English 8 students had their first performances to demonstrate their close reading. The first two groups did quite well, with both groups demonstrating close reading of the text and good...
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What our classroom did in previous days, weeks, months, even years…
Recitation and Practice
English 8 students had an additional day of preparation due to some circumstances beyond our control today. They also worked on the comma work on No Red Ink. English I students worked on their final...
Complex Rehearsal
English I students worked on their lit circles, focusing on one passage in particular after completing their student-led discussion: "If I blow the conch and they don't come back; then we've had...
English I Extra Practice
For students who want extra practice with compound sentences, here it is:
First Lit Circles and Scene 1.3 Acting
English I students ran their first lit circles today. Most groups had chosen to complete their first chapter of Lord of the Flies. Some groups read a little more. We'll have our first writing...
Allegory of the Cave, Anne Frank, and a Pep Rally
Acting allegories
Finishing Mockingbird, Practicing the TDA
English I students finished To Kill a Mockingbird, looking at the twist at the end of the book that most students miss: there were two knives involved. English 8 students had another practice TDA...
Diary, Play, and Close Reading
English 8 finished up some unfinished work, going first over last week's article of the week/diary entry. We went over a couple of elements that I was hoping students would pick up on. The first had...
Dialogue and Hypocrisy
English 8 students looked at The Diary of Anne Frank today, examining how dialogue propels the action and reveals the characters. We looked specifically at how Anne's character is developed in the...
TDA Practice and a Guest Speaker
English 8 students began a hopefully-weekly bit of practice planning and thinking through Anne-Frank-related TDAs in preparation for the actual state-administered TDA next month. Local attorney Jim...
Analyzing Dialogue and Subordinate Review
English 8 students worked today on analyzing dialogue to determine a number of things: First: Second: Third: We also created a timeline of the play thus far: English I students went over subordinate...
Reading Day
A big, long list