All classes today worked on Schaffer paragraphs to some degree or other. Fourth and fifth periods worked on their analytic paragraphs about “The Cask of Amontillado” and the question of whether or not we can trust the narrator. Students should have...
English I students focused on their next analytic Schaffer paragraph in which we look at the question of the narrator, point of view, and whether or not we can trust the narrator. We circled back to the first paragraph that we examined a couple of days ago to...
Fourth and Fifth Periods English I students began their reading instruction in earnest today by learning a few techniques to help them get through tough sentences a little more fluidly. We learned the initial ideas behind bracketing/chunking sentences to make long,...
Fourth and Fifth Periods (English I) We had library orientation today, so that took up some of our time. With our remaining time, we looked at how we can make sense of the story “In the Family.” With a little close reading, we realized a plausible...
Fourth and Fifth Periods (English I) Students today worked on clearing up some final confusion over our first analytic Schaffer paragraph before beginning our second cycle. For example, the excerpt below has the problem of a very general topic sentence. Once it begins...
English I Students began assessing their first analytic Schaffer paragraph. Students will be anonymously assessing each others’ first paragraphs, which we completed yesterday. Students will need to continue assessing through the weekend: they have a total of...
English I (Fourth and Fifth Periods) English I students worked on completing their first analytic Schaffer paragraphs. Most students are working on paragraphs that deal with one of three possible topic sentences, two dealing with changing the time element of the...
Article of the Week All students began working on their first Article of the Week today. English I students worked on an article about the Congressional bill that recently passed: English 8 is working on an article of the week about an eighteen-year-old herping fan....
English I Students worked on increasing their mastery of concrete details by learning how to use quotes more effectively. We went over three steps to integrate quotes more effectively (Download) and had a little practice as a class, as groups, and as individuals....
English I students worked on their first analytic Schaffer paragraph by looking at the short story “The Sniper.” We determined that the story could not work if we change the setting, and as we began working through this premise as our topic sentence,...
Fourth and fifth periods today dug into the Schaffer model, the writing framework we will use the entire year. We covered the basics of how to use the model for prewriting/planning. We took special notice of the way we can use the TS to prove two things and then use...
2 school days left Today was our last full day of the school year — the last full day for eighth graders as middle school students. Two more half days and they will all be high school students. Today was a day of relaxation and...
4 school days left English I and English 8 students took the opportunity to watch film versions of what they’ve been working on in class or worked on earlier in the year. English 8 students watched portions of The Diary of Anne Frank, although it was not...
I promise you it seems like a lot now but it will get easier and you will get through it. Mr. Scott is a very good teacher and he knows how to push you to your limits and even further than that. He seems very scary but if you do the work and put in the effort, you...
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