All classes went to the spring book fair today. This year we were given only fifteen minutes in the fair, which seemed fair enough.
Afterward, first and seventh periods began working on linking verbs, with the eventual goal of working on subject/verb agreement.
Second period evaluated their PASS exams.
Fourth period worked on quoting and the use of [...]

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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 and second period didn’t meet because we were having the ELA pass test. Students later said it went fairly well.
Fourth and sixth periods had the first take of their Much Ado About Nothing scenes. We filmed the first take and will do one more day of filming. I’ll be using those takes to give [...]

We had no first or second period classes due to the PASS writing test.
Fourth and sixth periods continued with Algernon. We’ll be finishing up this week.

All classes finished up working with Mrs. Weaver-James regarding the PASS writing test that is coming up 11 March and then we went to the book fair.
Homework

First period: make sure you’ve read through chapter 8 of The Giver.
Second period: finish Lord of the Flies.

Mrs.Weaver-James, an instructional coach at Hughes, was a guest teacher in all classes today, giving students some important information about the upcoming PASS test.
Tomorrow, we’ll be going to the book fair, with Mrs. Weaver-James taking the few minutes of class time beforehand to finish up what we started.
Homework
None.

First, fourth, and sixth periods began looking at the PASS rubric’s “Content and Development” criteria.

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Presents a clear central idea about the topic
Fully develops the central idea with specific, relevant details
Sustains focus on central idea throughout the writing

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Presents a central idea about the topic
Develops the central idea but details are general, [...]