Irony and Literary Argument

Irony and Literary Argument

First and fourth periods looked at verbal, situational, and dramatic irony. We also looked at the story of “Peter and Rosa.” We got into groups of three and four and worked to get two examples of irony and two symbols in the text. Some students worked to...

Point of View and More Inferring

Today in first and fourth periods we worked on using brackets and ellipses in quotes. Also we started a Shaffer Model paragraph based on “The Cask of Amontillado”. Second and seventh periods began working on Nightjohn. We began by reading the first chapter...

Point of View and Effective Readers

Today first and fourth periods did a Socratic Seminar on “The Cask of Amontillado” discussing if the story had to be in first person and if the narrator can be trusted. Notes from the discussion follow: First Period Big Board Notes First person P.O.V....

Procrastination

Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill. — Christopher Parker I’m Looking at you, English I students. You don’t have much time left until the characters writing assignment is due, and I don’t take...