English 8 Strategies turned again to grammar — after all, it is Thursday — and we looked at verb phrases, looking to identify them in sentences as we work toward a fuller understanding of verbals. English I Honors students worked on connotation today....
English I Honors students finished the first poetry lesson, a two-and-a-half-day lesson (though only planned as a two-day lesson) covering the EQ “How is poetry different from other forms of writing?” We returned to Collins’s poem “Introduction...
English 8 Strategies students (first and fifth periods) worked on a final Schaffer model paragraph. We will begin using them in our general writing next week. Fourth and sixth period students (English I Honors) reviewed the steps we had yesterday as well as the poem...
As it’s Monday, English 8 Strategies students returned to the argument. We looked at a new murder mystery for students to solve and had some pair work as students developed an argument about the murder of Amy LaTour. English I Honors students began the new unit...
An example of an excellent student paragraph: In the story The Necklace Mme. Loisel feels that the necklace will bring her the life that she covets but the irony in this story does just the opposite. For instance, when she arrived at the reception wearing it “she was...
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