All classes went to the library today for the second half of the Junior Book Awards presentations (or the first half, in the case of English I). English I students, after their library visit, took a break from the Odyssey and had a brief review before their phrase...
English I students finished with The Police song “Wrapped Around Your Finger” as we covered allusions and introduced motifs. And that song is an excellent exemplar of them all. This quarter’s major extra credit option comes from the past two...
English 8 students worked on their first assessment for the text structure lesson we’ve been working on. The results were fantastic — a good start to the new unit. English I students were a little ahead of my schedule (about 1.5 days), so we rewarded their...
English I students worked on Homeric similes, looking at two examples to determine how these odd similes are created. English 8 students began the new unit (a very short unit) on text structures. We should finish the unit in a little over two weeks. HomeworkEnglish 8...
English I students began the final work for the first part of the Odyssey, looking at the Police’s song “Wrapped Around Your Finger,” a song rich with allusions to the Odyssey and other works. English 8 students finished up text structure, doing a...
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