Poetry Steps and Close Reading

Poetry Steps and Close Reading

English I Honors students finished up their examination of “Because You Asked About the Line Between Prose and Poetry,” discovering that everything literally points back to the snow and drizzle of the first two lines, when then echo the prose and poetry of...
Writing and Voice

Writing and Voice

English I students had another day to work on their final analytic paragraph. The plan for the day was most certainly not to spend an entire additional day working on it, but in the end, I decided it was more important to make sure every student got some feedback...
The Tea Party Concluded

The Tea Party Concluded

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...