English I Honors students looked at metaphors and how they work — the vehicle provides new meaning to the tenor. If you don’t know what that means, ask a student from English I: they know now. English 8 students finished up Nightjohn with a small project...
English I Honors worked on a couple of things: students who weren’t happy with their understanding of independent/subordinate clauses worked with me in a small group; students who felt fairly confident with that (as evidenced by IXL scores) had time to work on...
English I Honors students began tackling the tricky 24th chapter in TKMB today. They solved a few problems and saw just how challenging the text can be. English 8 students spent some quality time digging into an extended metaphor as the close of their short figurative...
English I Honors students went through chapter 24 of TKMB. It’s a confusing chapter that seems to be, as one student expressed it, the ultimate non-sequitur. We’ll be spending a couple of days making sure students understand the significance and even...
English I students completed the trial. English 8 students started the second and final week of figurative language/poetry. We put together all the steps to be able to answer a simple question: what does the figurative language add to the...
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