Starting the Project and Motifs

Starting the Project and Motifs

by | Dec 7, 2017 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

English I Honors students worked on two motifs that appear throughout Romeo and Juliet: light/dark and fate. We’ll be looking for these things throughout the rest of the play. English 8 began their pre-winter-break project: The Seven Habits of Successful Teens....

MAP 2017 Day 1

by | Dec 5, 2017 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

All students took the winter MAP reading test today. That means all other classes met only for half a hour. English I Honors students finished up yesterday’s work by looking at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s version of the balcony scene: English 8...
Outlining and the Balcony Scene

Outlining and the Balcony Scene

by | Dec 4, 2017 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

English 8 students worked on outlining in preparation for the project we’ll begin shortly on the habits of effective teens. Today we used a text about paradigms to practice our outlining. We focused using text elements like headings to determine how the basics...