Motifs and Symbols

Motifs and Symbols

English I Honors debriefed the latest writing assignment and began thinking about the final one before the big project — three paragraphs, completely on their own. It’s a daunting challenge but they’ll do fine. English 8 students finally returned to...

Motifs, Verbs, and More

English 8 students began looking at what a motif is (a repeating image or idea that appears throughout a literary work) as we began moving toward the question of what a theme is and how to determine it. English I Honors students went through verbs today after going...
Nearing the End and Fate

Nearing the End and Fate

English I Honors students began a two-day look at fate in the play as a whole. English 8 Students went through the penultimate scene from Anne Frank. Two plays almost done. HomeworkEnglish 8:  finish reading scene four; complete one “Somebody Wanted”...

Themes, Modeling, and a Project

English I Honors had some time today to work on the culminating project for the short stories unit. English Studies worked on their theme exploration of Nightjohn. English Strategies finished up their work on chapter four in Nightjohn and had some modeling of the...