Final Draft and Intro to Style

First and seventh periods had a final day of work on the memoir final draft. It is due tomorrow, along with several other documents: First draft Peer editing form Second draft Final draft Rubric Fourth period worked on the nonfiction form and will continue tomorrow....

Final Group Work

We completed the final day of group work for the memoir today. We’ll be spending two more days polishing it up, and then turn it in Monday. English I began verbs today. We’ll finish up tomorrow, testing willing. The testing in question is the Explore test....

Memoir, Second Draft

This is my second draft for my memoir. It was in the days of smoke-filled teachers’ lounges, and he hurried to class reeking of cigarette smoke. Rick Watson was a short, wiry, balding, mustachioed English teacher who moved and talked quickly. He seemed to know a...

Memoir, First Draft

This is my first draft for my memoir. It represents an attempt to write without self-editing, a habit that I try to discourage in students but indulge in myself. As such, it is not something I would normally publish. However,I felt it was more important to show how...

Composition All Around

All classes are now working on composition in one form or another. First, second, and seventh periods are working on peer revision for their first draft of their memoir. We will be finishing that up tomorrow and completing the second draft shortly. The memoir will be...