English Strategies students (fourth period) read through the first scene of The Diary of Anne Frank, marking it a couple of things and going over the annotations as a class. English Studies students...
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Working on Sonnets
Today English I started writing a sonnet as a class to learn the correct steps. Then, we partnered up and started writing our own sonnets.
Anne Frank Starting
English 8 Strategies began the play proper, reading through the opening of scene one. We'll continue the scene Monday. English 8 Studies finished up scene one with the comprehension questions and...
Meter
Today in English I class we took notes on "Meter". We learned that there are 5 different types of meter: Trochee, Iamb, Dactyl, Anapest Sponde
Anne Frank Encounters
English Strategies students worked on their introductions to Anne Frank. Most students were able to get through the introductory material and take the interactive tour of Anne's hiding place....
Drawing Mistress and Rules for Sonnet
Today in class we started off the day by getting with a partner and comparing last nights homework.We also started another sonnet; Sonnet 130.We got to do a fun activity which was to draw how we...
A New Sonnet
Today in English I class we finished up paraphrasing Sonnet 29. We also began working on Sonnet 18 and figured out what it meant and started paraphrasing it with a partner.
Anne Frank Introductions
English Strategies students began our second unit, which will explore Anne Frank, her diary, and the play created from it. English Studies students continued with the second unit, looking the...
Paraphrasing
Today in class we went over Sonnet 29 and learned what it meant. We took notes on how to understand Shakespeare. We also began paraphrasing Sonnet 29. Here are our paraphrases: 6th period: When I am...
Reward and New Unit
English Strategies students (fourth period) returned from the Donaldson Center tour with only twenty minutes remaining in class, so since they did such excellent work last week, I just let them have...
First Encounters with Shakespeare
Today in class we made an insanely long sentence by adding words after words to create it.We also made our first encounter with Shakespeare, we read Sonnet 29 and divided up the sonnet by creating...
Villanelles, Project Completion, and a Debate
English I Honors students are approaching the end of the poetry unit by looking at villanelles today. They used inductive reasoning (specifics to general) to determine what a villanelle is. To get a...
