First and sixth periods worked on evaluating web sources as we move the the research phase of our unit on persuasive writing. We’ll be spending a bit more time in the lab this week, researching our topics. Second and fourth periods went over appositives and...
First and sixth periods turned in their memoirs and began a new unit today. We’re working on persuasion, and we’ll be creating a persuasive piece of writing after learning about persuasive techniques. Second and sixth periods reviewed the weekend’s...
First and sixth periods practiced taking notes (and we debriefed the process at the end of the period) for the memoir. We’ll begin writing it in earnest tomorrow. Second and fourth periods finished up the unit on short stories and writing about literature. We...
First and sixth periods had writing workshop today. We worked on improving sentence variety. Second and fourth periods finished up plot, setting, and conflict and moved on to characterization. Homework First period: none. Second and fourth periods: read the following...
First and sixth began a new unit in which we read the book Nightjohn and culminate with a literacy memoir. To that end, we began thinking, writing, and talking about literacy by using Patricia Polacco’s Thank You, Mr. Falker. Second and fourth periods began a...
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