Games and Reciprocal Teaching

Games and Reciprocal Teaching

English I students worked on their Odyssey game projects today. We’ll be working on them in class through the rest of this week. English 8 students continued with their immigration unit, reading “Under the Wire” today using the reciprocal teaching...
Socratic Documentary

Socratic Documentary

English I students had a Socratic Seminar on the question of whether or not Odysseus is a hero. We began with a quick-write so students could have some initial ideas. I wrote from both perspectives: Odysseus Is Not A Hero In the modern world, a hero is almost always...
Calypso and Final Drafting

Calypso and Final Drafting

English I students began the day with a quiz to show students that the Odyssey is not a typical piece of writing students can just breeze through. Students will need to read a little more carefully and slowly than they are probably used to. We went over a few tricks...
Odyssey and Writing

Odyssey and Writing

English I students began a new unit on the Odyssey, reading the opening lines and going over some expectations about the epic form we’ll be studying. This included the non-linear nature of the narrative: English 8 students continued with the narrative writing....
Infinitives and Planning

Infinitives and Planning

English I students worked on infinitives today, and in doing so, they’re nearing the end of our short unit on phrases. English 8 students used a model personal narrative to reverse-engineer its planning before planning their own personal narratives....