Balcony and Imagery

Balcony and Imagery

English I students looked at the two monologues in 2.2, examining it for parallelism, inversions, and the like. English 8 began “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh.” We’ll be paying attention to the setting and use of figurative language and literary devices....
1.5 Completion and Jigsaw

1.5 Completion and Jigsaw

English I worked on 1.5, discovering a few things that will be on repeat throughout the rest of the play. English 8 students finished up the jigsaw reading of the Frederick Douglass excerpt we read. HomeworkEnglish 8 Studies: none.English I Honors: begin...
1.5 and Summaries

1.5 and Summaries

English I students looked at 1.5, specifically at all the hidden stage instructions in the opening lines: We’ll finish it up tomorrow looking at the exchange between Tybalt and Capulet. English 8 students finished up their annotations and summaries of their...
First Day 2025

First Day 2025

English I students were excited to begin Romeo and Juliet. We went over the the the prologue and determined that the opening lines literally revolve around the the “pair of star-cross’d lovers. Once students determined that the prologue is essentially a...