First and fifth periods almost completed the Nightjohn film we're watching as a culmination to our unit on tradition and change. We'll be writing an argumentative essay next week as the capstone to...
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What our classroom did in previous days, weeks, months, even years…
Visual Nightjohn and the Phaeacians
Second and fourth periods reviewed the reading from homework that dealt with the section titled in our textbook "I Am Laertes' Son," which includes Odysseus' arrival at Phaeacia and the initiation...
Calypso and Analytic Thinking
First and fifth periods took a break from the Nightjohn unit to work on some critical thinking by working through a logic puzzle. These puzzles promote the kind of critical thinking that is...
Close Reading and Finishing Nightjohn
First period finished up yesterday's work with the contemporary parallel of Malala Yousafzai, getting an update on the courageous girl's condition before reading some of the diary that propelled her...
Odyssey and Current Parallel
First period read an article that has connections with the latest developments in Nightjohn. We did some vocabulary work with it as a starter before reading the article. Copy these words and...
Planning, Nightjohn, and Connections
First period finished up chapter five from Nightjohn. We explored cause and effect, looking at the broader causes of the act of sheer brutality that ended chapter five. Fifth period took a look...
Extra Credit Opportunity
As an extra credit opportunity to all students, I'm encouraging all students to create an entry for the PTA's Reflections contest. Rules can be found here. Guidelines from the national PTA website...
Tell-Tale Heart and Nightjohn
First and fifth periods continued working on Nightjohn. We'll be finishing the novel this week and working on the final project during the final days of the quarter. Second and fourth periods began...
Argument and Planning
First period made a big shift in understanding and vocabulary. Unbeknownst to them, they've been working on the elements of argumentative writing all quarter in working on the Schaffer model....
Testing and Schaffer
First and second periods didn't have class. As such, fourth period worked on critical thinking skill by working on logic puzzles in class. (For those interested in learning how to work logic Fifth...
Irony, Chapter Four, and Explore
First period didn't have class. The whole period was taken up with the Explore test, which is from the same test creators that make the ACT test. More information is available here. Second and...
Sick Day
I was out today with a roaring sore throat that rendered me mute. No homework.
