Today in first and fourth periods we looked some more at our group “chunks” of 2.2 Romeo and Juliet, looking for more hidden stage directions and deciding on elements not implicitly in the text (body language, facial expressions, etc.). This slideshow...
First period did some more preparatory reading work after a vocabulary quiz. Sixth period had a small quiz on the last two selections we read. Second and fourth periods looked at three ways to organize a compare/contrast essay. We used my favorite topic: Windows...
First period began a quick experiment with note taking: we’re using morning announcements as a way to practice our note taking skills. Here are my notes, which I provided as an example: First and sixth periods worked on the Schaffer Model for paragraph...
First and sixth periods did some work with the Schaffer model of organization. Together we wrote an example Schaffer model paragraph; I’ve put one of the paragraphs online as an example for others. For second and fourth periods, it was the big day: students...
First, second, and seventh periods began looking at specific ways to elevate their writing. Our first step was to ensure paragraph unity: all sentences in a paragraph need to point back to the paragraph’s topic. We looked at various examples of paragraphs that...
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