It’s that time of the year: all classes are doing drama in one way or another. First period began working on The Diary of Anne Frank. We read a few passages from the original diary and worked on effective readers’ skills. Second and sixth periods began...
There are few things as rewarding as writing the update on a Friday after a good week. We’re all tired; we’re all ready to go home; we’ve all earned a bit of rest. For now… First period switched over from the pure writing-based lessons...
First period had a final day of the writing workshop, working on the STAR method of revision. Fourth period looked at Friar Laurence’s opening lines to see how Shakespeare uses language tricks (also known as literary devices). There’s something in almost...
First period had a quick mini-lesson on sentence fragments — recognizing and correcting them — followed by some more writing. Now that the routine for a writing workshop has been established, we will move to a twice-weekly format: we agreed upon Tuesdays...
First period started a three-part mini-lesson series on various sentence structures we can use to provide variety in our writing. We covered the first two of six before continuing our writing. Fourth period began a day-and-a-half look at the most famous scene in all...
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