It being Monday, English 8 Strategies students returned to work on the argument, adding counterargument and rebuttal to our notes. Students have now covered all elements of the argument and will...
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Schaffer Work and Socratic Planning
It being Friday, first and fifth periods returned to writing, continuing with the first Schaffer model they're writing with minimal help from me. We'll finish this up Tuesday. English I Honors...
Socratic Firsts and Sentence Practice
English 8 students worked on their sentence work for the week. We're learning how to craft sentences that begin with participial phrases. [gallery type="slideshow"...
MAP Fall 2014
Students took the MAP test today. All homework stands from yesterday
Poe Wall and First Schaffer
English 8 Strategies continued with the new schedule today, and as Tuesdays are writing days, we returned to Schaffer and came up with our first class-produced paragraphs. The Schaffer model makes...
Trust and Argument
English 8 students began their new schedule today: Monday will be for covering a specific writing genre (argument first period). Tuesday will be for writing and conferencing. Wednesday will be for...
Trust and Assessment
English I Honors students began the third story and analytic topic, which is the question of the trustworthiness of narrators in stories. We read and briefly analyzed "In the Family." English 8...
Shaffer Planning and Analysis
English I Honors students worked today on planning their second major Schaffer paragraph, this time on "Thank You, Ma'am" and its use of indirect characterization. English 8 Strategies students...
Character Schaffer, Scrambled Schaffer, and Two-Adjectives
English 8 students continued with the introduction to the Schaffer model by looking at a puzzle: groups of four received a full Schaffer paragraph, but the sentences were on strips of paper in...
Schaffer Intro, Characters, and Sensory Memoirs
English 8 Strategies students began the introduction to the Schaffer writing model today. We went through an overview of all the components (topic sentences, concrete details, commentary sentences,...
Pair Editing and Pair Planning
English 8 students finished up a few days of peer editing practice while English I students began their first substantial writing assignment. Creative writing students had a final day of portfolio...
Quotes and Group Editing
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...
