Often, we have to write about topics that, quite frankly, bore us. It’s not just in school, either. Seemingly boring topics are trying because we don’t know what to write — nothing comes to mind at first.
Enter: today’s lesson with English Strategies and English Studies (first, second, and seventh periods). As part of our on-going [...]

First, second, and seventh periods (English Strategies and English Studies classes) continued working on writing. We made a short list of pet peeves as a basis for our writing. Afterward, we compared our lists to expand them — “Oh, I hadn’t thought of that! That drives me crazy, too!” — and did some writing on [...]

First period began working on their first drafts. We looked at the nature of a thesis statement and how it can guide writing. We also talked about how it can change. Then we began writing!
Second period worked on the beginnings of a graphic organizer that will show how much Scout has changed over the course [...]

First period discussed the excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings after a quiz.
Second period discussed the memoir form, pre-writing techniques, and began writing pre-writing for their memoir.
Fourth and sixth periods began the excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, working in groups to discuss questions about the use of details [...]