English 8 Strategies students took the unexpected day in class -- come on, admit it: we were all expecting to be out today -- and continued with the regularly-scheduled Friday writing day. As a...
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Catch-Up Day
Since I've been out two days, and we've had the snow day (and more to come, it seems), today was a day to consolidate and catch up so that we don't get too far behind. English 8 Strategies students...
Delay Day
With each class only thirty minutes today, everything seemed to be over before it started, and each class did just a little catch-up work. English 8 Strategies students returned to some older work...
Due Date Moved
Good news, English I'ers -- Romeo and Juliet project due date moved back a day. Be safe, drink some hot chocolate, and use the time wisely.
Jigsaw Part Two, Writing, and the Chills
Fourth period English I Honors took the next step in their jigsaw activity by breaking into their smaller groups to share with their coworkers the fruits of the larger groups' efforts. We'll...
Fish Bowl Topics, A Difficult Argument, and Sociology
Fourth period English I Honors continued with yesterday's controversial subject by reading an edited argument about the use of the pejorative term for African Americans in contemporary society....
Taboo, Run-ons, and a Tough Topic
English 8 Strategies students turned to grammar, it being Wednesday, practicing correcting run-on sentences after learning to identify them last week. We'll finish this and Monday's lesson up...
Tuesday Consultations, Argument, and Parts of Speech
English 8 Strategies students did the usual Tuesday routine: they wrote, and I consulted. Students are finishing up first drafts of argumentative writing pieces. They'll soon be deciding whether to...
Lord of the Flies Online
Lord of the Flies is available online at the Moodle site now for anyone who needs it to help search for passages.
Busy Monday
English 8 Strategies students returned to informational texts today, looking at the fourth of five argumentative articles and examining it for claim and evidence. Fourth period English I students...
Writing and Consulting
It's Friday -- let's take a break. Sort of. Everyone was productive today. Everyone had a good day. And everyone is now ready for the weekend. Some of us will be busier than others, though.
Writing, Trusting, and Analyzing
English 8 Strategies students spent the day writing again. We'll be having three days of intense writing this week so that when we switch to two days a week next week, we'll have plenty to discuss...
