Thursday Before the Long Weekend

Thursday Before the Long Weekend

23 school days left English 8 students worked on active/passive as well as some inference work from The Diary of Anne Frank. The comprehension questions from act 1 scene 3 are due Monday. English I students finished up work on the trial and will move on to the...
Indirect Characterization and

Indirect Characterization and

English 8 students began the second part of their fourth-quarter major project: we looked at indirect characterization and the role it plays in drama (since all direct characterization would be in the stage directions to which the audience wouldn’t have access)....
Connotation and Objectivity

Connotation and Objectivity

English I students continued working on poetry: today we finished up “Those Winter Sundays” to examine the enormous role connotations play in the poem. English 8 students finished up a brief overview/review of objective and subjective statements as we...
Poetry and Point of View

Poetry and Point of View

English 8 students went through the first entry in the fictional progress reports of Flowers for Algernon. We made some inferences about the narrator, about the additional characters, and about the first-person point of view. English I students finished the poem...
First Day 2023

First Day 2023

Students in fifth and sixth periods worked on Schaffer paragraphs, the model we will use throughout the year. Sixth- and seventh- period students worked on observing and inferring. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a picture of them — we were too busy....