3.4 | Cruisin’ through the gateway

Today, students read independently. Absent students should get their absence excused for the bell-ringer to be exempted.

Then, students continued working on their gateway work.

  • The Thesis and Topic Sentence gateway assignment is due today.
  • Students can request feedback on the evidence gateway, which is due Thursday.
  • Paragraph 1 Gateway opens tomorrow and Paragraphs 2 & 3 Gateway opens Friday.

3.3 | Welcome to March!

Today, students read independently. Absent students should get their absence excused for the bell-ringer to be exempted.

Then, students finished up the Thesis and Topic Sentence Gateway, due today.

Students continued to the next step of the gateway process, the evidence assignment. It is due Thursday.

2.28 | Thesis and Topic Sentences abound

Today, students read independently. Absent students should get their absence excused for the bell-ringer to be exempted.

Then, students continued working on the Thesis and Topic Sentence Gateway, due Monday. Students were encouraged to have already requested feedback on the assignment before leaving for today.

The evidence gateway assignment opened today for students who were available. The student feedback request form will open for this tomorrow.

2.27 | The Gateway Begins

Today, students read independently. Absent students should get their absence excused for the bell-ringer to be exempted.

Then, students continued working on their gateway assignment that was introduced yesterday; the feedback request form was opened today for teacher feedback.

2.26 | Lit and Writing

Today, students read independently. Absent students should get their absence excused for the bell-ringer to be exempted.

Then, students finished the southern gothic literature analysis graphic organizer in Google Classroom. It is due today.

Then, if students were ready, they could begin the first gateway assignment for the southern gothic lit essay. This gateway is the Thesis and Topic Sentence Gateway assignment. We reviewed the dates at the schedule for the essay at the top of the assignment and the links included to help students who need reminders or help writing these parts of the essay. This gateway is due Monday.

2.25 | Just keep swimming…

Today, we went to the library to check out new fiction books and returned to the classroom. Students read independently. Absent students should get their absence excused for the bell-ringer to be exempted.

Then, students continued working on the graphic organizer from yesterday. It is due tomorrow.