English I Honors students worked on Billy Collins’s poem “The Lanyard” as we finish up looking at tone, tonal shift, and the lyric moment.

English 8 students worked on completing Nightjohn and applying effective readers’ skills on their own.

Homework

• English 8: complete chapter 7 and the epilogue “Words” as well as the effective readers’ skills “It Says/I Say” graphic organizer (as needed).
• English I Honors: 
  • review for the parts of speech test next week;
  • determine the part of speech for the nonsensical words in bold italics and be prepared to explain your reasoning:
    • The big green flibbhie went down the road in a huff.
    • I don’t know what kind of kjbile student you think you are!