Game Theory, Planning, and Decorating

Game Theory, Planning, and Decorating

by | Oct 26, 2010 | Update

First period took a little break: after we had an assembly in the cafeteria, we worked on decorating the door for Red Ribbon Week. Second and sixth continued working on their literacy memoir. Second period is a little head of sixth, but we’ll catch up soon....

Odyssey Project Rubric

by | Oct 23, 2010 | Update

The rubric for the Odyssey board game project is complete. I’ve made a few modifications to the class-produced rubric: it’s basically what you all created (well done!) with a few clarifications and edits. Student editing of the wiki we used to create the...

Seuss Word Friday

by | Oct 22, 2010 | Update

First, second, and sixth periods all worked on words (particularly -ous and -tion words). We read a bit of Dr. Seuss at the end of the period as an end-of-the-week relaxing activity (which also promoted reading fluency). Fourth period worked on their projects....

First Drafts, Planning, and Finishing

by | Oct 18, 2010 | Update

First period looked at example first drafts as the first step to evaluating their own first drafts. We’ll be evaluating them tomorrow, as well as doing some peer revision. Second and sixth periods completed Nightjohn. We’ll be starting the literacy memoir...

First Draft, Nightjohn Plot, and the Great Bow

by | Oct 12, 2010 | Update

First period started their first draft for their literacy memoir today. I’m excited about a number of the topics, and I look forward to reading them. Second and sixth periods completed the plot chart for Nightjohn thus far. We also read through the climax. Some...