First period worked on turning all the planning we’ve done for a memoir into a first draft. It’s to be completed by tomorrow. Second and fourth periods went over two films to see how closely they follow the monomyth developed by Joseph Campbell....
First period worked on revision — deep revision versus surface revision. Second and sixth periods had their first of two days preparation for their Diary of Anne Frank project. We’ll be spending one more day before Fourth period looked at the parallel...
First period, having a choice for the day’s writing workshop mini-lesson, decided to continue working on sentence variety Second and sixth periods had a quiz on last night’s reading. We then went over the project: I introduced the Double-sided Journal...
First period had a final day of the writing workshop, working on the STAR method of revision. Fourth period looked at Friar Laurence’s opening lines to see how Shakespeare uses language tricks (also known as literary devices). There’s something in almost...
Sometimes it’s hard to bat close to a thousand. I’ve updated this site daily for so long that it’s a habit which follows me home. I arrive home and think, “Oh my, I forgot to update.” And while the temptation to skip a day is strong, a...
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