Maslow, Voice, and Peer Evaluation

English 8 Strategies began the final stages of preparation for the ACT-Aspire test. We learned how to use a form that will help us with peer evaluation. English I Honors students continued with Lord of the Flies (fourth period) and Mockingbird (sixth period)....
Workshops and Research

Workshops and Research

English I Honors students began anonymously evaluating other students’ work in the second half of their first Moodle workshop experience. Most students managed to finish all three required assessments, but those who didn’t manage to complete them will have...
First Short Story and Peer Editing

First Short Story and Peer Editing

English 8 students, after their starter writing (Prompt: Most people have vivid memories of certain events from childhood. What sticks out in your mind? Pick one particularly strong memory and describe it in detail.)  began learning how to work with a peer’s...

Analysis and Peer Work

English 8 students began working on their workshop skills. Today was a frustrating day for them as I was doing more formative assessment, having students perform tasks with minimal instruction and even less help to determine what they could or couldn’t do....
Workshop and Characters

Workshop and Characters

First and sixth periods had writing workshop today. We worked on improving sentence variety. Second and fourth periods finished up plot, setting, and conflict and moved on to characterization. Homework First period: none. Second and fourth periods: read the following...