English 8 students finished note taking about the differences between a film version of The Diary of Anne Frank and the play we read in class. We'll be using the notes tomorrow to plan a short...
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Comparing and Analyzing
English 8 students worked on comparing a film version of The Diary of Anne Frank with the play we've read in class. We'll finish tomorrow. English I Honors students continued yesterday's work by...
Nearing the End and Fate
English I Honors students began a two-day look at fate in the play as a whole. English 8 Students went through the penultimate scene from Anne Frank. Two plays almost done.
Socratic Conclusion
English 8 students finished up yesterday's text marking and went over the Class Dojo information for the week. I'll be sending individualized weekly reports home with students in fourth and fifth...
Transitions and Anti-Semetism
English 8 students worked on effective readers' skills and text elements with a piece about the rise of anti-Semitism in contemporary Germany. Students in English I Honors worked on transitional...
Soliloquy and Text Structures
English 8 students completed the fourth signpost, the "Memory Moment" signpost. We applied it to the most recent scene we'd read in Diary of Anne Frank and then shifted our focus to informational...
Memory Moment and Project Concerns
English I Honors students went over the project for Romeo and Juliet. We will be working on transition paragraphs soon, and the project itself will be starting up shortly. English 8 students...
2.2 and 4.1
English I Honors students began applying the idea of subtext to 4.1 and 4.1 of Romeo and Juliet. We're looking to see how various characters are saying multiple things at the same time. English 8...
Aha and Subtext
English I Honors began looking at subtext in anticipation of act four. English 8 students began the third reading sign post, the "Aha Moment."
Semester Exam and Contrast/Contradiction
English 8 students (both fourth and fifth periods) almost finished up the contrast/contradiction sign post. Fourth period still needs a bit of work (see homework below). English I Honors had the...
Exam Prep and the New Signpost
English I students today had a chance to prepare for tomorrow's midterm. (If you do not have the poems any more, you can get them here. Bear in mind, though, that this document includes some poems...
Test and Signposts
English 8 students began the second sign post, "Contrasts and Contradictions." English I Honors students had their act three tests. It was somewhat of an experiment, and it didn't seem to go as well...
