We’re still working on text structures in English 8. We took the final formative assessment for the district-required goal-setting assignment, which I also tied into the district-required Common Formative Assessment using district-required vetted questions from...
English I and English 8 students went over the coming TDA, planning a bit how to attack Thursday’s prompt. We, of course, did not go over the actual prompt but discussed how to attack a prompt in general, how to see how many body paragraphs a given prompt would...
English 8 students continued working on text structures focusing today on the compare/contrast structure. We’ll be finishing up the short unit this week. English 8 students began working on their culminating project, which is a game based on the Odyssey....
English 8 students had their first round of lit circles today. We simply practiced in small groups what we worked on yesterday, so students had a chance to work through the mechanics of a lit circle without having to worry about what exactly to say and to prepare....
English 8 students began preparing for literature circles they’re going to be conducting over the next week as we begin a new unit in celebration of Black History Month. Students looked at the eight roles in a lit circle: Summarizer: Your job is to prepare a...
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