English 8 students continued with the introduction to the Schaffer model by looking at a puzzle: groups of four received a full Schaffer paragraph, but the sentences were on strips of paper in random order. Students had to consult with one another and their Schaffer notes to determine which sentences were performing which Schaffer roles.

Students will continue the second phase of the work tomorrow.

English I Honors students looked at how we can take a few simple observations about the character in “Old Man on the Bridge” and create a Schaffer paragraph from it.

Fourth period’s notes

Sixth period’s notes

Afterward, we read “Thank You, Ma’am” to begin working tomorrow on our second substantial writing assignment about characterization in the story.

Creative writing students had a quick mini-lesson on sentence variety and received a document for keeping track of minilessons.

Homework

• English I Honors: complete a chart for one of the characters in “Thank You, Ma’am” like we did for the old man in “Old Man on the Bridge”