English 8 students continued with their introductory work with Nightjohn and their initial work with Chromebooks. English I Honors students began planning their first Schaffer model paragraph...
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Chromebooks
Almost all classes got an introduction to Chromebooks today. It wasn't in my lesson plans, but when a teacher gets a class set of Chromebooks and the week has been a week of learning and hard work,...
Schaffer Planning and More Reading Skills
English 8 students continued with their effective readers' skills work. We'll finish it up tomorrow and begin our first novel of the year Monday. English I Honors students finished up yesterday's...
First Analysis and First Skills
English 8 students began looking at the specific reading strategies we'll be working to master and deepen throughout the year. Afterward, we read a couple of texts to begin applying the skills....
Socratic Seminars and Analysis
English I students finished looking at the difference between summary and analysis. We noticed a few things: Everything in a summary is in the text. There are many portions of the text not even...
New Units for All
Except for journalism, all classes started a new unit. English 8 students began their second STEAM unit. We're keeping some of the details under wraps for the next few days, but it involves...
Finishing Schaffer and Kindness
English I Honors students finished up their first-week introduction to the Schaffer model. We'll begin applying it to some basic literary analysis next week. English 8 students (both Strategies and...
Finishing Annotations, First Socratic, and Schaffer Application
English Strategies (fourth period) finished up marking the text from yesterday as everyone had not completed it yet. The early finishers had a bit more annotation work to do with a partner. English...
Annotations and Schaffer
English 8 students began a reading/annotation assignment that will allow me to gauge their abilities and skills in order to determine which skills we need to focus on this year. English I Honors...
First Day 2015
What a great first day! Every class was focused, did great work singly and in groups, and showed great motivation -- a great day to be at Hughes. Journalism tackled the tricky questions of what...
End of the Year 2015
Eighth grade day is over. The grades are recorded. The kids are gone, ready to move on to high school. It's time for a break. Enjoy the summer.
Final Reminders
Students in English I Honors are reminded to complete the vocabulary (fourth period) or allusions (sixth period) work. I know -- it's the end of the year. And you've already written letters to next...
