8th Grade Reading… I Am ___. 19 Nov 20154 Dec 2015 I'm excited for today's activity! Â For the past two weeks I've worked with my eighth grade students on understanding figurative language. They did Notes, the My Figurative Language Family assignment…
8th Grade Reading… Role of Women 18 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 The role of women is a huge theme in House on Mango Street, even in the early vignettes. Today's lesson focused on "Marin" and "Alicia Who Is Afraid of Mice" and my…
8th Grade Reading… “Louie, His Cousin and His Other Cousin” – Report Writing 17 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 Today my eighth graders read "Louie, His Cousin, and His Other Cousin." In this vignette, we're introduced to a family of cousins that live on Esperanza's block (one of which…
8th Grade Reading… My Grading Process 17 Nov 201518 Nov 2015 Standards-Based Grading can be crazy, but it's something been completely thrown into and have to accept :) It's not so bad on the teacher end once you get started with…
8th Grade Reading… What Does Friendship Mean to Me? 16 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 Today I had my eighth graders focus on the idea of friendship--What is friendship? What does friendship mean to us? What defines a solid friendship?--I had my students write their…
8th Grade Reading… “My Name/My Family Crest” 12 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 The next section I had my students read in House on Mango Street was "My Name," a vignette where main character Esperanza talks about her name, family culture, and wrestles with her…
