Wrapped and Text Structures

Wrapped and Text Structures

English I students finished with The Police song “Wrapped Around Your Finger” as we covered allusions and introduced motifs. And that song is an excellent exemplar of them all. This quarter’s major extra credit option comes from the past two...
First Assessment and a Reward

First Assessment and a Reward

English 8 students worked on their first assessment for the text structure lesson we’ve been working on. The results were fantastic — a good start to the new unit. English I students were a little ahead of my schedule (about 1.5 days), so we rewarded their...
Test and Short Project

Test and Short Project

English 8 students completed their Flowers for Algernon unit with a short test. We’ll begin a new short unit on text structures tomorrow. English I students worked on their article of the week looking at the word “entrepôt” in the AOW. We also went...