English 8 Strategies continued with their MAP review, practicing again with some figurative language practice. We’ll finish up tomorrow before having a bit of review for a small test (covering the review material) we’ll be having on Monday.

English 8 Studies had a second day of literature circles. Students discovered the difficulty of working in lit circles when everyone has not done their assigned roles. Hopefully tomorrow will be more successful.

(All English 8 students (fourth and fifth periods) were given missing work reports.)

English I Honors continued with the Odyssey, looking for more evidence regarding whether or not Odysseus is a hero. We’ll be recording our data on a Moodle forum.

Homework

• English 8: 
  • continue working on your article of the week;
  • read passage decided upon by your group;
  • complete the discussion preparation for tomorrow’s session.
• English I Honors: 
  • continue working on your article of the week;
  • read the cyclops selection in the close readers I handed out today (pages 97-112);
  • continue recording evidence about Odysseus’s hero status (or lack thereof) online;
  • continue working on the Romeo and Juliet project, which is due Friday.