Calypso and Final Drafting

Calypso and Final Drafting

English I students began the day with a quiz to show students that the Odyssey is not a typical piece of writing students can just breeze through. Students will need to read a little more carefully and slowly than they are probably used to. We went over a few tricks...
Odyssey and Writing

Odyssey and Writing

English I students began a new unit on the Odyssey, reading the opening lines and going over some expectations about the epic form we’ll be studying. This included the non-linear nature of the narrative: English 8 students continued with the narrative writing....

Annotating and Narratives

English I Honors continued working on their narratives. Tomorrow will be the last day in class. Students will need to work on their rubrics at home (see below). English 8 students had their last day of annotating texts for the Frederick Douglass autobiography....

Narrative and Socratic Seminar

English I Honors students continued working on their narrative assignment.  We’ll be having a quiz on the flipped-classroom material tomorrow. English 8 students finished up their Socratic Seminar connected to the Frederick Douglass text we’ve been reading...