by Mr. Scott | Sep 30, 2021 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
English I students continued with tone, looking at Billy Collins’s poem “Forgetfulness.” We determined the tone after a bit of work and learning a new word: flippant. English 8 students had a quick review of Schaffer organizational techniques as we...
by Mr. Scott | Sep 29, 2021 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
English I went over tone in “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” to create a procedure for determining tone in a piece of writing (in this case, a poem). We also used the poem “My Papa’s Waltz” and the incorrect interpretation we...
by Mr. Scott | Sep 28, 2021 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
I’m afraid something went wrong with the Google Meet recording today. The Meet for third and fourth periods went off without a hitch, except one: somehow, although I clicked “Record,” the session was not recorded. Fifth and sixth periods were...
by Mr. Scott | Sep 27, 2021 | English 8, English I Honors, Update
All students began working on their No Red Ink work that will continue throughout the rest of the year. Details in the homework section above. English 8 students worked on chapter 3 from Nightjohn, looking to see what connections they could have made in their...
by Mr. Scott | Apr 2, 2021 | English I Honors, Update
Students today finished working on the enigmatic twenty-fourth chapter of Mockingbird, which includes this passage that stumps all the kids every year: Mrs. Merriweather nodded wisely. Her voice soared over the clink of coffee cups and the soft bovine sounds of the...
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