After learning our last three vocabulary words, we will be reviewing tomorrow and your first vocabulary quiz will occur on Wednesday, our first block day of the school year. And before you ask, I like to mix up my vocabulary quizzes, so the format will vary for each quiz.
Beyond vocabulary, we started today with a small group discussion regarding adjuncts and their role in the collegiate environment. *If you missed discussion, you will need to show your annotations of the article to gain participation points. While these are educated, experienced, and caring professors, adjuncts do not receive the pecuniary benefits or time that their titled peers do. Hence, as several of you mentioned, this causes issues with a livable wage. While this is disheartening for the adjuncts, many of you emphasized the other side of the coin: the students and the availability of their teachers to help them and offer constructive critiques. Whether you are feeling pathos for the adjuncts, the students, or both sides of the matter, you at least know more about the collegiate teaching process and who will be teaching you in introductory classes next year. All of the above led to a second summary practice.
To end class and to start the first 20 minutes of next class, we began an online discussion utilizing a shared Google document and comments. As instructed, you will create a minimum of 3 comments -- thorough and featuring reference to the text - on the document. If you would like to finish up prior to class, feel free to do so tonight.
Lastly, I gave you the Grammar Boot Camp Prep handout. You are to have all definitions and examples ready for Friday's class. If you need a refresher of grammar, I would highly recommend https://www.englishgrammar101.com/ for rules and exercises.
Tomorrow's overall plot: complete online discussion, vocab review, recap grammar prep, summary assessment, and (maybe) descriptive writing.
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