Irony Walk and Participles

Irony Walk and Participles

English 8 students began a short unit on irony and its use in fiction to heighten tension, specifically in horror stories. We’ll be studying Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” to look at how Poe uses all three forms of irony — situational,...

Participles and Poetry

English 8 started working on standard L-4.1 (show knowledge of the function of gerunds, participles, and infinitives and their functions in particular sentences). We’re looking at how the author uses participles in Nightjohn. English I students worked on poetry,...

Participles and Close Reading

Since we had the district-mandated second-quarter English benchmark test today, we only had half an hour per class. English 8 students continued with their close reading of an extremely tough text, the autobiography of Frederick Douglass. English I Honors students...