Mr. L's English Class

Yesterday, book packets were distributed for the new novel we begin today: The Giver , by Lois Lowry. The introductory assignment, which was...

Last week classes viewed the movie Pay It Forward . Today notes were checked (for a minor grade) and directions for a writing assignment wer...

...there is a snow day tomorrow, I'm posting next weeks spelling/vocab today: Spelling #14 Vocabulary resolution (n) - determination, am...

The eighth grade completed the state assessment over the past two days. High effort was demonstrated by all students and preliminary (very u...

Went over the constructed responses today, and wrote best answers in booklet. Also a planning page for the essay which will be written tonig...

Academic classes started the listening portion of the benchmark. The passage was read and notes were taken. Students underlined key words in...

Took the comprehension portion of the thrid benchmark test during third period. Seventh period started the "A Christmas Carol" ess...

Apologies for the silence the past few days! Briefly, since the last entry we worked more in the poetry packet with the goal of become bette...

As this is a long entry, I'll put the homework up here: Passage: The Young Sea by Carl Sandburg Study vocab Opened with another poem by ...

Monday: Copied spelling list. Period 3 recieved back work, some of which was recorded and added to portfolios. Started poetry packet. Intodr...

Took the spelling test today and started writing the essay based on the planning page completed for homework last night. Here's next wee...

Yesterday, classes continued the Rifkaactivity in the litereature book, and were given a passage to complete for homework. Today, we started...

(Note: Due to the two hour delay yesterday, period 3 missed class with me. They'll be a day behind period 7 for a while.) Classes read a...

Checked planning pages for essay and began writing the essay. Any part of the packet not finished, especially the essay, must be finished fo...

Wednesday: Briefly went over answers to 30 and 31 in the practice packet. Then previewed the poem The Things That Haven't Been Done Bef...

We started "Sylvia's Shop" today, the first part of the practice packet for the written section of the ELA State Assessment. W...

Today, after copying spelling/vocab list and completing an opening move, classes worked on a hand out titled "The Chocolate War" a...

last post before the Thanksgiving break... Took Vocab quiz today and went over the benchmark. Lyddie books were collected. Please make sure ...

Multiple choice part of the Lyddie exam was today. The essay is to be done over the weekend. No spelling/vocab next week. This weeks quiz wi...

Copied spelling list. Took quiz on chapters 15-20. Directions for an essay were handed out. Essay is due Friday. Benchmark exam is tomorrow....