesting information-- it's hard for me to imagine attempting such a trip. I had you fill in the chart with the vocabulary to see if you could figure out from the context where the words fit. Then, I said the totals very quickly to check your ability to catch the numbers.

Then, we had our second presentation of the quarter. I was really impressed how everyone was so interested in the presentation and asked so many good questions. Here is a link to the history of Earth Day: http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/earthday/articles/index.asp?article=history&topic=0 It's from scholastic.com, so it should be a little easier to read.

Tomorrow, Selena is giving a short presentation and then we'll have our second vocabulary and grammar quizzes. Our last conversation lunch will be tomorrow. I'll have an end-of-the-term schedule for you, too.

I hope you're enjoying this beautiful evening.