by Mr. Scott | Feb 2, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
First period continued practicing the effective readers’ skills with Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl (the actual diary). We did a Think-Aloud in pairs, debriefed, then continued by using the Think-Aloud skills in the ultimately intended manner: during silent...
by Mr. Scott | Jan 31, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
It’s that time of the year: all classes are doing drama in one way or another. First period began working on The Diary of Anne Frank. We read a few passages from the original diary and worked on effective readers’ skills. Second and sixth periods began...
by Mr. Scott | Jan 28, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
There are few things as rewarding as writing the update on a Friday after a good week. We’re all tired; we’re all ready to go home; we’ve all earned a bit of rest. For now… First period switched over from the pure writing-based lessons...
by Mr. Scott | Jan 26, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
First period had a quick mini-lesson on sentence fragments — recognizing and correcting them — followed by some more writing. Now that the routine for a writing workshop has been established, we will move to a twice-weekly format: we agreed upon Tuesdays...
by Mr. Scott | Jan 24, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
Image via Wikipedia First period continued working on the writing project. We’ll begin the first of several lessons on revision tomorrow. By the end of the week, we’ll be working on joining sentences and examining specific types of sentence. Second and...
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