Time out

ELA 11

Today we took a short time-out from the novel so that students could have an opportunity to "play teacher"!  We looked at four student writing samples and  scored them using the ACT  rubric--kids worked in groups to come to consensus on a score and supported their score with phrases from the rubric. Students are usually quite accurate in their scores--now they just need to bring to bear everything they know about writing to their own work. Next week we will practice a timed-write in class and I will share with them their practice ACT writing score and their first baseline score.

You should have seen students working on English work at home over the past few days--and they will probably always have reading to do in the next three months. This is quite a change from first semester when we did so much of the writing in class and I've heard a bit of grumbling about this "overload". Students should be using the calendar to plan out their work and they often have at least some class time to get started.

AP Language
Today we finished Act III and students were assigned an essay due February 17. Hopefully, students are getting to know Henry; we talked today about just what type of man he is. They should be continuing to work on motif notes as we read. Tomorrow I will collect Learning Logs for the first check.