Busy Monday

English 8 Strategies students returned to informational texts today, looking at the fourth of five argumentative articles and examining it for claim and evidence. Fourth period English I students continued with To Kill a Mockingbird by practicing argumentative...

New Beginnings and New Argument

English I Honors students split in two today, with fourth period beginning To Kill a Mockingbird and sixth period beginning Lord of the Flies. We’ll be switching selections in a few weeks when both classes are done, so for the next few weeks, I will be updating...

Argument 2 and Final Fate

English I Honors students turned the final moments of Romeo and Juliet to finish the examination of the play for references in any way to fate. We’ll be using these copious notes from Friday and today when we look at tomorrow’s work, which will deal with a...

Argument Analysis and Socratic Seminar

English I Honors students completed their Socratic Seminars for the question of who was responsible for Juliet’s faked death. Students also turned in their planning sheets for this discussion. English 8 Strategies students finished up tracing the argument put...