English 8 students began working on the SC Ready test prep as we'll be having the test next week. We went over basic test taking strategies before having a practice test, which we'll finish...
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Spring Friday
Everyone worked hard; everyone accomplished something. I'm just too tired to go into details...
Comparison and Ballads
English Strategies students began working on the heavy-lifting portion of the STEAM unit we're currently working on, comparing a poem and a portion of a novel. English Studies students took the...
Preparing for Presentations and More
English Strategies students finished up a test from the other day and began reading the next section of The Glory Field. English Studies students had a day of final preparation before tomorrow's...
Spring Friday
It's spring; it's Friday; it's fourth quarter. Homework? Are you kidding?
First Day Back
English I Honors students continued with To Kill a Mockingbird by starting to look at two different arguments regarding the derogatory term for African Americans that some characters in Mockingbird...
Ends, Beginnings, and Break
English 8 Students brought to a close the first part of the new English/social studies/math (with a bit of science) STEAM unit. They're all done with the lit circle work and will move on to the next...
Lit Circles All Around
All classes were engaged today in lit circles in one form or another. The only exception was English Studies, which went over briefly how to determine tone in a poem: Look for repetitions. Determine...
Lit Circles, Voice, and the Book Fair
English I Honors students continued with To Kill a Mockingbird, finishing a first reading of yesterday's opening passage from the novel and completing an overview of the first bit of unit-based...
Beginnings and Continuing
English 8 students (both sections) continued with the lit circle work they're doing with The Glory Field. English I Honors students began To Kill a Mockingbird, finishing up the anticipatory work...
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Socratic Seminar and More
English I Honors students finished up the Odyssey unit with a Socratic Seminar about whether or not Odysseus is a hero. The discussions will be available in a password protected post shortly: the...
