English I students continued with tone, looking at Billy Collins’s poem “Forgetfulness.” We determined the tone after a bit of work and learning a new word: flippant. English 8 students had a quick review of Schaffer organizational techniques as we...
English I went over tone in “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” to create a procedure for determining tone in a piece of writing (in this case, a poem). We also used the poem “My Papa’s Waltz” and the incorrect interpretation we...
English Strategies students began working on the heavy-lifting portion of the STEAM unit we’re currently working on, comparing a poem and a portion of a novel. English Studies students took the comparison a bit further. English I Honors students looked at a...
English I Honors finished up a bit of work on Calypso, looking at two additional renditions and a short informational text about the etymology of her name. Afterward, students did a bit of comparing too see how different sources provide different insights into the...
English I Honors students worked again transitions between paragraphs as well as their Romeo and Juliet projects. Remember: we have a quiz on Tuesday when we come back on acts four and five. English 8 students split up a little today: they did essentially the same...
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