First and fourth periods continued working on "The Most Dangerous Game" today. We began by looking at how to integrate quotes into our own words. We practiced a bit before returning to yesterday's...
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More Schaffer Practice
First and fourth periods began by going over the concrete details from Friday's classwork. We began the process of learning how to incorporate quotes into the sentence. I gave a few examples based...
Schaffer Practice Squared
All classes continued working on the Schaffer writing model today. First and fourth periods looked at the question of what in the setting of "The Sniper" is absolutely necessary for the conflict. We...
Intro to Moodle and Socratic Variations
First and fourth periods used a modified Socratic Seminar (see slideshow below) to discuss the relationship between conflict and setting in "The Sniper." [gallery type="slideshow"...
Analysis and Extended Schaffer
First and fourth periods finished looking at the first example of literary analysis. We also began working on the first group of literary terms and topics we'll be using to analyze the first group...
Schaffer Conclusions and Analysis Beginnings
Second and seventh periods (English 8 Strategies) worked on their first Schaffer model paragraph. We used a topic that I first began using this year with that I can't believe I never thought of...
Schaffer, Schaffer, and Schaffer
First and fourth periods completed the overview of the Schaffer model. We'll begin tomrrow working to apply the model to literary analysis. Second and seventh periods began working on the Schaffer...
The Graph
The graph for questions 25, 26, and 27 on the English I benchmark test is below. Click on it for a larger version as needed.
First Schaffers and Development Goals
First and fourth periods completed a whirlwind introduction to the Schaffer model of writing. We first examined a student-written example from previous years about an age-old chestnut: sloppy school...
Inferring Schaffer
First and fourth periods worked on the Schaffer model for body paragraphs. We began by looking at an example paragraph from a couple of years ago, looking for claims and evidence. The class can be...
First Day Inferences
All students, regardless of the class, worked on the same skill today: inferring. It's such a basic skill in any class (but especially English), and it's critical to hit those important skills...
Eighth Grade Day 2013
Today was the final day of school, which means it was eighth grade day. Which means lots of laughing and reminiscing among the students. And a fair amount of crying, too. As usual, I was there to...
