All classes began the second quarter units today. First and fourth periods read a poem by Howard Nimerov, "Because You Asked about the Line Between Prose and Poetry." Then they read articles about...
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Finishing Mockingbird and Projects
Today in first and fourth periods we went to the computer lab and completed the "Starter Evaluation" and the "Participation Evaluation". Then we returned to the class and watched the ending of the...
First Quarter Projects 2013, Day Four
Students in second and seventh periods worked on their final projects, an argumentative essay about slavery in the 21st century. We'll be finishing up the projects on Monday. [gallery...
First Quarter Projects 2013, Day Four
Today in first and fourth periods we watched part of "Scottsboro: An American Tragedy" and then we broke off into groups and talked about our arguments for the final project for the To Kill A...
First Quarter Projects 2013, Day Three
Students continued working on their final projects today.
First Quarter Projects
Homework for the next week is the same: work on the culminating project as needed. First and fourth periods' culminating project is here. Second and seventh periods' culminating project is...
First Quarter Projects 2013, Day Two
Students continued working on their final projects today.
First Quarter Projects 2013, Day One
All classes began working on their first-quarter culminating projects. We will be working on them in the computer lab for the rest of the week and all three days of next week (the short week for...
Finishing Up
First and fourth periods continued to analyze chapter 24 by looking at irony, names, and why the author include the chapter in the story. Due to a miscalculation in planning on my part (it had...
Missionary Society Meeting and Participle Review
Toady in first and fourth periods we reread the text below as a class. Then we got in our groups and analyzed the text to answer questions on Chapter 24 of To Kill A Mockingbird in an effort to...
Argument and Close Reading
First and fourth periods looked at what tension is, and how authors use it. The four ways authors create tension are dialogue, change, twists, and revelations. We divided into groups and looked at...
Friday Reorientation
Homework only today.
