Finishing Up Preparation

Both English I Honors students and English 8 Strategies students spent the day finishing up some sort of preparation of other. English I students finished cutting their individual scenes from Romeo and Juliet (act three) and will be presenting the shortened versions...

Semester Exam 2014/15

The study guide for the English I Honors semester exam is here. The exam will be Friday 9 January (the end of our first week back). Two additional things to keep in mind about the exam: Due to scheduling problems, we will also have questions from act three of Romeo...

Cutting the Text and CM Practice

English I Honors began a three-day push through the final scenes of act three in Romeo and Juliet. Students are working in groups to cut the text by at least 30%, work that requires critical reading and discussion. We’ll continue cutting tomorrow then perform...
Commentary and Project Work

Commentary and Project Work

English 8 Strategies had a brief review on Schaffer commentary in anticipation of heading back to the lab next week to finish up our quarter project. English I Honors spent the day working on their first song (of three) for the Romeo and Juliet soundtrack...