Tests and More PASS Practice

by | Mar 1, 2010 | Update

First, second, and seventh periods all had a test on nouns, pronouns, and adjectives. We spent the remainder of the time going over examples of PASS writing test responses, evaluating and discussing the individual essays’ strengths and weaknesses. Fourth period...

Nouns, Balconies, and Act 3

by | Jan 28, 2010 | Update

First and seventh periods began a slow overview of the eight parts of speech, beginning with nouns today. We’ve neglected grammar this year, and now we’re going to remedy that. We’re continuing with the literature circles tomorrow. Second period went...
Nouns and Antigone

Nouns and Antigone

by | Sep 16, 2009 | Update

First, second, and seventh periods finished up working with specific nouns. We used a couple of examples to see the importance of and practice using specific nouns. Fourth period continued with Antigone. We also added a new point to the comprehension tips list...

Specific Nouns, Sensory Details, and Antigone

by | Sep 15, 2009 | Update

First and seventh continued working on improving our use of specific nouns. Second period worked on the same thing, but then, having some extra time, we returned to sensory details to look at how to include them without being so direct: “I smell,” or...

Stems (List 21)

by | Sep 14, 2009 | Update

First, second, and seventh period began working on stems list 21. We looked at the individual stems and how they relate to the words. We will be having a quiz on the first ten words on Friday; the test on all words will be the following Friday. Afterward, we discussed...