English I Honors students looked at their first formal poetic form, the villanelle. We came up with a few rules for villanelles after looking at three of them, including a poem we'd already...
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Forgetfulness and Chapter 5
English I Honors students finished up Collins's "Forgetfulness," and learned a little something more at the end of the class. The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the...
Tonal Shift and Chapter Five
English 8 students continued working with Nightjohn, working through chapter five, the final long chapter. English I Honors students began looking at Billy Collins's "The Lanyard," going over the...
Tonal Shift and a Quiz
English I Honors students continued working with tone to see what the tonal shift and accompanying lyric moment of a poem is. English 8 students took a quiz on chapter four after reviewing the...
Project Planning
Here is the planning guide we looked at in class for the short story final project.
Tone and Chapter 4
English I Honors continued with tone, looking at "My Papa's Waltz" after finishing "Do Not Go Gently." English 8 students continued with Nightjohn -- sprinting to the finish.
Chapter Four and Tone
English 8 students began working on chapter four from Nightjohn. We're having a final practice of effective readers' skills before next week's test. English I Honors students began looking at the...
Inferring and Connotation
English I students finished up a two-day look at connotation by examining "Those Winter Sundays." English 8 students worked on inferences and the article of the week final work.
Connotation and Socratic Seminars
English I students worked with connotation in the poem "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden. Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold, then with cracked...
Poetry and Finishing Chapter 3
English 8 students finished working on effective readers' skills and chapter three from Nightjohn. We'll be moving on to the next chapter tomorrow after we debrief today's work. English I Honors...
Socratic Planning and Effective Readers’ Skills
English 8 students continued with their effective readers' skills work for chapter three of Nightjohn. English I Honors students had a Socratic Seminar to discuss the two stories students have to...
Amontillado and Friday Individual Work
English I Honors students had a final opportunity to do some in-class writing about "The Cask of Amontillado," which is due tonight (for those who didn't finish in class) at midnight. English 8...
