Fishbowl Fate and Fragments

Fishbowl Fate and Fragments

English I Honors students began the final push toward the end of Romeo and Juliet. We’ll be looking at the concept of fate as it develops throughout the play, so today we defined fate using a collaborative learning engagement called Fish Bowl, which looks a lot...

Argument Analysis and Socratic Seminar

English I Honors students completed their Socratic Seminars for the question of who was responsible for Juliet’s faked death. Students also turned in their planning sheets for this discussion. English 8 Strategies students finished up tracing the argument put...
Responsibility and Arugument

Responsibility and Arugument

Students in English I Honors began a two-day look at who was responsible for Juliet’s “death” (i.e., her fake death at the end of act four). We’ll be conducting a Socratic Seminar tomorrow to try to create a hierarchy of responsibility for the...

Stats

Below are this site’s stats for 2014 in comparison to previous years. Significant growth, I’d say. Months and Years Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2010 270 1,375 2,592 8,119 3,103 2,001 17,460 2011 2,531 3,562 3,265 2,745 3,213 3,149...

Finishing the Quarter and Practicing

English I Honors students took a break from Romeo and Juliet to start a series of occasional lessons designed to prepare students for the ACT-Aspire test, which is replacing the PASS test for South Carolina students. English 8 Strategies students finished up the third...