First and sixth periods worked on “Raymond’s Run” and exposition, looking for the moment the story’s conflict becomes clear. We’ll finish up the story tomorrow. Second and sixth periods did a Write Around dealing chapter twenty-four from...
First and sixth periods began a unit on the short story. We’ll be reading several short stories as well as looking at the construction and elements of short stories. Today we worked on a general review (for the students)/pre-unit-assessment (for me) in the form...
First and sixth spent a final day working on the persuasive essay. We’re now a week behind, but I think in the end, it was worth it: it’s better to fall a bit behind and make sure everyone understands what’s going on than to rush ahead and leave a...
First and sixth periods began an odd week of overlapping units: we’ll still work on some of the materials for the persuasive essay, but we’ll also be working from the other end on a short stories unit. Today, we began said unit by reading one of the...
First and sixth periods had a final day of research in the media center. Second and fourth periods had a phrase test and a final day of project work during the last twenty minutes of class. Seventh period started a new story. We’ll be working with conflict on...
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