Lit Circles All Around

by | Mar 13, 2017 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

All classes worked on lit circles today. English I students continued with the Mockingbird circles. We’ll be moving on to the next section of readings shortly, but we’ll be taking them one chapter at a time as we’ve reached the trial scene —...

Field Trip

by | Mar 10, 2017 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

We all had a field trip to Roper Mountain today, so most students didn’t have class. That doesn’t mean they don’t have homework, though. HomeworkEnglish 8 Studies: none.English I Honors: read chapters 13-16 of...

Back to Normal

by | Mar 7, 2017 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

English I Honors students returned to Mockingbird to look at some tough word choices that appear because of its nature as a Southern novel. English 8 students returned for the final text portion of the Frederick Douglass autobiography we’ve been reading....
MAP Spring 2017

MAP Spring 2017

by | Mar 2, 2017 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

Students took the spring MAP test today, which means almost everyone got a day off: it’s one of the few days that I let kids have a break. What did most English I students do instead of relaxing? Worked on their article of the week. Those who didn’t played...