by Mr. Scott | Nov 2, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
First and sixth periods worked on organizing their persuasive essays. We used a graphic organizer to begin turning research into concrete details. Second and fourth periods continued working on Mockingbird. Seventh period had a review for Friday’s small test....
by Mr. Scott | Sep 7, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
Students in my eighth-grade classes all had MAP testing today. We’ll continue with Nightjohn tomorrow. Today was also the first day with my new class, a group of bright seventh grade students during seventh period. We went over some expectations, and we will...
by Mr. Scott | Aug 29, 2011 | Update
All classes had the media center orientation today, with a little bit of checkout time for students afterward. Homework First and sixth: none. Second and fourth periods: begin reading for test-grade make-up...
by Mr. Scott | Aug 26, 2011 | Update
Second and fourth periods had their parts of speech review test. The glazed eyes and moans suggested students felt they’d done poorly on the test, but my initial evaluations indicate they may be exaggerating a bit. First and sixth periods had a bit more work...
by Mr. Scott | Apr 15, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
First period had a test on The Giver that turned out disastrously: we took it online at our Moodle site, and due to internet connectivity issues, several students lost half their test as they moved from one portion to another. Because there were so many problems with...
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