English I Honors students are so close, so very close to having the whole course behind them. Indeed, some are. Check homework information below. All other students are now done.
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What our classroom did in previous days, weeks, months, even years…
The Final Push
Tomorrow is the final full day of school. English 8 Strategies students completed their work today, but English I Honors students have one more day of heavy lifting: tomorrow is the day students...
Finishing Up Projects
English I Honors students are finishing up their final projects. (See below.) English 8 Strategies students finished up their final project today. Finally, the rubric for the letter to next year's...
Letters to Next Year’s Students
English I Honors students, remember that you'll be completing your final, and in some ways most enjoyable, task of the year: letters to next year's English I Honors students. Please remember that...
Homework Update
I didn't have a chance to update the site yesterday due to an after-school meeting. English I Honors students remember your work over the weekend! (I know -- I'm a cruel taskmaster.) Fourth period:...
Close Reading and Narrative Writing
English 8 Strategies students continued with their narratives. We should be completely done with the preparatory work by tomorrow, though many students are already done. We'll spend next week...
Full Return
With English I Honors students having their End of Course Exam behind them now (what a relief for them, I know), we returned to business as usual. Fourth period students finished a round-up of all...
Reorientation
Today was a day of catching up and getting our feet under us. English 8 Strategies students continued with the STEAM unit we've begun, creating a narrative. Students worked on their projects,...
Break
English 8 Strategies students today continued with the model story "Tears of Autumn" as we begin our final unit, a STEAM unit in which all teachers will be working together on a theme of immigration...
Back to Normal
First and fifth periods (English 8 Strategies) began looking at "Tears of Autumn" as part of a slow move into the STEAM unit we'll be concluding the year with on the eighth-grade hall. Fourth period...
ACT-Aspire Testing 2015, Day 1
Today students completed the English and writing tests. It was a long morning, but we made it through just fine.
Pre-Test Jitters
All classes spent the day preparing for tomorrow's ACT-Aspire writing test. In addition, English I Honors students took some time to look at the reading test we will be having on Wednesday.
