English I Honors students began To Kill a Mockingbird today, looking at the question of voice in the opening pages after completing our Socratic Seminar. English 8 students finished up the selection...
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What our classroom did in previous days, weeks, months, even years…
Reminder
A reminder to students in English I Honors: if you are not satisfied with your grade for the narrative lessons we had on Moodle, please speak with Mr. Scott about an additional assignment you can...
Socratic Seminars
All classes had Socratic Seminars. English I Honors students will need to finish their seminars tomorrow.
Preparation
Ironically, all classes in one form or another prepared for a Socratic Seminar tomorrow. English I Honors will be working off the reading we had in class today about Jim Crow laws as we begin To...
Annotating and Narratives
English I Honors continued working on their narratives. Tomorrow will be the last day in class. Students will need to work on their rubrics at home (see below). English 8 students had their last day...
Narrative Foci and Second Text
English I Honors had a quick quiz on the at-home, flipped-class narrative lessons the have been working on. Our focus today was on dialogue and avoiding verb tense shifts. English 8 students began...
Narrative and Socratic Seminar
English I Honors students continued working on their narrative assignment. We'll be having a quiz on the flipped-classroom material tomorrow. English 8 students finished up their Socratic Seminar...
Friday Work and Narratives
English I Honors students continued working on their narratives in our flipped-classroom experiment. English 8 students worked on their Friday inference work (see lesson plans at right).
Project Plus
English I Honors students began working on an experimental, flipped-classroom project for the culmination of the Odyssey. We'll be working on this for a week or so, and it's all very experimental,...
Finishing and Starting
English I Honors began the final stages of the Odyssey project. English 8 students began their new unit, a STEAM unit with social studies and math.
Monomyth and Final Poetry
English I Honors students worked with the Joseph Campbell text on the monomyth. We'll be finishing it up tomorrow. English 8 students began their final project for the poetry unit.
Monomyth and Figurative Interpretation
English I Honors students began working on a look at the monomyth (i.e., Joseph Campbell) and how the Odyssey is an example of that. We'll be finishing up the Odyssey shortly. English 8 students are...
