by Mr. Scott | Sep 8, 2023 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
English I students continued working on poetry: today we finished up “Those Winter Sundays” to examine the enormous role connotations play in the poem. English 8 students finished up a brief overview/review of objective and subjective statements as we...
by Mr. Scott | Sep 26, 2022 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
On Friday, all students worked with relatively new material; today, we worked on applying it. English I students (fourth and fifth periods) worked on analyzing a poem in terms of the connotations of certain words to see if there is a somewhat different meaning hidden...
by Mr. Scott | Sep 23, 2022 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
English I students began with a bit more practice on parts of speech identification before turning to our poetry unit. We completed their work on connotations with “Those Winter Sundays.” English 8 students took their second formative common assessment and...
by Mr. Scott | Sep 22, 2022 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
English I (fourth and fifth period) continued working on poetry; today we added the importance of connotation. We went over what connotation is: Afterward, we did some practice with connotation before moving on to the next poem, a selection in which connotation plays...
by Mr. Scott | Sep 24, 2021 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
Third period began looking at connotation and its role in poetry. We began examining Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays” as we develop an understanding of this important concept. Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the...
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