Grammar and Grades

by | Mar 25, 2010 | Update

First and seventh periods continued working on The Glory Field. We’ve finished the first part, set in 1864. We also went over some grades. I encouraged students to turn in late work for partial credit. Second period went over The Giver and had a quick quiz. We...

Writing and Review

by | Mar 24, 2010 | Update

First and seventh period wrapped up the first fifty pages of The Glory Field. We’ll have a vocab quiz on Friday. Second period went over the chapter in The Giver in which Jonas learns that he is to be the new Receiver of Memory. Fourth period took a break from...
Complex Sentences

Complex Sentences

by | Mar 17, 2009 | Update

First period continued working on the newspaper articles for The Giver. I tried to impress upon students the concept of spin: since everything in Jonas’s community is completely controlled, the powers that be would not willingly admit that something  had spun...
PASS Test, Day 2

PASS Test, Day 2

by | Mar 11, 2009 | Update

First period completed subordinate/dependent clauses and complex sentences. Second period completed participles and gerunds, then continued with Antigone. Fourth period completed Algernon. Homework First period: complete handout on complex sentences and subordinate...

Grammar and Flowers

by | Mar 9, 2009 | Update

First and second period both worked on grammatical topics. First period learned about simple and compound sentences. We’ll be adding complex and compound-complex later in the year. Second period began with a vocabulary quiz on Antigone. We then reviewed...