English I students finished up 2.2 today, looking at several performances of fragments of the scene to see what elements made the performance more or less realistic. From my perspective, it was also my aim for students to hear the scene properly acted (we are, after all, amateurs, and it’s not a theater class at that) so they can see how relatively easier it is to understand passages when they’re performed well.

English 8 students continued with “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh.” We’re focusing on the role setting plays in the story and the author’s use of figurative language.

Homework