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Parallel Structure and Quote Embedding

Parallel Structure and Quote Embedding

English I students, before playing a final round of the Odyssey game, worked on a review of the material they have been studying independently in No Red Ink: parallel structure. One of the most...

Game Play and Quote Integration

Game Play and Quote Integration

English 8 students are working on improving their quote integration as they read selections from The Circuit. Today, I showed them how to embed their quotes more elegantly than simply saying, "the...

Games and a New Unit

Games and a New Unit

English 8 students began a new unit on informational texts. We'll be working on it through the end of the semester in three short weeks. English I students had the final game of Odyssey game...

Project and Prep

Project and Prep

English 8 students went through a Gimkit practice session before tomorrow's test on text structures. English I students worked on their projects for the Odyssey. [gallery size="medium"...

Project Work, the TDA Example, and Text Structures

Project Work, the TDA Example, and Text Structures

We're still working on text structures in English 8. We took the final formative assessment for the district-required goal-setting assignment, which I also tied into the district-required Common...

TDA 1

TDA 1

We had our first TDA practice test today. Since we were all writing ourselves silly (literally for hours) and only had 30 minutes of class, we sent our meager class time outside.

Questions to Discuss with Your Child

Questions to Discuss with Your Child

As we near the middle of the second quarter, here are some questions to help stimulate meaningful discussions with your child about his/her mid-quarter grade.

TDA Prep, Text Structures, and the Odyssey Game

TDA Prep, Text Structures, and the Odyssey Game

English I and English 8 students went over the coming TDA, planning a bit how to attack Thursday's prompt. We, of course, did not go over the actual prompt but discussed how to attack a prompt in...

Compare and Heroes

Compare and Heroes

English 8 students continued working on text structures focusing today on the compare/contrast structure. We'll be finishing up the short unit this week. English 8 students began working on their...

Library, Sequence, and Phrase Prep

Library, Sequence, and Phrase Prep

All classes went to the library today for the second half of the Junior Book Awards presentations (or the first half, in the case of English I). English I students, after their library visit, took a...

Wrapped and Text Structures

Wrapped and Text Structures

English I students finished with The Police song "Wrapped Around Your Finger" as we covered allusions and introduced motifs. And that song is an excellent exemplar of them all. This quarter's major...

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