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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...

Figurative Language, Meter, and Poe Writing

Figurative Language, Meter, and Poe Writing

English I students finished up the work on figurative language, examining metaphors, similies, personification, hyperbole, and idioms to determine the tenor and the vehicle. We then went over meter...

Quarter 1 Benchmark Testing and the Effects

Quarter 1 Benchmark Testing and the Effects

All students began the day with the first benchmark of the quarter. We'll go over the results at some point next week, but since the test is proprietary, we won't be able to look at or discuss the...

Villanelle and Summary

Villanelle and Summary

English I students worked on "One Art," finishing up the somewhat challenging poem and determining: the initial tone the location of the tonal shift the meaning of the lyric moment Afterward, we...

Homework Only

Homework Only

We're only going over homework today. It's Friday -- too tired to do much else.

Tonal Shift and Central Idea

Tonal Shift and Central Idea

English I students finished up "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night," realizing that despite it's apparent difficulty, it's really a rather straightforward poem. Afterward, we used "Good Night"...

Tone and a New Unit

Tone and a New Unit

English I students continued with tone, returning to "The Lanyard" to notice how the poet carefully built the humor: We'll do some more tone work tomorrow, adding a new element to explain that...

Test and Final Writing

Test and Final Writing

English I students had their parts of speech test. English 8 students worked on their final drafts of their technology arguments. [gallery type="slideshow" link="file" size="medium"...

Writing, Poetry, and Review

Writing, Poetry, and Review

English I students had a final bit of in-class practice with parts of speech identification before tomorrow's test. Afterward, we went over "The Lanyard," covering first the allusion to Proust's ...

First Day Back

First Day Back

English I students worked on a parts-of-speech review before the (likely) test on Friday. Afterward, we began working on tone in poetry. Students received an expansive list of tone words, which...

Teacher Work Day

Teacher Work Day

We're all looking forward to seeing you guys tomorrow. We're glad to be getting back to some semblance of normal for most of us. See you tomorrow!

Waltz Completion and Argument Progress

Waltz Completion and Argument Progress

English I students finished up their work on the poem "My Papa's Waltz," determining that we have to be somewhat careful about reading too much into something based on connotation alone without...