Socratic Discussion and Motifs

English 8 students bean working on motifs, looking for three motifs in Nightjohn: power money freedom Motifs will be useful later when we start trying to determine a theme of the novel. English I Honors students worked on “The Necklace” in our first, full...
Poetry and Motifs

Poetry and Motifs

English 8 students worked on their motif work for Nightjohn. We’ll be finishing up the novel shortly and using all the motif work to determine themes of the novel. English I students worked on the new unit, which is an introduction to poetry. Many students had...
Motifs and Symbols

Motifs and Symbols

English I Honors debriefed the latest writing assignment and began thinking about the final one before the big project — three paragraphs, completely on their own. It’s a daunting challenge but they’ll do fine. English 8 students finally returned to...