Completing Jig Saws and Writing

by | Mar 20, 2015 | English I Honors, Update

English 8 Strategies students had their weekly Friday writing session. We’re finishing up our argumentative writing review and will begin our ACT-Aspire test preparation shortly. Fourth period and sixth period English I Honors students finished up different jig...

Double Start and Corrections

by | Mar 19, 2015 | English I Honors, Update

English 8 Strategies corrected yesterday’s quiz and took care of some administrative matters. Fourth period English I Honors began a jig saw activity about phrases, the unit that always accompanies the Lord of the Flies unit. Sixth period English I Honors...

Writing, a Beginning, and an End

by | Mar 17, 2015 | English I Honors, Update

For the first time in some weeks, fourth and sixth periods — both English I Honors classes — are working on the same material, but fourth period is at the beginning of Lord of the Flies while sixth period is finishing it up. English 8 Strategies students...

Argument Correction and Project Work

by | Mar 16, 2015 | English I Honors, Update

Both periods of English I Honors worked on their respective cumulative projects, with fourth period taking a final day to complete their group planning. Fourth period students also need to take into consideration the fact that they will not have access to their copies...

Writing and Project Work

by | Mar 13, 2015 | English I Honors, Update

Every class was working on some sort of project or other. Four period English I Honors worked on their Mockingbird project, which is in fact six different options students chose from. Sixth period English I Honors students worked on one of two writing assignments for...