Book Fair

by | Feb 19, 2009 | Update

All classes finished up working with Mrs. Weaver-James regarding the PASS writing test that is coming up 11 March and then we went to the book fair. Homework First period: make sure you’ve read through chapter 8 of The Giver. Second period: finish Lord of the...

Acting and Symbols

by | Feb 12, 2009 | Update

First period went over euphemisms and how they’re used in The Giver. Second period discussed symbols in Lord of the Flies. Fourth and sixth periods worked on Flowers for Algernon. Homework Second period: read chapter nine of LoF. First, fourth, and sixth...
The Giver, Algernon, and Sociology

The Giver, Algernon, and Sociology

by | Feb 10, 2009 | Update

First period began The Giver. We’ll be reading it in class for a day or so to settle everyone into sometimes-disorienting world of Jonas. Second period began looking at five principles of sociology in order to understand better Lord of the Flies and the...
Editing Maslow

Editing Maslow

by | Feb 6, 2009 | Update

First, fourth, and sixth periods used the sentence revision techniques we’ve worked on during the week to revise their persuasive essay on capital punishment. Additionally, students began double-checking that they’d supplied three arguments in their...

Combining, Run-ons, and Allegory

by | Feb 4, 2009 | Update

First period worked on combining sentences. We’ll be applying all our new editing techniques to our persuasive essays for the last couple of days of this week. Second period began the unit on Lord of the Flies. We started by looking at allegories and the best...