Posts Tagged ‘writing’

Election Project Reflection

2, Nov 2008

As we finish the first quarter of this school year, I have asked the students to write a short reflective essay which considers what they have done and learned as part of our Election Project. I was pleased and impressed by the overall quality of the essays and the thoughtfulness they displayed. Below are excerpts [...]

Personal Immigration Stories

30, Oct 2008

We’ve been talking about immigration in class this week, discussing the idea that everyone has a story of moving from one thing to another. New country…new state…new city…new street…new place in life. I asked the students to interview someone in their lives about their unique story and write a short summary of what they discovered. [...]

Calendar and Project Update

30, Oct 2008

This is just a quick post to let you know that I have added some important dates to our classroom calendar. View it by clicking on this link: Class Calendar Also, students have been working on a short (at least three paragraphs) summary of their experience (so far) with the Election Project. I had writing conferences [...]

Assignments for Monday, September 22

22, Sep 2008

Autumn is officially here! We could definitely feel it this morning as we moved around campus. Thankfully, the warmth of the sun didn’t elude us all day! Another new arrival today was our studies of grammar, spelling, and writing. Students were given the spelling list for this week. It’s also posted here on the blog [...]


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