by Mr. Scott | Mar 22, 2012 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
First and sixth periods started a short unit on reading a political cartoon. We looked at several today and discussed the main strategies cartoonists use in creating such cartoons. Second and fourth periods continued working on sentence types. Seventh period, due to...
by Mr. Scott | Mar 15, 2012 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
First and sixth periods had their tests on Diary of Anne Frank today. I’ll have them graded and ready for review on Monday. Second and fourth periods continued working with clauses, following through on our new plan to alternate grammar and Lord of the Flies for...
by Mr. Scott | Apr 20, 2010 | Update
First and seventh periods worked on The Glory Field’s fourth part, “April 1964.” The main character has just been offered an opportunity to be the first African American student at a local college. Myers makes reference to Marian Anderson, so we...
by Mr. Scott | Apr 15, 2010 | Update
First period completed the 1930 section of The Glory Field. We completed the plot chart and discussed the upward motion of the plot (how, even though Luvenia doesn’t get what she wants, she still gains something). Second period went over the escape in The Giver....
by Mr. Scott | Apr 12, 2010 | Update
First and seventh periods reviewed some vocabulary words, and we began looking at how we’ve used our reader’s journals over the weekend to summarize our reading. First period also began working on a review of the structure of a plot. Fourth period worked...
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