English I Honors students began the Odyssey by just diving right in. We'll be continuing tomorrow after we review phrase homework, which we neglected today. English 8 students began looking at "The...
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Phrases and Finishing Yesterday’s Work
English I Honors students finished their whirlwind tour of phrases (see notes). We'll have some practice over the next week or so and then have a small test on it. English 8 students finished...
Irony Walk and Participles
English 8 students began a short unit on irony and its use in fiction to heighten tension, specifically in horror stories. We'll be studying Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" to look at how Poe uses all...
Phrases and Finishing Up the Quarter
English 8 students finished up the quarter, wrapping up some final assignments and clearing the books as it's the last day of the quarter. English I Honors students began a short unit on phrases....
Project and a Test
English 8 students worked on their Nighjohn/theme project today. It's the last day we'll be working in class on it. English I Honors students had their...
PSAT and Project
English 8 students worked on their theme project for Nightjohn. English I students worked on logic puzzles as the vast majority of students were taking the PSAT.
Figurative Language and a Test
English I students worked on figurative language in poetry, specifically in Shakespeare. We'll have a test on the poetry unit next Monday. English 8 students worked on their Nightjohn test. All...
Metaphors and Theme
English I Honors students looked at metaphors and how they work -- the vehicle provides new meaning to the tenor. If you don't know what that means, ask a student from English I: they know now....
Sonnets and Completion
English 8 students went over homework and classwork from yesterday before completing the questions from Nightjohn. Next Tuesday we'll be having a test on the topics associated with Nightjohn. voice...
Finishing Nightjohn and Starting the Bard
English 8 students finished up Nightjohn (more or less) in class today. We had a final Effective Readers' Skill practice (see below in homework). English I Honors students began Shakespeare, looking...
Tonal Shift and Skills Review
English I students continued working on tone and poetry today, finally learning what that funny line we kept drawing in poems is called. It's the tonal shift, the spot in the poem where the tone...
Tone and Life Lessons
English 8 students had a little discussion about the effects of not doing one's homework. We looked at the difference in district policy at middle school (where not handed in work results in a...
