English 8 students worked on their research for their major argumentative writing project. We’ll be using this research in the essay we write about whether or not school start times should be moved to later.

English I students did a number of things today: we went over active/passive quickly.

Afterward, we went over Romeo’s final speech a little more, looking at Shakespeare’s use of figurative language in the soliloquy. We noted that his application of figurative language often corresponds with his implementation of motifs and the like. (The yellow-highlighted passages in the notes indicate examples of figurative language.)

Tomorrow we’ll have the act 4/act 5 test.

Homework

• English 8: 
  • work on AOW as necessary;
  • complete research as needed.
• English I Honors: 
  • prepare for the test tomorrow;
  • continue working on the soundtrack project;
  • read Mr. Scott’s example paragraphs by Friday (on Google Classroom).