Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Perspicaciously Powerful and Passionate!

It was a great joy to meet all of you today in our first day of class. You each were able to show boldness when you came up to the front of the classroom, took a deep breath, and shared your name in clear, confident voices with the rest of the class.

Our word of the day today was PERSPICACIOUS, which means clear-sighted or able to understand clearly.

You each found the definition in our amazing-smelling dictionaries (ink! paper!) and then you were each able to use the word in a sentence of your own creation.

Our quote of the day was, "Be kind, for everyone you meet is engaged in a battle," by the philosopher Philo. You shared some great ideas about the quote and what it means. And we talked about icebergs.

Icebergs! So little of an iceberg sticks above the surface, and so much lies beneath, where it is more difficult to see. We discussed how people are often like icebergs, and novels, short stories, and poems are too! We will work this year on seeing what lies deeper, below the surface in one another and in our texts.

The homework for tonight was to find our class blog. You're here!

I can't wait to see you all tomorrow.

9 comments:

  1. Hi Mr. Reynolds. It's Philippa. I found the class blog

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  2. Hi Mr.Reynold, just wanted to let you know I found the class blog. From Lucy Bodtman

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  3. Hi Mr. Reynolds!! I found the blog.
    -Emmalyn

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  4. Hello Mr. Reynolds I am Alondra Pacheco. And I want you to know that I read the blog. And I also told my mom about the word of the day perspicacious. Have a great day ��. And I also can't wait to see you tomorrow.

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  5. HI Mr. Reynolds, I found the class blog.

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  6. Hi Mr. Reynold. I found the blog and told my mom about the word perspicacious and she was impressed. I enjoyed class today and I can't wait to come to English class tomorrow.

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  7. Hi, It's Dylan. I told my mom the word of the day and she was amazed that I knew it and she didn't. My mom and I loved the iceberg picture by the way, so cool.


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  8. Hi, it is Magnus, I just wanted to let you know I found the blog. Sorry it was so late, I was having trouble with my computer earlier.

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  9. hey found the blog and by the way its holden

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