Text structures and the Odyssey
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What our classroom did in previous days, weeks, months, even years…
Hook and Test Prep
Hooked on poetry
Finishing Paragraphs and Continuing Sonnets
Writing and sonnets
A Sweet Poem and a Second Paragraph
English I continued with "Sonnet 29," looking today at the second half of the poem and examining it for two elements: Two examples of inversions (there are four in the final lines); One long phrase...
Sonnets
English I students began looking at sonnets today. We're getting our feet wet with Shakespeare a month or so ahead of starting Romeo and Juliet. English 8 students continued working with...
Library, Meter, and Final Project
Everyone started the same before heading off in different directions.
Seven Ages of Sarny
Projecting Shakespeare
Tenor, Vehicle, and Chapter 6
English 8 students went through chapter six of Nightjohn today. We'll finish it up tomorrow and have a discussion about it, looking at how the author pulls some interesting tricks. English I...
Tone Conclusion
Proustian madeleines and acts of bravery
Tone and Review
Schaffer planning and tone in poetry
Tone and Accuracy
Looking at tone and comparing narratives
Poetry, Chapter 4, and Technical Difficulties
I'm afraid something went wrong with the Google Meet recording today. The Meet for third and fourth periods went off without a hitch, except one: somehow, although I clicked "Record," the session...
