A maybe-winding-down-the-podcast Mr. Ahnert covers some very exciting last projects for the year in IB English and Roots of Thought and updates American Dreamers on the assessment for The Other Wes Moore.
29 Mar 2021
March 21 - 26, 2021
A maybe not-as-ready-for-tomorrow-as-he-thought Mr. Ahnert covers last week in his classes and looks ahead to new projects in The American Dream and Roots of Thought.
22 Mar 2021
March 15 - 19, 2021
A forward-looking Mr. Ahnert looks at what is coming up for IB English I, Roots of Thought AB, and The American Dream AB.
14 Mar 2021
March 08 - 12, 2021
Well, it was bound to happen! In this day late Mr. Ahnert's Fifth Block, Mr. Ahnert covers a new text in IB English I, the end of a long running project in Roots of Thought, and yet another new text in The American Dream. Whew!
5 Mar 2021
March 01 - 05, 2021
In this return-from-vacation update, Mr. Ahnert talks about assessments in IB English I and The American Dream AB and also reviews new unit expectations for Roots of Thought.
12 Feb 2021
February 8 - 12, 2021
A celebratory Mr. Ahnert declares two major writing assignments done and another novel complete! Although, he has some words of counsel for The American Dream. We need more detail in your understanding!
5 Feb 2021
February 1 - 5, 2021
"Adjustment" is the theme of the week as Mr. Ahnert describes how classes have had to change things up to address the snow and to provide some different or new ways to demonstrate competency.
30 Jan 2021
January 25 - 29, 2021
A slightly tired Mr. Ahnert touches base with the IB English I reading, but spends most of the time delivering reminders to Roots of Thought and The American Dream classes that there are some big projects going on: Students in Roots are readying a Socratic Seminar while the Dreamers are writing a final draft.
22 Jan 2021
January 19 - 22, 2021
Mr. Ahnert covers discussions from the shortened week of classes and addresses some concerns.
15 Jan 2021
January 11 - 15, 2021
There are no big projects underway now that the quarter has officially ended, so Mr. Ahnert runs through how the readings are being approached in class since all three courses are starting new texts. Quarter 3, here we come!
9 Jan 2021
January 4 - 8, 2021
Mr. Ahnert welcomes everyone back from break with an overview of all the new texts we are studying this month. He also addresses how classes mentioned the events of January 6th at the Capitol.
18 Dec 2020
December 14 - 18, 2020
Mr. Ahnert gets a chance to talk about snow days and updates everyone on our current writing assignments in both Roots and Dream.
11 Dec 2020
December 7 - 11, 2020
After a short introduction, Mr. Ahnert covers what students in IB English I, The American Dream AB, and Roots of Thought AB are working on. Oh, and then at the end he remembers to talk about what students are working on for Mr. Gum in The American Dream and Roots of Thought as well.
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