Starting Mockingbird

Starting Mockingbird

by | Mar 2, 2021 | English I Honors, Update

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...
Formal and Informal Voice

Formal and Informal Voice

by | Feb 24, 2021 | English I Honors, Update

Today we talked about formal and informal voice, which is an element on our rubric for the Romeo and Juliet project that we’re finishing up. We went over seven guidelines: Avoid using colloquial words/expressions Avoid contractions (write out full words –...
Transitions and Voice

Transitions and Voice

by | Feb 28, 2020 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

English I Honors students worked on a very tricky subject, something that’s difficult to teach because one learns it, in general, by doing it: transitioning between big ideas in a paper. We went over some principles today and did some practice. Students will...

Voice and Assessments

by | Sep 16, 2019 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

English I Honors students began the day with a benchmark assessment for my required SLO (Student Learning Objective) documentation. It didn’t quite take all of the period, and students spent the remaining time assessing each other’s “Cask of...

Trust and Voice

by | Sep 12, 2019 | English 8, Update

English 8 students looked at voice in Nightjohn, trying to generalize some rules about the narrator’s voice from specific examples that we examined in class. English I Honors students looked at “The Cask of Amontillado” to determine if we can trust...