by Mr. Scott | Nov 14, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
First and sixth periods continued with the short story unit. Second and fourth period finished up Mockingbird and worked to complete the work that would otherwise be homework tomorrow. Seventh period went completed the introduction to poetic forms. Homework First...
by Mr. Scott | Nov 11, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
First and sixth periods completed the first short story. Second and fourth periods worked on the Schaffer Model with a mock-essay about Mockingbird. Seventh period reviewed the poetry and vocabulary we’ve covered this week. Homework First period: none. Second...
by Mr. Scott | Nov 10, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
First and sixth periods worked on “Raymond’s Run” and exposition, looking for the moment the story’s conflict becomes clear. We’ll finish up the story tomorrow. Second and sixth periods did a Write Around dealing chapter twenty-four from...
by Mr. Scott | Nov 8, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
First and sixth periods began a unit on the short story. We’ll be reading several short stories as well as looking at the construction and elements of short stories. Today we worked on a general review (for the students)/pre-unit-assessment (for me) in the form...
by Mr. Scott | Nov 3, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
First and sixth spent a final day working on the persuasive essay. We’re now a week behind, but I think in the end, it was worth it: it’s better to fall a bit behind and make sure everyone understands what’s going on than to rush ahead and leave a...
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