The Week Ahead
Grammar Project Due! Students did have class time do work on this, so most are finished; however, check on student's progress, please....
Reviewing for QPA
Students were provided with a QPA study guide as an extra credit assignment and to help remind them of the expectations for the first...
Peer Editing OR NOT!
I attempted to have students look at each others essays; however, I do not believe that this was successful. It might be the level of...
Diligent Drafters
Please, check your email to see if your student needs to finish his/her draft. I collected drafts today in order to assess who was not...
Summing It Up
Since today was an early release day, we just had enough time to have our assessment on grammar concepts: Active & Passive Voice, and...
Perpetually Persuasive
We are continuing to work on our persuasive essay about the impact of high school dropouts. At this point, student have written a brief...
Body Paragraph 1-Drop Outs
After checking introductory paragraph--only a 3-sentence requirement from yesterday, we discussed body paragraphs. What is one reason...
High School Dropouts - Persuade Me!
In order for students to be ready to discuss the topic of high school dropouts, they should have read 4 different resources that discuss...
Persuasive Writing
Monday: We had another formative assessment on Active and Passive Voice. Scores indicate the need for more work on this skill. We are...
Friday, September 9th
The students received their progress reports today. Hopefully, they sit down and discuss any problems they are having or take...