Ballads and Cover-Ups

by | May 3, 2016 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

English I students went over the great cover-up in Mockingbird, teasing out the actual story, what Atticus thinks happened, and what Heck Tate is going to say happened. English 8 students went over the ballad from yesterday in order to get ready for the ballad we will...

More Ballads and Discussions

by | Apr 25, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods studied another ballad titled the “Ballad of Birmingham,” which is about the Sixteenth Street bombing in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. We compared the “Ballad of Birmingham” to yesterday’s ballad, “Boots of...
Ballads and PASS Practice/Discussions

Ballads and PASS Practice/Discussions

by | Apr 24, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods learned about ballads today. We looked at a ballad called the “Boots of Spanish Leather,” and got to listen to Mr. Scott play the guitar and sing the ballad in class. We rewrote the ballad stanza by stanza in our own words, and...
Ballad and CD-Quote Completion

Ballad and CD-Quote Completion

by | Dec 6, 2012 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

First and fifth periods finished up some practice with adding quotes to concrete details to make intermediate-level CDs. We ended up with a few good examples from each class: Fifth Period For example, Anne is talking about Miep running their errands for them and Mr....