Third and fourth periods had Socratic Seminars to discuss the question of who is responsible for Juliet's "death" (i.e., her faked death). Fifth and sixth periods worked on Quizlet, getting accounts...
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Figurative Language, Mood, and Subordinate Clauses
English I Honors students worked on the EQ "How does Shakespeare use figurative language to set the mood in a scene?" when examining Juliet's soliloquy in 4.3, just before she takes the potion:...
Antecedent Work and Subtext Completion
English I students finished up their work on 4.1 and 4.2 and subtext. We'll be tackling 4.3 tomorrow. English 8 students (almost)...
Pronoun Antecedent Application and Subtext
English 8 students began applying our pronoun-antecedent knowledge by looking at one of our anchor texts, "From Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave." We began with a bit...
Antecedents and Subtext
English 8 students began working on a unit having to do with Frederick Douglass. Because the passage we will be working on is so challenging, we did a quick overview of pronouns and antecedents....
Test and Objective Summary
English I students had their two-part test on act three from Romeo and Juliet today. It will be on the third-quarter reporting period. English 8 students finished up the work on objective summaries,...
Finishing Up Benchmark 2 Part 1 and Preparing for a Test
English I Honors students worked on preparing for Tuesday's test with some Quizlet Live fun. We used these quizzes: Practice 1 Practice 2 Practice 3...
Benchmark 2 2018
All classes worked on the second district-mandated benchmark of the year.
Summary and Half a Benchmark
English 8 students were scheduled to take the district-created, district-mandated benchmark test for the second quarter. Due to technical difficulties out of the control of the school or the...
Objectivity and a Worsened Situation
English I students, feeling the strain of having lost a day of instruction time and falling even further behind with Romeo and Juliet, went through 3.5 and saw just how desperate the situation now...
Acting after Cutting and Clearing up Work
English I Honors students performed their cut (and curt) versions of 3.2 and 3.3. Aside from a few flubs here and there, where students cut more than they should have and made the passage just a bit...
Argument, Audience, and Cutting
English 8 students continued working on the importance of praise by analyzing an article for the argument and the audience. English I Honors students worked on their cutting their given scenes...
