"Twas," in case you're wondering, is an archaic (old) way of writing "It was." It's very rare now, but there is an old poem that most Americans know called "The Night Before Christmas" which begins "Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house/not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse."
Today we met in our new room. I want to apologize to anyone who went to the YMCA and looked for us there. On Friday, Hope and Corey came to our class and told everyone that Northeastern suddenly told us that they were going to do a lot of work in the YMCA and that all our classes would be moved to Ryder for this week. I thought, "Oh, there are a lot of students absent today, but I'll put the information on the blog!" But I had so much fun putting pictures and vocabulary on the blog that I forgot about adding the most important thing: our move to Ryder. I assumed that you would receive emails about the room change, but apparently, that didn't happen. SORRY!!!
So if you missed Friday and Monday, today, please go to room 157 in Ryder Hall. If you're facing the stairs near Subway, go to the right and down the hall on the far right side. Room 157 is on the right side of the corridor.
Because of the change, the snow, and other reasons I suppose, a lot of people didn't come and most people were late (if you weren't late, thank you!!!). We started the test after the 9:30 break and didn't have enough time to finish. I let students take them home to finish them there. Remember, you're on the honor system! That means I trust you to not use books, dictionaries, notes, or anything else--just like on the test. But I know I can trust you, so I'm not worried.
I want to discuss one more thing today: what are we going to do this week? Our grammar subject this week is "discourse organizers," Unit 14 of Grammar Dimensions. There are extremely useful in writing paragraphs and essays. It would normally take us a full week to cover this, but we're going to have a week between the last class day and the test. I don't think this is fair to you. So here are some ideas:
1 Who care about being fair? Do it the normal way! Have classes until Friday, go on vacation, then come back and take the test just as if it were only a couple days since the last class.
2 Have a mini test or quiz on Friday based on Tuesday through Thursday's classes.
3 Goof off (fool around, play, have fun, etc.) all week, have a little quiz on Friday, then a party on Friday.
I'm leaning towards number two. How about you? Or do you have any better ideas? Let me know by email or in class this week!
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