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I have signed up for the Remind 101 service. If you want to get reminders of class or school related news, please follow these instructions: Send a text message to (772) 261-2092  With the message @ee163   This is new … Continue reading →

Table of Contents: 1. Anticipation Guide AF 2. Powerpoint Notes 3. Character List 4. The Commandments 5. Questions for chapters 1-4 6. Propaganda Notes 7. Questions for chapters 5-7 8.  Active Reading: What the Words Really Mean 9. Questions for … Continue reading →

Today (Monday) in class, we read chapter 8 in Animal Farm and went over the vocabulary matching homework.  I instructed students to change date for test from this Friday to next Wednesday.  (First period had to read chapter 7 as they … Continue reading →

The table of contents is a few entries back. It hasn’t changed. Test on poetry tomorrow.  Study poems and what they meant, study vocabulary at the front of each poem, study in particular page one of your folder, page two … Continue reading →

In class, I gave you a sample of a book letter.  Book Letter Example  (Here it is.) Please write to me and tell me about the book you are reading for fun. You can email it, hand write it, or … Continue reading →

1.  What was your reaction to the speaker’s description of the snake? 2. A. What does the speaker do with the snake?  B. What does this tell you about the speaker? 3. A. What image begins and ends the poem?  … Continue reading →

Today we did the Daily Reading Practice for Week 17, Tuesday and Wednesday since many did not do Tuesday’s DRP when I was out sick. We reviewed the Walt Whitman poem’s questions on page 535 1-7. “A Noiseless Patient Spider” … Continue reading →

Finish the questions on page 535 1-7 for Walt Whitman’s “A Noiseless Patient Spider”

We recently took a trip to the school library to pick out books that they might like to read for fun.  For some, this seemed like torture, but for most of my students, I think it was a good experience.  … Continue reading →