Chapter 24 and Poetry

Chapter 24 and Poetry

English I Honors students began tackling the tricky 24th chapter in TKMB today. They solved a few problems and saw just how challenging the text can be. English 8 students spent some quality time digging into an extended metaphor as the close of their short figurative...
Applying and Analyzing

Applying and Analyzing

English I students completed the trial. English 8 students started the second and final week of figurative language/poetry. We put together all the steps to be able to answer a simple question: what does the figurative language add to the...
Shopping

Shopping

In Poland, when I lived there 20 years ago, there were no such things as malls — at least, not as we in America think of them. Instead, they had (and still have in villages) pawilion handlowy — a goods pavilion. This particular pawilion handlowy has the...
The Mountains

The Mountains

These are the Tatra Mountains, and this view is about ten minutes on foot from my wife’s family home.