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....
First and fifth periods continued working on effective reader skills with the informational text about slave codes. We’ll be applying the skills to the novel we’ll be focusing on during this quarter. Second and fourth periods took one more day analyzing...
Second and fourth periods began looking in earnest at how to write about literature, specifically analyzing the relationship between setting and conflict in “The Sniper.” Our notes are available here: Second period notes Fourth period notes First and fifth...
First and sixth periods worked on a short writing workshop, creating complex sentences in a first step to increasing sentence variety in our writing. Some of their notes are available here. Second and fourth periods began a new unit on the short story. We’ll be...
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