First and fifth periods worked on chapter three in Nightjohn, preparing for a second day in which we learn about participles — verbs that think they’re adjectives. Second and fourth periods examined Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” to...
First and fifth periods continued working on concrete details from Nightjohn. We created new concrete details to back up the topic sentence about one character’s use of non-standard English being an indication of her social status (i.e., that she is a slave)....
First and fifth periods began working on applying the Schaffer model to writing about literature. We looked at the non-standard English examples from Nightjohn we’d developed yesterday and used those as concrete details for short paragraphs. As an example, I...
First period worked on voice after a bit of practice determining the meaning of words from context. Second and fourth periods finished up their group work creating outlines for a character analysis. Fifth period read chapter two of Nightjohn, looking at how standard...
First period had one of those “go with the moment” moments this morning. The students have an essay due Wednesday, and they said some class time with me helping would be useful. We spent a very productive half hour working with partners on first drafts....
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