English 8 students began working on a unit having to do with Frederick Douglass. Because the passage we will be working on is so challenging, we did a quick overview of pronouns and antecedents....
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What our classroom did in previous days, weeks, months, even years…
Test and Objective Summary
English I students had their two-part test on act three from Romeo and Juliet today. It will be on the third-quarter reporting period. English 8 students finished up the work on objective summaries,...
Finishing Up Benchmark 2 Part 1 and Preparing for a Test
English I Honors students worked on preparing for Tuesday's test with some Quizlet Live fun. We used these quizzes: Practice 1 Practice 2 Practice 3...
Benchmark 2 2018
All classes worked on the second district-mandated benchmark of the year.
Summary and Half a Benchmark
English 8 students were scheduled to take the district-created, district-mandated benchmark test for the second quarter. Due to technical difficulties out of the control of the school or the...
Objectivity and a Worsened Situation
English I students, feeling the strain of having lost a day of instruction time and falling even further behind with Romeo and Juliet, went through 3.5 and saw just how desperate the situation now...
Acting after Cutting and Clearing up Work
English I Honors students performed their cut (and curt) versions of 3.2 and 3.3. Aside from a few flubs here and there, where students cut more than they should have and made the passage just a bit...
Argument, Audience, and Cutting
English 8 students continued working on the importance of praise by analyzing an article for the argument and the audience. English I Honors students worked on their cutting their given scenes...
Return 2018
Our first day back was fairly successful. English I students began a multi-day lesson on how to evaluate Shakespeare's text and -- gasp -- cut portions that are not necessary, strictly speaking....
Half Day Before Break
Today was just a half day -- fun and games for everyone. Enjoy the break. You guys deserve it.
Oplatek 2017
Today being the last full day before the winter break, we experienced an old new custom here in class: the oplatek tradition.
Project Work and Presentations
English I Honors students began working on their first song for the soundtrack project: "Decoration Day." We planned three Schaffer paragraphs (of which we will be writing two) and worked in...
