From the Text and Propaganda

From the Text and Propaganda

First and fifth periods returned to a common skill that we will be practicing throughout the year: developing an argument with backing from a secondary source. Or, as the EQ put it, “How do I back up my ideas with the text?” We looked at two characters...

Friday Quick Update

14 We’re all winding down all units: First and sixth periods continued with a new unit on Monster by Walter Dean Myers. Second and fourth periods are finishing up their research for the Great Expectations research paper. Seventh period continued with the bias...
Endings, Bias, and PASS

Endings, Bias, and PASS

We’re beginning to wrap up a number of units — convenient since we’re nearing the end of the year. First period worked on “Flowers for Algernon” after a PASS review (page 402) and a bus evacuation drill. It amounted to little more than...
Films and Group Work

Films and Group Work

First period continued with “Flowers for Algernon” after doing some more work with commas and apostrophes. We also returned to our ABC-Rewrite of “Flowers.” Second and fourth periods finished up the portion of the film of Great Expectations...