All periods had an extended quiz today. First and fifth periods had a quiz on main ideas in texts, commonly confused words (i.e., homonyms), and using quotes from sources in one's own writing....
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Review Squared
All periods worked on quizzes that they have coming up Monday. The practice quiz for first and...
3.5 and Common Confusion with Mnemonic Devices
First and fifth periods finished up yesterday's work on commonly confused words and then worked on mnemonic devices for remembering how to differentiate between student-chosen word pairs like...
Scene Five and Confusion
Second and fourth periods began the day with a bit of review of last night's reading, completing more of the study guide for Romeo and Juliet. We then turned our attention to 3.4 and 3.5, with...
More Cutting, More Quoting
First and fifth periods continued working with the passages dealing with Charlie's co-workers' behavior in "Flowers for Algernon." We ended the day returning to quoting sources, using the following...
Charlie’s Coworkers and Results of Cutting
First and fifth periods continued working on "Flowers for Algernon." We'll be returning to embedded quotes tomorrow, using our work today as a springboard. Both periods will have a quiz later this...
Snipping and Quoting
First and fifth periods continued working inserting quotes from texts into their own writing. Working in pairs, students searched for a sentence to support the claim that Charlie (from "Flowers for...
Quoting Sources and Further Planning
First and fifth periods worked on citations and quoting sources. The major focus for this quarter is research skills, and that includes what to do with the fruits of research. We focused today on...
Final Main Ideas and Project Preparation
First and fifth periods finished up the work on determining the main idea of a text. We'll be touching on it more throughout this final unit, but for now, we're done with the explicit instruction...
Irony and Main Ideas
First and fifth periods continued with the scaffolded work on determining a text's main idea. We turned to a fictional text today, though it's written in the style of a non-fictional report. progris...
Permission Slip
The permission slip for viewing Romeo and Juliet in class is available here. This is for second and fourth period students who have lost their original slips.
Main Ideas and a Quiz
Second and fourth periods were to have a quiz today over act two of Romeo and Juliet. Due to a technical glitch, fourth period will have to take the quiz tomorrow. First and fifth periods worked on...
