Post-Testing Monday

The smoke has cleared and we made it through a week of testing. Today English I Honors students wrapped up their work on phrases by looking at how to use phrase fluence to join sentences. We also continued looking at motifs in Great Expectations. English 8 students...

Acting and Last Day of Trip

English I Honors had a day for catching up since a sizeable number of students are still on their Beta Club trip up north. English 8 students had their final day of performances for The Diary of Anne Frank (except for sixth period). Next week we will have testing...
Maps and Tours

Maps and Tours

English I Honors students went over the second general plan that Dickens uses for his chapters in Great Expectations. Students in English 8 students took a break from the play today since we had a shortened class due to reward day in order to look at an online...
Initial Drama and a Chapter Map

Initial Drama and a Chapter Map

English 8 students began acting out The Diary of Anne Frank in class with sometimes-comic results. We were working on close reading of the text — really close reading, it turned out. We’ll finish up tomorrow. English I Honors students worked on the second...