Active/Passive Inferences

Active/Passive Inferences

English 8 students worked on their Friday inferring paragraphs as well as a bit of makeup work (as needed). We took the opportunity to work outside. English I students went over active and passive voice with verbs. We’ll need to do some more practice, but most...
Poetry and Analysis

Poetry and Analysis

After going over transitive and intransitive verbs for fifteen minutes, English I finished their first poem: What a layered puzzle of wonderfulness! Well, I’m not sure the students all agree yet that most poems are like that, but we did get some excitement today...
Argument and Poetry

Argument and Poetry

English I students began the second unit today, a short overview of poetry. We began by reading “Because You Asked About the Line Between Prose and Poetry.” I intended to screenshot our annotations, but I forgot to do so before leaving school. We’ll...