15 Today we completed the second day of Pass testing. Not much more to write about than that.
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What our classroom did in previous days, weeks, months, even years…
Final Research on the Farm
16 First, second, and sixth periods had a final day of presentations research. We'll begin the presentations next week. Fourth period finished a quick, one-day overview of Animal Farm. Homework...
PASS 2011, Day 1
17 We completed the first day of PASS testing. As a side note, I created a grade calculator for English 1 students (fourth period) to determine what their final grade might be. I'm not guaranteeing...
Bibliographic Entries
18 All periods worked on bibliographic entries: all periods are working on research (or, in the case of fourth period, about to start). Homework First, second, and sixth periods: none. Fourth...
Bibliographic Entries and Final Discussions
19 Fourth period finished up Great Expectations today. We're left with a research paper to write, two books, and nineteen school days to do it all -- are we nuts? First, second, and sixth periods...
Thinking
20 In first, second, and sixth period we went to the library to do research on World War II. It was similar to what we did yesterday but today we did more research on our topic. There were many...
Narrow War
For the pass week or so in first, second, and sixth periods, we've learned how to do research and narrow down presentations. The presentation is on World War II. We have to pick a topic about WWII...
Research
First, second, and sixth periods began the process of narrowing their research topic. All students begin with the same general framework: World War Two. By tomorrow (in class), they will need to...
Graphical Text Elements, Characters, and Evaluating Sources
First period worked on evaluating web sources. Second and sixth periods worked on non-textual elements in informational texts. Fourth period continued with Great Expectations. No details -- it's...
Quiz, Bias, and Text Features
First period worked on graphical and typographic text elements and the effects they have on an informational text. Second and sixth periods worked on bias with sports article headlines. Fourth...
Main Idea and Point of View
First, second, and sixth periods all worked inferring the main idea of a text as well as the meaning of unknown words. We'll continue working on it tomorrow. Fourth period continued with Great...
Reseach and Point of View
First, second, and sixth periods began working on a research/informational-text unit in review for the PASS test coming in two weeks. We began gathering topics for a short presentation that will be...
