First and fifth periods continued working on “Flowers for Algernon.” We’ll be returning to embedded quotes tomorrow, using our work today as a springboard. Both periods will have a quiz later this week on: Determining the main idea of a passage; and...
First and fifth periods continued working inserting quotes from texts into their own writing. Working in pairs, students searched for a sentence to support the claim that Charlie (from “Flowers for Algernon”) can’t spell very well. All students, with...
First and fifth periods worked on citations and quoting sources. The major focus for this quarter is research skills, and that includes what to do with the fruits of research. We focused today on how to incorporate quotes into our writing in order to strengthen our...
First and fifth periods finished up the work on determining the main idea of a text. We’ll be touching on it more throughout this final unit, but for now, we’re done with the explicit instruction and practice for this skill. Second and fourth periods began...
First and fifth periods continued with the scaffolded work on determining a text’s main idea. We turned to a fictional text today, though it’s written in the style of a non-fictional report. progris riport 4-Mar 8 Their going to use me! Im so excited I can...
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