Monday, September 30, 2019

SMM Practice

Today we spent the period doing a quick SMM (see below) and then discussed the chapters from Friday.

Friday, September 27, 2019

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Monday, September 23, 2019

Friday, September 20, 2019

Thursday, September 19, 2019

SMM Practice

Today we practice analytical writing (see below). Then we talked a bit about the general grading rubric. In periods 3 and 4 we also read "Meme Ortiz" and "Louie..."



Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Friday, September 13, 2019

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

"Sonrisas" —> HMS

 After finishing and handing in our work with "Sonrisas," we started our dialectical journal for The House on Mango Street with the entries below.


Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Monday, September 9, 2019

Friday, September 6, 2019

Letter Printing

Today we started playing around a bit with Khan Academy, mostly just getting students logged in. Then students had the rest of the period to revise and print their letters. We will have a few moments for this on Monday, but students who are far behind should work this weekend. Everything they need is on our PowerSchool Class Page.

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Drafting & Revision

Today we spent the day drafting intro letters, and many students started on revision. Files and directions are at our Class Page.

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Norms and Letter Prewriting

Today we wrapped up our unit on classroom norms and procedures and started our introductory letter unit with some prewriting.