Project Work and Presentations

Project Work and Presentations

During advisory, we had our first quidditch match. English 8 students presented some of the work they’ve been doing on The Diary of Anne Frank since not everyone is completing the same work for the same scene. We also went over the coming test on the Anne Frank...
Allegory of the Lit Circles

Allegory of the Lit Circles

English I Honors began the new unit on Lord of the Flies by reading Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave.” I threw them into the text with little to no background knowledge to let them make sense of the simple narrative of the text, which they did in...
Lit Circles and Performances

Lit Circles and Performances

English I students performed their skits about the three stories at the end of Mockingbird: what Atticus thinks happened; what Atticus and Heck Tate are eventually going to tell the town happened; what really happened. We’ll be finishing up the novel next week....
Lit Circles and Book Fair

Lit Circles and Book Fair

English I students continued with their literature circles for Mockingbird, going over the surprise at the end today. We’ll be finishing up the book tomorrow. English 8 students began the second act of The Diary of Anne Frank. They, too, will be doing literature...