Telling a Story

Posted on March 18, 2016March 18, 2016 by Karina Jackson

This week we started narrative paragraphs. I was REALLY excited to use this lesson plan idea that I’ve been wanting an excuse to use since my Covington Middle School days. The 7th Grade Humanities teacher I worked with introduced me to The Mysteries of Harris Burdick and I completely fell in love at first sight. Unfortunately, Read more about Telling a Story[…]

Forming an Opinion

Posted on March 9, 2016March 9, 2016 by Karina Jackson

For the last week or so, my class has been working on developing opinion paragraphs. Although expressing opinions is very engaging, it has been surprisingly difficult for my students to differentiate between opinions and facts and to clearly state where they stand on an issue. Because of this, I decided to take a class period Read more about Forming an Opinion[…]