Schaffer and Readers’ Skills

Schaffer and Readers’ Skills

English I Honors, after working on the article of the week, finished up the basics of the Schaffer model. We first filled in some blanks regarding numbers of elements and specific transitional devices we’ll be using at first. Afterward, we made our first...
Day 2, Diving In

Day 2, Diving In

All students took some time to practice with the Article of the Week, an assignment that they will be wrestling with all year. It’s an assignment we’ll be working daily, so it’s important to make sure everyone knows what they’re doing. English...

Lanyard and NJ Completion

English I Honors students worked on Billy Collins’s poem “The Lanyard” as we finish up looking at tone, tonal shift, and the lyric moment. English 8 students worked on completing Nightjohn and applying effective readers’ skills on their own....

Reading and Writing Completed

English I had a final day with the fourth paragraph — it was a day longer than I’d anticipated, perhaps more, but quality is important. English 8 students finished up chapter four of Nightjohn. HomeworkEnglish 8 Studies: none.English I Honors: turn in...