English I students looked at the two monologues in 2.2, examining it for parallelism, inversions, and the like. English 8 began “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh.” We’ll be paying attention to the setting and use of figurative language and literary devices....
English 8 students had their first Socratic Seminar about “Thank You, Ma’am.” Both fifth and sixth periods did a fine job, but sixth period’s seminar was perhaps the best first-time seminar I’ve ever seen. English I Honors students went...
English 8 students began a second story in which we look at irony, tone, and mood: Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery.” We began by looking at all the items that establish the setting (circled in red) and the mood (underlined in blue). English I Honors...
English I Honors students began planning their first analytic paragraph using the Schaffer model. We’ll be working on it further tomorrow. For now, the notes for anyone who needs them are below. English 8 students finished up their first application of effective...
First and fourth periods used a modified Socratic Seminar (see slideshow below) to discuss the relationship between conflict and setting in “The Sniper.” This slideshow requires JavaScript. Second and seventh periods got an introduction to the Moodle site...
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