English 8 students began their new unit on Nightjohn. We began building background knowledge today so that we can make better sense of the book as we begin.

English I Honors students had their first Socratic Seminar today. We’ll be doing this throughout the year, and today’s was just an introductory exercise. After the session, students had a few minutes to work with their groups for the parts of speech project.

Homework

• English 8: complete the text begun in class.
• English I Honors: 
  • complete our TS (“The story ‘In the Family’ needs to be in first person because…”) and plan a couple of CDs to go with it;
  • turn in your “Dangerous Game” paragraph here by the start of school tomorrow morning.