English I Students worked on increasing their mastery of concrete details by learning how to use quotes more effectively. We went over three steps to integrate quotes more effectively (Download) and...
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What our classroom did in previous days, weeks, months, even years…
First Analytic Schaffer and Inferring
English I students worked on their first analytic Schaffer paragraph by looking at the short story "The Sniper." We determined that the story could not work if we change the setting, and as we began...
Schaffer Practice and Inferring
Fourth and fifth periods today dug into the Schaffer model, the writing framework we will use the entire year. We covered the basics of how to use the model for prewriting/planning. We took special...
Last Full Day
Cards and signatures
Reviewing Visually
The last day of the penultimate week of the 2021/22 school year
Final Day of Graded Work
English 8 and English I both finished up their lit circles today. That means only one thing: grades are done! For...
Algebra EOC and Lit Circles
EOC leads to final days
Letter to Next Year’s Students
Letters and lit circles
Final Monday
The final Monday of this school year brought more literature circles
Friday
We're almost there! We had a number of students out today due to a field trip and a few other reasons, but we used our time to work toward completing our literature circles.
Lit Circles
Half (or more) through lit circles
Returning Letters, Progress Reports, and Literature Circles
Circles, letters, and such
