First and seventh periods continued with The Glory Field. We’ll soon be switching from in-class reading to reading homework assignments. The in-class progress so far has been somewhat slow as we’ve been taking the time to set up the story, understand the setting, and the characters via a family tree. Thus far, we have covered [...]

Fourth period took some time really to examine the introduction of Miss Havisham:
In an arm-chair, with an elbow resting on the table and her head leaning on that hand, sat the strangest lady I have ever seen, or shall ever see.
She was dressed in rich materials — satins, and lace, and silks — all of [...]

We spent first and second periods administering the second day of the PASS writing test.
Fourth period went over the chapters we’d completed yesterday. We did a bit of administrative house cleaning, as I pointed out the reading schedule (available here and at courses.ourenglishclass.net).
Seventh period began The Glory Field.
Homework

First, second, and seventh periods: journals.
Fourth period: see [...]

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Fourth and sixth periods worked on a cloze activity dealing with one of the attorney’s closing statements in Monster. It was a lot of fun, especially in sixth period: I assisted students by giving them riddles that contained the answers to the particular blanks that were stumping them. Epiphanies galore.

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All classes are now working on Monster, even English I. With only a few days remaining, I decided English I should get a break, so to speak.
As such, there’s no homework, for anyone.

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Second period worked on transitions and powerful verbs. We used two famous short stories — “The Interlopers” and “The Most Dangerous Game” — to look at how an author’s use of powerful verbs can improve the writing by providing sensory details
First, fourth, and sixth periods worked on Monster.
Homework
None.

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First and second periods didn’t have class today due to pass testing.
Fourth and sixth periods really started getting into the meaty part of Monster. We had a few people testify and the kids are all excited about the book — an English teacher’s dream. It’s an excellent book for teaching students to read carefully and [...]

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First period was able to go back to the computer lab to work on the Much Ado About Nothing projects. Additionally, some students should be finishing up their final drafts for the film review. It will count as late work, but that’s better than nothing.
Second period completed their practice with the MLA citation format. The [...]