by Mr. Scott | Oct 20, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
First and sixth periods went over plagiarism and how to avoid, specifically looking at what we’ll need to do in order to document our online resources. Second and fourth periods continued with the short propaganda unit that we’re working on in conjunction...
by Mr. Scott | Feb 11, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
First period had a final day of preparation for the project. The first group goes Monday, and all groups will finish next week. Second and sixth periods completed 1.4 — the plot thickens, as they (“they” being Cliche Makers of America) say. We worked...
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 | Feb 1, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
First period, having a choice for the day’s writing workshop mini-lesson, decided to continue working on sentence variety Second and sixth periods had a quiz on last night’s reading. We then went over the project: I introduced the Double-sided Journal...
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...
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