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Our new principal is moving us to a block schedule in the fall. We'll have 100-minute classes that meet M-W or T-Th with a regular 50-minute period on Friday.

Does anyone have advice on how to revise lessons? How do you keep sophomoress engaged for a long period? What kinds of activities do you advise?

Our school is an Early College High School. Our program is rigorous. Every sophomore passed the state exit exam this year on the first try. I don't want to lose the rigor while trying to keep students awake.

Any advice is welcome. Thanks.
Teri The key is to break up lessons into different activities--mini- lessons, small group, partners, individual work, whole group.

Typically, I start with a bell ringer activity--I've used Grammar with a Giggle before or a combination word of the day/journal writing. Each involved elements of individual work, followed by partners, and then who...See More
May 22, 2011


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