First and fifth periods continued working on effective reader skills with the informational text about slave codes. We'll be applying the skills to the novel we'll be focusing on during this...
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Using Quotes and Effective Readers’ Skills
First and fifth periods used a modified informational text about slave codes to practice once again the effective readers' skills of the "Say Something" engagement. We began in class and will...
Falker and Conflict
First and fifth periods finished up the first unit about school year goals and the traditional classroom. The essay is due in a week, Wednesday 19 September 2012. Afterward, we began a new unit by...
Setting and Conflict with Transformations
Second and fourth periods began looking in earnest at how to write about literature, specifically analyzing the relationship between setting and conflict in "The Sniper." Our notes are available...
Short Beginnings and Sentence Variety
First and sixth periods worked on a short writing workshop, creating complex sentences in a first step to increasing sentence variety in our writing. Some of their notes are available here. Second...
Group Work and Critical Thinking
Today we did some group work finishing up yesterday's Schaffer planning session in first and fifth periods followed by critical thinking practice with logic puzzles. Second and fourth periods did...
Group Schaffer Work and Essay Summary
First and fifth periods continued working on their first unit cumulative Schaffer-model essay. Through scaffolding, we had a day of whole-class modeling yesterday; today we took away some of the...
Schaffer Planning and a Test
First and fifth periods worked on using the Schaffer model to plan a final culminating essay for this year's first unit. Notes for each class follow: First period notes Sixth period notes We'll do...
Library Plus
All classes went to the library for orientation and some time to check out books. After the library orientation, first and fifth periods finished up the Schaffer paragraphs from Friday and began...
First Schaffer Paragraphs
All classes continued working on the Schaffer model, completing their first Schaffer paragraphs. A proud moment for us all! First period notes Second period notes Fourth period notes Fifth period...
First Schaffer Paragraph
In another minor miracle of planning, all classes ended up doing essentially the same thing today: introduction to commentary and an initial Schaffer paragraph. Homework All classes: complete the...
Introduction to Schaffer
Through a miracle of inadvertently advantageous planning, all classes -- first, second, fourth, and fifth periods -- worked on the same thing today. It happens about twice or three times a year. How...
