by newschoolsyr | Mar 7, 2011 | Grades 5 - 8, language arts
The older students were part of an eight week book club where they read The Fledgling by Jane Langton.At the start of the book club we set up expectations. All book marks needed to exhibit responses that were Detailed Articulate Thoughtful and...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 7, 2011 | Grades 5 - 8, language arts
Working with Jeff Simmons, a parent of one of our students who teaches creative writing at Syracuse University, the older students were given two writing prompts which launched them into many weeks of writing fiction.”Not all stories have good characters, but...
