English I students worked on the planning for their first Schaffer paragraph on “The Most Dangerous Game.” Students should have a good idea of their topic sentences and should have two passages from the story selected, which they will use as their first...
English I students discussed informally in randomly formed groups the question of how the setting of “The Most Dangerous Game” affects the plot. We came up with several ideas: We’ll be using these ideas to create our first analytic Schaffer...
English I students finished up their first model selection, and we walked through the type of analytic paragraph we’ll be working on in this first unit. Afterward, we worked on integrating quotes into our CDs in a fluid and efficient fashion. We’ll...
Just across the border from where I lived in Poland (Lipnica Wielka) and where my wife grew up (Jablonka) is a Slovak town called Trstená. We go there every time we visit family in Poland. I love Trstená because unlike much of Central Europe, it seems frozen in time....
All classes began the day learning how the starters/bell-ringers in my class work. English I students continued working on their first unit today, reading their first model selection for our initial writing exercise (coming later this week). We read “The...
English I students worked today on the first lesson of our short story unit. This unit instructs students on the basics of literary analysis, helps students discern the difference between analyzing and summarizing, and provides students with ample writing practice. We...
Our first day is behind us! What a great group of kids we have on our team. We’re all excited about working with them this year. English I students spent the day going over letters from last year’s students, practicing small-group discussion, and reviewing...
Today was the final day of school for the few kiddos who came to school. We had a totally relaxing day after starting with a surprise fire drill. And to every teacher’s surprise, it was a relatively tear-free ending to the school...
1 school day left Today was the first of two short half-days that conclude the school year. Everything is done: grades are in, materials are returned, and most students are literally done for the year. So we watched a movie, went outside, ate lunch, and...
Mr. Scott’s English 1 honors class will be a very challenging class that will leave you feeling like your brain is dead and make you question yourself why you were even put in his class.
If you have Mr. Scott next year and you are reading this, be prepared to take the hardest class you have ever taken. You will be overloaded with stress and all of your free time will be filled up with the homework you will have. You will be bombarded with work and...
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