English 8 students worked on group editing as we gradually whittle our way down to pair work in anticipation of a year of workshopping. Students read a letter to them from one of last year’s students and edited its content and grammar. English I students worked...
English 8 students, after their starter writing (Prompt: Most people have vivid memories of certain events from childhood. What sticks out in your mind? Pick one particularly strong memory and describe it in detail.) began learning how to work with a peer’s...
English I Honors students today continued with the difference between summary and analysis by looking carefully the analysis portion of yesterday’s work. With a little help, students saw that analysis is almost all inference whereas summary is strictly...
English 8 students began working on their workshop skills. Today was a frustrating day for them as I was doing more formative assessment, having students perform tasks with minimal instruction and even less help to determine what they could or couldn’t do....
English I Honors students spent another day exploring the Schaffer model. We analyzed our homework topic sentences to see which fulfilled the Schaffer guidelines before working in groups to add CDs. We’ll be finishing up Monday before diving into the basics of...
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