Birmingham, Sharing, and 1.1

Birmingham, Sharing, and 1.1

by | Jan 5, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

First period  continued with the writing focus experiment. We added sharing into our daily writing workshop focus. It was the first peer conferencing session, so it was far from perfect, but we did well: Students got feedback and had an opportunity to perform a...
First Day Back

First Day Back

by | Jan 3, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

Welcome back! I’m thrilled to get back to work, and I know everyone else is, too. (And I am not being sarcastic: I wouldn’t joke about my commitment to education.) First period began a several-week experimental writing workshop model. We went over how...

Timed Writing 2 and Sound Devices

by | Dec 15, 2010 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

We worked on a second round of timed writing for first, second, and sixth periods. Fourth period began a two-day look at sound devices in poetry. Homework First period: complete timed writing. Second and sixth periods: none. Fourth period: check back around 5:00 this...

Figurative Language and Presentations

by | Dec 13, 2010 | English I Honors, Update

Second and sixth periods used a figurative language graphic organizer in examining similes, metaphors, and personification in three poems. Fourth period continued poetry presentations. We’ll have the final presentations tomorrow, after which we’ll do a...