English I Honors classes are finishing up Mockingbird and as such, discussed the titular mockingbird today. English 8 students began the final STEAM project, combining a bit of most every core class...
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End of SC Ready Testing 2016
We've finished up SC Ready testing for the year. We still have PASS testing in a couple of weeks for science and social studies, but for the next week, testing is done. We'll be back to our usual...
2016 SC Ready Part Two
Day two of the SC Ready test. Not bad despite some technical hiccups. We'll be finishing up tomorrow.
SC Ready
All students today took the SC Ready writing test. No homework for any students as we prepare for the reading test tomorrow.
Final Pre-Test Day
English 8 students had a final day of practice for the SC Ready test. We've now done all the practice tests, and everyone is ready for a great couple of days of testing. English I Honors students...
Practicing with the Mrunas
English I Honors students began examining the most multi-layered chapter in To Kill a Mockingbird. Students worked in their lit circles to answer given discussion questions: Entry-Level Questions...
Practice Makes Perfect
All classes worked on practice SC Ready tests today. We'll be doing another day of practice with English 8 students while English I Honors students will shift back to homework practice.
More Practice and Ranking
English I Honors students completed the ranking work for the minor characters according to morality. The two periods came up with significantly different lists: Sixth Period Miss Maudie Reverend...
SC Ready Practice and More
All classes went over the last practice of the SC Ready test, which students will be taking next week. English 8 students devoted the day to it while English I Honors students only spent the first...
SC Ready and More
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...
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...
