Last week's Friday didn't count -- we didn't do Friday things in English 8. Today, we did: we began working on our traditional Friday work, which includes working on inferences with a text and a bit...
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First Solo Paragraphs and Effective Reading Skills
Of course, we began with our article of the week work. English 8 began Nightjohn by applying effective readers' skills to given passages. We'll continue that tomorrow. English I Honors students...
First Full Schaffer and Unit Beginning
English I Honors students began with a review of the homework, which involved integrating quotes into one's own text. They also created their first full (well, almost full) analytic Schaffer...
Quote Integration and Unit Conclusion
English 8 students concluding the introductory ROCK unit by looking at how kindness can appear in the classroom. We're done with the bookkeeping stuff; now it's time to get serious. English I Honors...
Initial Analysis Start and Re-tellings
English I students finished up their analysis of the idea of analysis today. We ended with a simple definition of analysis: the examination of the elements or structures of a piece of writing. We...
Schaffer Closure, Analysis, and a Socratic Seminar
English 8 students are working their way through the year-opening ROCK unit, looking at kindness. Today we stepped out of the lesson plans because everything we going more quickly than expected, and...
Schaffer and Readers’ Skills
English I Honors, after working on the article of the week, finished up the basics of the Schaffer model. We first filled in some blanks regarding numbers of elements and specific transitional...
Day 2, Diving In
All students took some time to practice with the Article of the Week, an assignment that they will be wrestling with all year. It's an assignment we'll be working daily, so it's important to make...
First Day 2018
All students went over the typical things for the first of the year: expectations, procedures, and the like. Everyone was well-behaved and focused -- a great first day.
Eighth Grade Day 2018
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Yearbooks and a Film
Eighth-grade students were provided time after electives to sign yearbooks. After lunch, students participated in a culminating video with conversation until 3:15.
Lockers and Team Building
Eighth-grade students were provided time after electives to clean out lockers and turn in any assignments. They were provided time to sign yearbooks. After lunch, students participated in a...
