Carowinds

Carowinds

by | May 18, 2018 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

12 school days left Today, most of the eighth grade (including me) is at Carowinds to study physics. HomeworkEnglish 8 Studies: none.English I Honors:  by Wednesday, complete the book except for the final chapter; by Monday, complete the two free-writing...

2.1 and Social Class

by | May 17, 2018 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

13 school days left English I students worked on the penultimate group of 10 chapters in Great Expectations.  We’re examining how Dickens’s development of characters reveals something about his views of social class. The groups spent the day comparing...

Finishing

by | May 16, 2018 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

14 school days left English 8 students finished the act 1 test and began the second act with an anticipation/prediction activity about the act. We’ll begin in earnest tomorrow. English I Honors worked on their point of view work and phrase identification....

A Test and Test Prep

by | May 15, 2018 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

15 school days left English I Honors kids are still working toward complete EOC prep for next week’s test. At the same time, we’re working on Great Expectations and the effect of point of view on the narrative. We’ll be finishing much of this up...