Friday, October 12, 2012

English 8

Everyday Editing- I put an Explore Test type question under the document camera, and students read the question and wrote an answer in their writer's notebook. Students needed to use their knowledge from the serial comma rule and the definition of a compound sentence in order to answer the question correctly.

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Lesson: We finished reading the short story, "The Monkey's Paw," and students worked with a partner to answer questions about connotation, mood, setting, foreshadowing, and other story elements together.

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