Characterization

Characterization

by | May 11, 2021 | English I Honors, Update

17 school days left Students today continued working on characterization in Great Expectations. We’re examining eight characters: Pip Joe Mrs. Joe Estella Mrs. Havisham Uncle Pumblechook Jaggers Herbert Pocket We’ve been looking at how what type of...
Testing 2021 Day 2: ELA Session 2

Testing 2021 Day 2: ELA Session 2

by | May 4, 2021 | English I Honors, Update

22 school days left More testing today. We’ll be having one more day of testing tomorrow as students work through the math portion of the SC-Ready test. In class, though, we took our 25 minutes together to view a bit of a film version of Great Expectations....

End of the Novel and Stress

by | May 25, 2018 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

7 school days left English 8 students continued working on the final scenes of The Diary of Anne Frank. We’ll be finishing up next week — of course, we’ll have to! English I Honors finished up Great Expectations and then had a bit of a...

Active/Passive and AF Final Act

by | May 23, 2018 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

9 school days left English I students went over active and passive voice incredibly quickly as a last-minute overview of potential End of Course Exam material. We finished with a conclusion to the question of social class in Great Expectations. English 8 students...
SWBS and Critical Thinking

SWBS and Critical Thinking

by | May 22, 2018 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

10 school days left English 8 students continued going over The Diary of Anne Frank, looking today at the Somebody Wanted But So engagement we’ll be using for the rest of the play. English I Honors students, due to a distinct lack of students in class...