Scout’s Reliability

Scout’s Reliability

Today we did a little new work with the article of the week: students shared with each other in their groups about the context clues they found for the word “fraught” in the article. Afterward, students continued with Friday’s discussion question...
Starting Mockingbird

Starting Mockingbird

Today, we began looking at To Kill a Mockingbird in earnest. We looked at the opening pages to determine how the author developed a Southern voice. Remember first that voice comes from Diction (word choice) Syntax (how sentences are formed) Topical concerns (what...
Visitor

Visitor

Mr. Jim Bannister, a local attorney who has much experience in criminal law, visited our class today to help students evaluate the job that Atticus Finch did in representing Tom Robinson. English 8 students continued with The Diary of Anne Frank. HomeworkEnglish 8...
Chapter 24 and Poetry

Chapter 24 and Poetry

English I Honors students began tackling the tricky 24th chapter in TKMB today. They solved a few problems and saw just how challenging the text can be. English 8 students spent some quality time digging into an extended metaphor as the close of their short figurative...