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Homeric Embed Completion

Homeric Embed Completion

English 8 finished their first round of practice with embedding quotes. We shared and assessed our homework. We determined we should include the following for their context: They had already made it...

Embedded Similes

Embedded Similes

English 8 students continued working on the quote embedding practice we began yesterday. In addition to our trip to the library, we moved students away from teach-centered and group-based work on...

Embedding Quotes and Gerunds

Embedding Quotes and Gerunds

English 8 students worked on embedding quotes in our CDs. We have be using a very simple format: "For example, the text says 'here is the quote.'" This is acceptable but not optimal. Today we worked...

Socratic Reading

Socratic Reading

English 8 students began working on the first of three selections from The Circuit, Francisco Jiménez's memoir of life as a migrant child. We read "Under the Wire," the first chapter of the book,...

Parts of Speech Review and Views of Calypso

Parts of Speech Review and Views of Calypso

English 8 students worked on a parts of speech review covering nouns, verbs, and adjectives. This is the last of our review: we'll have a test on those three parts of speech late next week. English...

Opening Unit and Opening Lines

Opening Unit and Opening Lines

English 8 students began our new unit, which is about the search for home. We'll be starting with some selections about immigration, so we prepared for those selections by watching 10 minutes from...

Further “Heart” Annotations and the Final Sonnet

Further “Heart” Annotations and the Final Sonnet

English 8 students continued with "The Tell-Tale Heart," reaching the climax of the story: when the narrator commits the awful dead. We continued marking the text for use of repetition, specifically...

Parts of Speech and Sonnets

Parts of Speech and Sonnets

English 8 unexpectedly moved Friday to Tuesday: due to the number of absent students (nine students absent out of thirty) in seventh period (now meeting during fourth period) , we elected to hold...

Tell-Tale Heart and Sonnets

Tell-Tale Heart and Sonnets

English 8 students worked on their Halloween story, "The Tell-Tale Heart." We made it through the first four paragraphs: we're working on annotations and a summary, so it takes a bit of time to go...