Friday, May 30, 2014

5.30 FRIDAY

FREE WRITE FRIDAY!

Please leave in a blog post.

Today we are going to keep working on our reflective essays.

Thursday, May 29, 2014

5.29 Thursday

“What is it that you are absolutely sure you will never forget about being this age, and why have adults forgotten it?” – Amanda Mae Meyncke, who said this about the prompt: “Remembering what it’s like to be a kid is insanely profitable. I tell high-schoolers and college kids to write everything down because you think you’ll remember, but you won’t.”
[This is a remake of an older prompt.]Please respond in a blog post.


Please go to this link and make a copy: REFLECTION. put your class period where the "X" is.



Wednesday, May 28, 2014

5.28 Wednesday


Scholar Start:
What do you think are good criteria for "good" student writing?

Agenda
-Scholar Start
-Glows/Grows
-Identifying criteria
-This year's writing
-Selecting 3 pieces of student writing

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

5/27 Tuesday

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend (I know I sure did)! Now that we're back, let's get ready to hit the ground running as we start our last two weeks of school.

Agenda:
-Scholar Start-Independent reading
-Glows, Grows

It will use this article from Friday.  

Friday, May 9, 2014

5/9 Friday!

You kiddos know the drill- Free Write Friday!  If you can't think of a prompt, write about the ghost that haunts Thomas Nelson High School


Wednesday, May 7, 2014

5/7 Wednesday

Today's scholar start:
Why is it important to actively listen to people who are speaking to us?

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

5/6 Tuesday

Yesterday we started with PRESENTATIONS.  These will continue throughout the week.

today we will be going upstairs for Achievement coaching.

Friday, May 2, 2014

May 2 FRIDAY

Scholar Start
Guess what time it is?  FREE WRITE FRIDAY!
If you can't think of what to write about, try this for a prompt:
What is your favorite thing about our school and why?


Today we are going to be working on our presentations.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

5/1 Thursday

Scholar Start:
What are problems with group work? What do you think could be done to avoid these issues?