First period, after the day's diary prompt, had a bit of time to regroup for coming group presentations and then continued with effective readers' skills practice with an annotated text about rising...
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What our classroom did in previous days, weeks, months, even years…
Out Again
I was out again today due to family illness, but an update is still required, especially for English I students who are wondering about the electronic copy of the rubric the substitute teacher today...
Sick
Shel Silverstein said it best: "I cannot go to school today" Said little Peggy Ann McKay. "I have the measles and the mumps, A gash, a rash and purple bumps. My mouth is wet, my throat is dry. I'm...
Career Day and Logical Thinking
Today was career day, which meant students were able to get insight into a number of different careers. Fourth and fifth periods, in order not to get ahead of their...
Acting, Appositives, and Propaganda
First and fifth periods continued working on The Diary of Anne Frank, with the first groups presenting their version of the play. We finished by introducing the third of eight sentence patterns we...
Rehearsal and Propaganda Completion
First and fifth periods worked on their Anne Frank presentations. The first group from each class will present tomorrow. Second and fourth periods completed an overview of nine propaganda methods....
Comparing and Propaganda
First and fifth periods continued with the Diary of Anne Frank. We read a bit more of scene three before turning back to the actual diary to make some comparisons and contrasts. Second and fourth...
From the Text and Propaganda
First and fifth periods returned to a common skill that we will be practicing throughout the year: developing an argument with backing from a secondary source. Or, as the EQ put it, "How do I back...
Finishing Up Odyssey Project and Acting Out
First and fifth periods had a taste of a coming and intense drama project to enact portions of The Diary of Anne Frank. We also reviewed some recently assessed classwork on evaluating internet...
Scene Two and Final Project Issues
First and second periods continued working on The Diary of Anne Frank. We worked through the second scene of the first act, modelling and practicing how we will be working with our short, upcoming...
Starting Drama and Project
First and fifth periods began reading The Diary of Anne Frank, the dramatized version of Anne's diary. We went over the special textual features of drama; our notes are below. (Fifth period's notes...
Resource Evaluation and Planning
First and fifth periods completed two mini-projects in the computer lab today. First, they used the now-famous CRAP Test to evaluate three web resources while answering one of the questions they...
