English 8 students began the second half of the first unit with an introduction to the Schaffer model body paragraph that we will be using all year. Since we began the day going over work we'd...
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Integrating Quotes and Organization
English I students finished up their practice with integrating quotes. We did one session of practice as a class with the following quote, determining as a class what could be paraphrased/eliminated...
Integrating Quotes and Comprehension Questions
English I students finished up their work on initial Schaffer analytic work and then shifted our focus a little by working on integrating quotes for our concrete details. We began working on the...
Schaffer and Annotations
English 8 students finished up their reading and annotating of "Thank You, Ma'am." We'll begin analysis of it next week as we start working on an analytic Schaffer paragraph. English I students...
Annotations and the Short Story Unit
English I students began working on their short story unit, looking today at how a story's setting might be tied to its conflict. We read "The Sniper" and made a few observations about how the...
First Day 2023
Students in fifth and sixth periods worked on Schaffer paragraphs, the model we will use throughout the year. Sixth- and seventh- period students worked on observing and inferring. Unfortunately, I...
End of the 2022/2023 School Year
That's it -- we're done. No more dress code. No more worrying about cell phones. No more tests, quizzes, or homework (from me, anyway). No more Articles of the Week (from me, anyway). No more...
Eighth-Grade Day
Almost done -- today we had the final bash of the year, eighth-grade day. Of course, there's rewards day tomorrow, but it doesn't have a water slide! [gallery type="rectangular"...
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Final day of actual work
Winding Down
We're just about done with everything. My grades are done, and so am I. Any homework listed below is solely the function of site automation: we won't have anymore homework because grades are done....
Finishing Anne
English 8 finished reading The Diary of Anne Frank today and examined how the story arcs back to the opening scene. While we have finished reading the actual text, we'll be working on the play in...
Catching our Breaths
Due to the tragedy here at Hughes, students took the day to catch their breath, emotionally speaking. We'll get back to work Monday.
