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Archive
What our classroom did in previous days, weeks, months, even years…
Responsibility and New Friday Work
English 8 students went over the test we took yesterday and a few notes about how things will go Monday when we start a new unit. [gallery type="rectangular" columns="4"...
Test and Hints
English 8 students had a test today on subordinate clauses and pronoun/antecedent identification -- skills we used in tackling the Frederick Douglass text. English I Honors students worked on...
Romeo’s Speech and Final Test Prep
English I Honors students finished up (almost) the analytic part of our Romeo and Juliet unit by analyzing Romeo's final speech. We'll finish up tomorrow, but kids need to do some homework related...
Transitions and Voice
English I Honors students worked on a very tricky subject, something that's difficult to teach because one learns it, in general, by doing it: transitioning between big ideas in a paper. We went...
One-Pager and Fears
English 8 students worked on their one-pagers, finishing them in class before heading to the library to get another book for the next one-pager. We began, though, by working with our article of the...
Finishing Douglass, Starting Act IV
English I Honors students began the fourth act of Romeo and Juliet. We looked at 3.5 again to see a couple of examples of subtext -- where there is a second meaning to a text that one character or...
Practice Test and Final Douglass
English 8 students began the final part of the Frederick Douglass text we've been working on in class. This passage students analyze as individuals, the last bit of our scaffolded practice. English...
3.5 and More
English I Honors students finished act 3 in class and then had time to work on outstanding work. English 8 students finished up allusion work.
Gallery Walk and Text Structures
English 8 students worked with text structures today. We've completed all six text structures and are now practicing identifying from all six. English I Honors students worked on 3.2 and 3.3,...
Projects
English I Honors students began the major analytic writing assignment associated with Romeo and Juliet. We'll be connecting songs to the play to create a soundtrack for a hypothetical film. [gallery...
Tableaux and Part 3
English I Honors students went through act three scene one today by working on tableaux vivants. Afterward, students wrote...
