English 8 students conducted their first real Socratic Seminar today, discussing a couple of events from Nightjohn, the novel we’re about to finish. Students were engaged, focused, and professional as they discussed the book. It was a sight that brought a smile...
English I Students in third and fourth periods worked on tone in poetry, looking at a lovely poem by Billy Collins called “The Lanyard.” We didn’t quite get to the tonal question as we were working on establishing a basic understanding of how the...
English I students worked on “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” by presenting their analysis and summaries (see notes below). We also set the date for the parts of speech test (next Thursday) and the due date for the extra credit options (next...
English I students began with a bit of analysis of our challenging article of the week, looking to determine what “flummery” might mean. Afterward, we continued with our new poetry unit, finishing up (mostly) our first analysis of a poem. As we worked, we...
English I students finished the in-class instruction/overview for the parts of speech work we’ve been doing. We’ll have a test on the material some time in the next couple of weeks after a bit of in-class practice. We also had a quick group discussion on...
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