Update Sept. 5

Writing Portfolio

Bellwrite: What are the purposes of punctuation? Think about different types of punctuation marks. Also consider what would happen if punctuation were misused or not used at all.

We first passed off our memorization of the anchor scripture.

We discussed the historical origins of punctuation marks in oral readings. We noted that punctuation marks tend to tell a reader how long of a pause to insert between ideas. We noted that pauses help us understand which words belong together in units of thought (called paragraphs, sentences, phrases and clauses). We also noted that punctuation marks tell a reader how to inflect the voice. We created a table that helped us identify the purpose/meaning and "rules" of use for the following punctuation marks. We studied punctuation marks using helpful metaphors that highlight their purposes.

• full stops (periods, question marks, exclamation marks)
• colons
• semicolons
• commas
• dashes
• parentheses/brackets
• hyphens

Students practiced using these punctuation marks by editing their emails/letter.

Core

We continued our lecture on the Renaissance. We reviewed material from yesterday and then discussed the concept of Renaissance Humanism. We contrasted Renaissance Humanism with the medieval worldview.

We then read from our history packet Renaissance & Reformation Topic 1 on Leonardo daVinci and Humanism.

Homework
Finish reading and annotating Topic 1.