Diagramming and Inference Work

Diagramming and Inference Work

English I Honors students squeezed in a little experiment as we work through a grammar unit at the end of the semester: sentence diagramming! English 8 students worked on Friday inferring. We’re almost done with it for the year: we’ll be doing different...

Taboo, Run-ons, and a Tough Topic

English 8 Strategies students turned to grammar, it being Wednesday, practicing correcting run-on sentences after learning to identify them last week. We’ll finish this and Monday’s lesson up tomorrow, then move to a combination of fragments and run-ons...

Run-on Voice of Hierarchy

Fourth period English I Honors students continued looking at how Harper Lee achieves the voice of a southern genteel lady while still remaining childlike in To Kill a Mockingbird. We looked at the following stylistic and topical elements Long sentences Diversions...
Connotations and Verb Phrases

Connotations and Verb Phrases

English 8 Strategies turned again to grammar — after all, it is Thursday — and we looked at verb phrases, looking to identify them in sentences as we work toward a fuller understanding of verbals. English I Honors students worked on connotation today....