Verbs and Preparation

Verbs and Preparation

English I Honors students spent the day working on their final project for the short story/writing about literature unit. That will be due next Friday. English 8 Strategies students actually did two different things today: first period worked on identifying subjects...
Socratic Firsts and Sentence Practice

Socratic Firsts and Sentence Practice

English 8 students worked on their sentence work for the week. We’re learning how to craft sentences that begin with participial phrases. This slideshow requires JavaScript. We had some practice as a class and as pairs, creating some masterful sentences: For...
Poe Wall and First Schaffer

Poe Wall and First Schaffer

English 8 Strategies continued with the new schedule today, and as Tuesdays are writing days, we returned to Schaffer and came up with our first class-produced paragraphs. The Schaffer model makes writing easier. For example, it helps you come up with ideas. Each...
Trust and Argument

Trust and Argument

English 8 students began their new schedule today: Monday will be for covering a specific writing genre (argument first period). Tuesday will be for writing and conferencing. Wednesday will be for craft, focusing first period on sentence variety. Thursday will cover...