English I Honors students took a break from Romeo and Juliet to start a series of occasional lessons designed to prepare students for the ACT-Aspire test, which is replacing the PASS test for South...
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What our classroom did in previous days, weeks, months, even years…
Socratic Seminar and Graphic Novels
English 8 Strategies students practiced the Socratic Seminar engagement, something that I used to do a lot more often when I taught both writing and literature but that I now do rarely. Since we'll...
Practice and Visions
English I Honors students looked at Juliet's concerns as she contemplates quaffing the vial Friar Laurence gave her. We're working on a graphic-novel-type illustration of the whole scene and will...
Finishing Up
Students from English 8 Strategies had a final day of revision for their earthquake projects. Those students who did not complete the work will have to complete it at home and turn it in Monday....
Three-Hour Delay
We had a three-hour late start due to weather, so things were a little off-kilter as far as the schedule goes. Only three classes met today, and of those, only two had their full time. English I...
Subtext Presentations and Mixed Work
English I Honors students acted their passages from 4.1 and 4.2, presenting afterward the passages with strong subtext and explaining what the subtext was. English 8 Strategies students spent half...
Revision and Subtext in 4.1 and 4.2
English 8 Strategies students had another day of revising their cause/effect earthquake essays. Tomorrow we'll spend a little time working on it, and Thursday we will spend most of the period...
Revision and Subtext
English I Honors began act four of Romeo and Juliet by looking at subtext and connotation in a unique short story called "Conversation Piece" by Ned Guymon. Students were able to discern the...
Enjoy the Break
Here's hoping everyone has a restful and joyful break. See you in 2015.
Finishing Before the Break
English I Honors students completed the third act of Romeo and Juliet; English 8 Strategies students finished up their major research projects (at least the major portion of it). All classes are...
Working through Act 3, Finishing Up Papers
English 8 Strategies students began the final push in our comprehensive informational text project about earthquakes. We worked in the lab, incorporating the new Schaffer chunks we've been...
Finishing Up Preparation
Both English I Honors students and English 8 Strategies students spent the day finishing up some sort of preparation of other. English I students finished cutting their individual scenes from Romeo...
