English I students struggled a bit with the latest Schaffer paragraph dealing with character motivation in "Thank You, Ma'am." We'll be starting our next paragraph tomorrow. English 8 began looking...
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MAP Testing Day 2
MAP testing for everyone. That's about it.
MAP Fall 2016 Day 1
Everyone on the eighth-grade hall took the reading MAP test today, which resulted in shorted class periods -- thirty minutes to be exact. All classes went over the first article of the week that...
Schaffer Analytic Planning 2 and Independent Work
English I Honors students looked at the incredible story "Thank You, Ma'am" and began the second analytic Schaffer paragraph. English 8 students had their first independent work Friday.
Character and Effective Readers
English I Honors continued with their short stories unit by looking at the next story, "The Old Man on the Bridge" by Hemingway. English 8 students worked with effective readers' skills.
Workshop and Effective Readers
English 8 students began a text on slave codes (available here) in anticipation of our first novel, Nightjohn. We also began our year-long use of effective readers' skills (download here) with the...
Socratic Beginnings and Teamwork
English 8 students worked on their first Socratic Seminar today. We'll be trying it later in the quarter for real, but today was simply a chance for everyone to get used to the protocol. English I...
Literacy and Analysis
English I Honors began the first of several Schaffer analytic paragraphs on short stories. Students had an option to work on "The Most Dangerous Game" or "Harrison Bergeron." English 8 continued the...
Quotes and Literacy
English 8 students began a new unit practicing with the Moodle forum feature to discuss the following questions: Imagine you cannot read: how would that change your life? List three to five things...
Schaffer Analysis, Library, and Finishing Up Moodle
English 8 students went to the library to pick out a book for their first one pager, which will be due in several weeks. We also worked on replying to each others' posts in Moodle forums and using...
Schaffer Paragraph
Any English I students who have not yet turned in the first Schaffer paragraph assignment (there are eleven of you) need to do so by the end of school tomorrow (8/25). Afterward, I will not accept...
Socratic Seminar and a Forum
English I Honors students began preparing for their first analytic Schaffer paragraph, which will deal with the short story "The Sniper." [video width="540" height="540"...
