SCPASS 2014 Day 1: Reading

SCPASS 2014 Day 1: Reading

Today all students took the fifty-question reading SCPASS test. During the rest of the periods, we worked on a common standard: comparing a media adaptation of a book we’re reading to the actual book. Tomorrow the testing cycle will continue with the math...

Skimming and Clauses And Point of Views

Today first period finished up learning about clauses by looking at new types of sentences: complex sentences.  In fourth, they learned how to quickly skim the “Mr. Scott way.”  This will help the students to read Great Expectations more easily and...

Point of View and Sentence Types

First period studied the first two types of sentences today, simple sentences, and compound sentences. We also did a PASS review assignment in preparation for the SCPASS test next week. Fourth period finished up with the types of sentences today, learning about the...
Sentence Types and Inferring Word Meaning

Sentence Types and Inferring Word Meaning

First period learned about clauses. Students learned about the two types of clauses, independent and dependent, and then looked at some practice exercises from the writing textbook. Today, fourth period began with a PASS review, and then began our study of the types...