The Final Push

by | Jun 1, 2015 | English I Honors, Update

4 school days left Tomorrow is the final full day of school. English 8 Strategies students completed their work today, but English I Honors students have one more day of heavy lifting: tomorrow is the day students write their letters to next year’s English...

Homework Update

by | May 23, 2015 | English I Honors, Update

I didn’t have a chance to update the site yesterday due to an after-school meeting. English I Honors students remember your work over the weekend! (I know — I’m a cruel taskmaster.) Fourth period: you’ve got to get one paragraph assessed and...
Close Reading and Narrative Writing

Close Reading and Narrative Writing

by | May 21, 2015 | English I Honors, Update

English 8 Strategies students continued with their narratives. We should be completely done with the preparatory work by tomorrow, though many students are already done. We’ll spend next week writing the narratives and revising them. Fourth period English I...
Full Return

Full Return

by | May 20, 2015 | English I Honors, Update

With English I Honors students having their End of Course Exam behind them now (what a relief for them, I know), we returned to business as usual. Fourth period students finished a round-up of all the work they completed while I was out. We had two writing assignments...
Back to Normal

Back to Normal

by | May 1, 2015 | English I Honors, Update

First and fifth periods (English 8 Strategies) began looking at “Tears of Autumn” as part of a slow move into the STEAM unit we’ll be concluding the year with on the eighth-grade hall. Fourth period English I Honors students had a final bit of...