English I Honors students conducted a Socratic Seminar on the question of who had the most power, Calypso or Odysseus. Students used information from five sources to make their determinations and construct their arguments. English 8 students worked on their Friday...
English 8 students had their first Socratic Seminar about “Thank You, Ma’am.” Both fifth and sixth periods did a fine job, but sixth period’s seminar was perhaps the best first-time seminar I’ve ever seen. English I Honors students went...
English 8 students went over one more word from the article of the week before transitioning to one of the most enjoyable activities we do: the Socratic Seminar. Today we only had time to get everything in place and go over what we’re to do. English I Honors...
English I Honors students worked on 5.3 a little more, looking at the 1996 re-visioning of the final scene, in which the director makes significant changes from the original text. We finished up yesterday’s Socratic Seminar and added a new topic: which version...
English 8 students finished up working on the third part of the very challenging Frederick Douglass text. As students worked, I conferenced with pairs looking at two sentences in particular: With their kindly aid, obtained at different times and in different places, I...
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