English 8 students worked on applying the effective readers' skills in groups using "Thank You, Ma'am" as the example text. We'll continue working on it tomorrow. English I Honors students began the...
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What our classroom did in previous days, weeks, months, even years…
Analysis and Effective Readers
English I Honors students began looking at the difference between summarizing and analyzing by looking at a poem by Li-Young Lee called "The Gift" and examining example summaries and analyses of the...
First Friday
We survived our first week -- a short week to be sure, but we survived it nonetheless. English I Honors students had some more time with their parts of speech project after going over the Schaffer...
Finishing Up and Schaffer Planning
English 8 students worked on their article of the week assignment, learning a bit more about how to annotate the text. They also had a chance to work on Moodle again, learning their way around the...
Schaffer and Tools
English 8 students did a little more group practice with the Article of the Week and how we annotate it. Afterward, students began exploring Moodle, the course management software we'll be using....
First Day 2017
We sailed through the first day without any issues in English class. All students went over the Article of the Week assignment, which is 10% of English I Honors students' grade and 15% of English 8...
End of the School Year 2016/17
It is over. Enjoy your well-deserved break.
Finish Tests
I was out today for my daughter's award ceremony, but English 8 students had the opportunity to finish the test they began on Tuesday. One day to go!
English I Only
I only saw English I students today. They had a chance to re-read the 500-word essays they wrote at the beginning of the year and see how much they had grown.
Letters and a Test
English I Honors students wrote their letters to next year's students today. English 8 students took the final test on The Diary of Anne Frank.
Finishing Anne and Extra Credit
English I students had a chance to work on the extra credit opportunities available to them, all of which are due on Tuesday. English 8 students finished The Diary of Anne Frank. We'll have a test...
GE Ending
For those who need this for the extra credit.
