English I students began a three-week grammar unit in which the goal is simple: reach a point that students can describe the function of each and every word in a given sentence. To that end, we looked today at verbs, specifically the difference between action and...
English I Honors students worked on phrases at the end of class (test coming Monday; notes attached below) after students worked on the Joseph Campbell/Hero’s Journey work for the Odyssey. English 8 students continued working on figurative language as well as...
English 8 students continued working on figurative language as we move through our poetry unit. We first looked at the article of the week a little, though. English I students began the final stages of the Odyssey, looking at Joseph Campbell’s Hero of a Thousand...
English I Honors students began the second half of the Odyssey today, looking at the elements of an epic hero that Odysseus exhibits: Extraordinary strength and courage Cleverness and deceit, also known as guile Extreme confidence and a tendency to dismiss warnings....
English 8 worked on a figurative language review. We went over similes metaphors personification hyperbole understatement idiom. We’ll begin applying it on Monday. This slideshow requires JavaScript. English I Honors students worked on allusions and what they...
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