English I Honors took the shortened time after the second day of district-mandated benchmark testing, which puts us on a two-hour delay schedule with half an hour per class, to work through some initial orientation for the project we’ll be tackling for the Romeo and Juliet unit.

English 8 students took the shortened time to work on the final step in their four-part Frederick Douglass unit they’re working on now. We will repeat the process of the last few days with decreasing support three more times, so it’s critical everyone knows what the process feels like and requires while we’re working all together as a class.

Homework

• English 8: work on IXL as necessary.
• English I Honors: review the example paragraph to determine what elements break the rules of a Schaffer paragraph.