English I Honors students continued with To Kill a Mockingbird by starting to look at two different arguments regarding the derogatory term for African Americans that some characters in Mockingbird...
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Ends, Beginnings, and Break
English 8 Students brought to a close the first part of the new English/social studies/math (with a bit of science) STEAM unit. They're all done with the lit circle work and will move on to the next...
Lit Circles All Around
All classes were engaged today in lit circles in one form or another. The only exception was English Studies, which went over briefly how to determine tone in a poem: Look for repetitions. Determine...
Lit Circles, Voice, and the Book Fair
English I Honors students continued with To Kill a Mockingbird, finishing a first reading of yesterday's opening passage from the novel and completing an overview of the first bit of unit-based...
Beginnings and Continuing
English 8 students (both sections) continued with the lit circle work they're doing with The Glory Field. English I Honors students began To Kill a Mockingbird, finishing up the anticipatory work...
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Socratic Seminar and More
English I Honors students finished up the Odyssey unit with a Socratic Seminar about whether or not Odysseus is a hero. The discussions will be available in a password protected post shortly: the...
Concluding and Continuing
English I Honors students are finishing up the Odyssey with some writing and a Socratic Seminar tomorrow looking at the question of whether or not Odysseus is indeed a hero. English 8 Strategies and...
Lit Circles and Presentations
English I Honors completed yesterday's work with the final excerpts from the Odyssey. We'll be finishing up the unit this week. English 8 Strategies and Studies both held lit circles for the...
New Start, New Poem, Old Epic
English 8 Strategies (fourth period) students began The Glory Field today. It's a seven-generation story about the struggles and triumphs of an African American family in South Carolina and is part...
Out Sick
I was out sick today. We will return to regularly scheduled programming Monday. English I Honors students, don't forget to work on your Romeo and Juliet projects, which will be due on Monday evening...
MAP Spring 2016 Day 2
Eighth graders finished up the MAP test today. We'll be returning to normal programming tomorrow. English Studies and Strategies students worked on logic puzzles instead of forging ahead with new...
