Dussel Develops Along with Poetry

First period continued with the Anne Frank project, with group two presenting their work. The students added information to their Character Development chart about Mr. Dussel, practicing the art of backing an argument with textual evidence. Second and fourth periods...
Poetry Beginnings and Review

Poetry Beginnings and Review

First period, after the day’s diary prompt, had a bit of time to regroup for coming group presentations and then continued with effective readers’ skills practice with an annotated text about rising anti-Semitism in Germany. Second and fourth periods began...

Out Again

I was out again today due to family illness, but an update is still required, especially for English I students who are wondering about the electronic copy of the rubric the substitute teacher today promised would be on the web site. We’ll be using the rubric...