English 8 students began applying our pronoun-antecedent knowledge by looking at one of our anchor texts, “From Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.” We began with a bit of review from yesterday’s work that also expanded into a bit of work that was new (numbers 7-10).

Afterward, we hit the text, marking the text for a number of items, including antecedents.

“Good readers are always keeping track of pronouns and antecedents,” I explained, especially in challenging texts.

English I Honors students began applying the knowledge of subtexts to scenes 4.1 and 4.2, looking at all the layers of meaning in simple phrases like Friar Laurence’s line “That’s a certain text.”

Homework

• English 8 Studies: none.
• English I Honors: finish assessing your “Decoration Day” paragraphs (at Moodle).