English I Honors students finished the first poetry lesson, a two-and-a-half-day lesson (though only planned as a two-day lesson) covering the EQ "How is poetry different from other forms of...
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What our classroom did in previous days, weeks, months, even years…
Application
English 8 Strategies students (first and fifth periods) worked on a final Schaffer model paragraph. We will begin using them in our general writing next week. Fourth and sixth period students...
Argument and Poetry
As it's Monday, English 8 Strategies students returned to the argument. We looked at a new murder mystery for students to solve and had some pair work as students developed an argument about the...
Solo Schaffer and Logic
English 8 Strategies students wrote their first solo Schaffer paragraphs today. It was a bit of a challenge for first period because I did not do enough scaffolding (mea culpa), but we'll correct...
Verbs and Preparation
English I Honors students spent the day working on their final project for the short story/writing about literature unit. That will be due next Friday. English 8 Strategies students actually did two...
Ironic Sentences
English 8 Strategies, it being Wednesday, returned to the sentence, looking again at sentences that begin with participial phrases. We completed the sentence-combining work we began in class...
Schaffer and Irony
English 8 Strategies returned to writing as it's Tuesday: we worked on a new Schaffer paragraph with the topic "The best part of the day is ______," taking time only to write the first chunk and...
Counterclaims and Irony
It being Monday, English 8 Strategies students returned to work on the argument, adding counterargument and rebuttal to our notes. Students have now covered all elements of the argument and will...
Schaffer Work and Socratic Planning
It being Friday, first and fifth periods returned to writing, continuing with the first Schaffer model they're writing with minimal help from me. We'll finish this up Tuesday. English I Honors...
Socratic Firsts and Sentence Practice
English 8 students worked on their sentence work for the week. We're learning how to craft sentences that begin with participial phrases. [gallery type="slideshow"...
MAP Fall 2014
Students took the MAP test today. All homework stands from yesterday
Poe Wall and First Schaffer
English 8 Strategies continued with the new schedule today, and as Tuesdays are writing days, we returned to Schaffer and came up with our first class-produced paragraphs. The Schaffer model makes...
