First and fifth periods worked on participles, doing some independent practice and looking at examples in Nightjohn. Second and fourth periods began the final group of short stories in the unit,...
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Participles and Point of View
First and fifth periods continued with Nightjohn. We took something of a detour within the unit, looking at participles before heading back to the book to see how the author uses them in his...
Book Fair Fall 2012
All classes went to the book fair today. Afterward, first and fifth periods continued working with Nightjohn. We'll return to the question of participles tomorrow. Second and fourth periods, with so...
Participles and Unreliable Narrators
First and fifth periods worked on chapter three in Nightjohn, preparing for a second day in which we learn about participles -- verbs that think they're adjectives. Second and fourth periods...
Reliable Narrators and Concrete Details
First and fifth periods continued working on concrete details from Nightjohn. We created new concrete details to back up the topic sentence about one character's use of non-standard English being an...
Narrator and Shaffer Application
First and fifth periods began working on applying the Schaffer model to writing about literature. We looked at the non-standard English examples from Nightjohn we'd developed yesterday and used...
Final Character Planning and Voice Two
First period worked on voice after a bit of practice determining the meaning of words from context. Second and fourth periods finished up their group work creating outlines for a character analysis....
Character Analysis and Voice
First period began reading Nightjohn, looking at voice and how authors create it. Specifically, we looked at word choice of the narrator and discussed how we were able to figure out she is a slave...
Character Analysis and Prediction
First period worked on making predictions and activating prior knowledge prior to reading Nightjohn. Fifth period finished up the same activity from yesterday and began Nightjohn, looking at voice...
Fall 2012 MAP Test
Today all periods took the MAP test. More information is available at the Northwest Evaluation Association's web site. Homework First and fifth periods: goal essays due tomorrow. Second and fourth...
Rubric Scores
For second and fourth periods, here is the chart for figuring your grade from the rubric score.
Drafting, Characters, and Nightjohn
First period had one of those "go with the moment" moments this morning. The students have an essay due Wednesday, and they said some class time with me helping would be useful. We spent a very...
