Penultimate Prep Day and a Test

Penultimate Prep Day and a Test

English I Honors had their act 2 test. We’ll begin act 3 after our field trip tomorrow. English 8 began with their article of the week. We went over some annotations they should have completed at this point. Afterward, they had their penultimate (next-to-last)...
Soliloquy and Project Work

Soliloquy and Project Work

English I Honors students finished up Friar Laurence’s soliloquy in 2.3: The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night, Chequering the eastern clouds with streaks of light, And flecked darkness like a drunkard reels From forth day’s path and...

Project Overview

Today was career day, so our academic portion of the day was shortened to the time of a two-hour snow delay. English I Honors had a project overview for the Romeo and Juliet unit project. They’ll have a chance to begin picking songs now that they know what the...
Dickens Points and Project

Dickens Points and Project

I was a little disappointed with the lackluster showing of English 8 students’ projects, so we took today to give some students another chance to turn the project in for reduced credit. English I students had a quick look at Dickens’s use of dialect and...
Project Completion All Around

Project Completion All Around

English I Honors students began Great Expectations by taking a look at how Dickens tends to construct his sentences. English 8 students completed the project for “The Move to Freedom” unit. HomeworkEnglish 8 Studies: none.English I Honors:  turn in...