Antecedents and Subtext

Antecedents and Subtext

by | Jan 22, 2018 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

English 8 students began working on a unit having to do with Frederick Douglass. Because the passage we will be working on is so challenging, we did a quick overview of pronouns and antecedents. English I students began working on subtext and all the ways it can be...
Maslow’s Antecedents

Maslow’s Antecedents

by | Mar 21, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods worked on a famous hypothetical scenario today in preparation for the first writing assignment for Lord of the Flies: You are adrift on a private yacht in the South Pacific. As a consequence of a fire of unknown origin, much of the yacht and...
Allegory and Antecedents

Allegory and Antecedents

by | Mar 20, 2014 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods returned to Lord of the Flies and the question of what an allegory is. We accomplished this by continuing our examination of Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave.” After marking the text a bit more, we viewed a claymation...

Pronouns and the Line Game

by | Aug 23, 2012 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

First and fifth periods continued working on community building and the class meeting program we will be implementing this year. We completed the period with an engagement similar to the line game in the film Freedom Writers. Second and fourth periods continued the...
Pronouns and Procedures

Pronouns and Procedures

by | Aug 19, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

First and sixth periods continued with procedural work. They also set their goals for the quarter. Second and fourth periods finished going over pronouns, including the ever-tricky indefinite variety. Homework First and sixth periods: none. Second and fourth periods:...