CE9 students wrote their October CyberJournal today. I reviewed the requirements with them from the website http://www.mshogue.com/ce9/Gen_Assign/cyberjournal.htm and then they were given the time to write. If they completed that before the bell rang, they had time to work on their Speak essay.
The mini-lesson I did in English 11 today was “Combining Sentences for Smoother Prose.” I had a transparency that we completed as a class first, and then a handout to do in partners. Most students thought this was simple, although some were more creative and advanced at combining sentences than others.
After the mini-lesson, we continued reading John Adams aloud. I annotated some places and asked questions to discuss while reading. Students were to be filling in guided reading questions as we worked through it. The rest is assigned as homework for tonight, or to complete early in class tomorrow.
