English I Honors students worked on a poetic form: the ballad. We'll be continuing this through the end of the week. English 8 students continued working on The Diary of Anne Frank. We will be...
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End of the Novel and Stress
English 8 students continued working on the final scenes of The Diary of Anne Frank. We'll be finishing up next week -- of course, we'll have to! English I Honors finished up Great Expectations and...
EOC 2018 and Group Project
English I Honors students completed the second part of the End of Course Exam today. We should have the results back at the latest by the time we return to school Tuesday; it's conceivable that...
Active/Passive and AF Final Act
English I students went over active and passive voice incredibly quickly as a last-minute overview of potential End of Course Exam material. We finished with a conclusion to the question of social...
SWBS and Critical Thinking
English 8 students continued going over The Diary of Anne Frank, looking today at the Somebody Wanted But So engagement we'll be using for the rest of the play. English I Honors students, due to a...
2.1 Complete and Parallel Structure Plus
English 8 students finished 2.1 from The Diary of Anne Frank today. We'll be working on the play in a different manner beginning tomorrow. English I Honors classes are still working to make it...
Carowinds
Today, most of the eighth grade (including me) is at Carowinds to study physics.
2.1 and Social Class
English I students worked on the penultimate group of 10 chapters in Great Expectations. We're examining how Dickens's development of characters reveals something about his views of social class....
Finishing
English 8 students finished the act 1 test and began the second act with an anticipation/prediction activity about the act. We'll begin in earnest tomorrow. English I Honors worked on their point of...
A Test and Test Prep
English I Honors kids are still working toward complete EOC prep for next week's test. At the same time, we're working on Great Expectations and the effect of point of view on the narrative. We'll...
Test Prep
Today, English I Honors students began preparing for the EOC in earnest as well as for an eventual phrase test. English 8 students prepared for tomorrow's test on the first act of The Diary of Anne...
Finishing Up POV
English I Honors students finished up the initial step in our work on point of view in Great Expectations. We'll be working on it next week a bit more. English 8 students will have a test on Tuesday...
