by Mr. Scott | May 16, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
12 First, second, and sixth periods all worked on their “Works Cited” page for their research project. Fourth period continued working on their Great Expectations research project. Homework First, second, and sixth period: prepare for tomorrow’s...
by Mr. Scott | May 6, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
18 All periods worked on bibliographic entries: all periods are working on research (or, in the case of fourth period, about to start). Homework First, second, and sixth periods: none. Fourth period: watch the three-part, half-hour documentary on the Russian...
by Mr. Scott | May 5, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
19 Fourth period finished up Great Expectations today. We’re left with a research paper to write, two books, and nineteen school days to do it all — are we nuts? First, second, and sixth periods continued working on the World War Two research project. We...
by Mr. Scott | Sep 24, 2010 | Update
First period continued with Nightjohn. We mainly did some reading, though we looked briefly at what the written word is capable of. Second and sixth periods used the idea of formal, informal, and slang language to determine what makes voice in Nightjohn. For instance,...
by Mr. Scott | Sep 23, 2010 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
First period completed working on point of view and voice by adding an awareness of how word choice affects voice. We rewrote the following excerpts from Nightjohn from different perspectives: Two times a day at the wooden trough – that’s how we eat. Mornings they...
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