English I students worked on a brief parts of speech overview that we’ll be conducting alongside the regular unit we’re working on, which right now is the short story unit. After a brief review of nouns, focusing a bit on the trickiness of identifying...
English I students conducted a Socratic seminar about the short stories “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi.” We used the more formal paired alignment of the Socratic seminar, which we will use later in the year for more formal...
English 8 students worked on their Friday inferring writing work. We’re still on the same text about Paul and Alice, this time focusing on the nature of their relationship. English I students finished their first major writing assignment on “The Cask of...
English 8 students took their first district-required (or perhaps it’s just school-required — I’m not sure) CFA today on summarizing. Since we’re not using Mastery Connect exclusively for the CFAs (many thanks to the powers that be for that...
English 8 students finished up “There Will Come Soft Rains” and did a plot analysis of the story. Tomorrow we’ll finish up with practice creating a summary. English I students continued discussing “The Cask of Amontillado,” focusing again...
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