class plan 25nov. Monday

Free form thoughts.  I need to do some vocabulary building. And then we will work on the lab that is yet to be finished.  Thanksgiving theme?  Has lots of useless words – the activities and puzzles. How Indians fared and were treated so poorly?  Kidding, maybe.

There were 2 in class today.  Ania and Alma….Okay, so we talked quite a bit.  Okay, a lot.  I did offer corrections.   I am very impressed.  Alma is stellar, and Ania has already improved in conversation.  Much more work for writing is needed.  Ania is frustrated a bit, she cannot express herself in writing. 

1). Poem:  

An Autumn Greeting
“Come,” said the Wind to the Leaves one day.
“Come over the meadow and we will play.
Put on your dresses of red and gold.
For summer is gone and the days grow cold.”

1).  I had the each read the poem twice. Ania rolled right through it. Alma did quite well.  Got to watch her final ‘s’, she likes to drop them.  Our joke.  Explained quotation marks, in reading. Not writing – could be a Glitter book assignment.    

 

2).  Got off on a tangent – “Esmerelda has her own markers”. (As do I, but I never remember them!). So we looked at ‘own’:

A.  My own, Your own, His own, Her own…etc.

B. Then the verb : To Own /Regular Verb. Simple Present, Past and Future.  Stressed, never use:  I am owning, -ing etc.

Note:  http://americanfolklore.net – looks very good!  Add to links.

Note: Evernote has great feature!  I can link to my Evernote pages with bookmarks directly to the file.  See link below:

EDIT FOR VENACULAR/LENGTH: no time…https://www.evernote.com/shard/s49/sh/620002b7-8380-4002-83eb-0cb06cc5df61/17fccc8917ea8f0b3341f21fd3f6e2f2
Giving thanks for the Creator’s gifts had always been a part of Wampanoag daily life. From ancient times, Native People of North America have held ceremonies to give thanks for successful harvests, for the hope of a good growing season in the early spring, and for other good fortune such as the birth of a child. Giving thanks was, and still is, the primary reason for ceremonies or celebrations.

As with Native traditions in America, celebrations – complete with merrymaking and feasting – in England and throughout Europe after a successful crop are as ancient as the harvest-time itself. In 1621, when their labors (…with the aid of the Wampnoag…) were rewarded with a bountiful harvest after a year of sickness and scarcity, the Pilgrims gave thanks to God and celebrated His bounty in the Harvest Home tradition with feasting and sport (recreation). To these people of strong Christian faith, this was not merely a revel; it was also a joyous outpouring of gratitude.

We started the most of the first paragraph.  Explained ‘Creator’, ‘ceremonies’ and ‘harvest’.  And concluded…Thanksgiving is a harvest celebration.

Interesting conversation ensued when I explained ‘Wampanoag’:  Native People, American Indian or Indians.  They have their own customs and languages – the language was news to Ania. (I did not tell her many many 100’s there are). Another class? Alma described a video she saw about Native People.  It made her cry.  The government made these people walk a long time, and the government would not let a lady bury her dead baby in a place – so she had to carry the dead baby until they found something to put her under, rock or something along the way.  It was about The Trail of Tears, of course.  Her daughter was learning about it in school – and she pulled up a video for Alma.  So awesome.  Alma’s grandmother was an Indian. Different culture and language. (! Cool !)  and so it was for us.  I was very impressed with how well Ania understood Alma and the conversations – they were not ordinary topics.

Trail of Tears topic for lesson and vocabulary.  TONI DO NOT BAD MOUTH ANDREW JACKSON or government – not too much.  

Lots of talking = happy faces, it seems.  Coffee = conversation teacher supreme

Edited with BlogPad Pro