Friday Shortcuts

Rather than rehash the day (it’s Friday and we’re all tired), let’s just get to the homework… HomeworkEnglish 8 Studies: none.English I Honors: re-read “Thank You, M’am” (see Moodle site) looking for quotes to use as...

Voice, Journals, and Characters

English Studies finished up their group work on determining voice. We’ll be pulling it all together tomorrow. English Strategies finished their first journal entries and began the work a voice that English Studies finished up today. English I Honors students...
Verbs and Preparation

Verbs and Preparation

English I Honors students spent the day working on their final project for the short story/writing about literature unit. That will be due next Friday. English 8 Strategies students actually did two different things today: first period worked on identifying subjects...
Socratic Firsts and Sentence Practice

Socratic Firsts and Sentence Practice

English 8 students worked on their sentence work for the week. We’re learning how to craft sentences that begin with participial phrases. This slideshow requires JavaScript. We had some practice as a class and as pairs, creating some masterful sentences: For...