English I Honors students had the second part of the EOC today, which was the reading portion of the test. We're close to done with the entire course, so students are starting to get excited. The...
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Lord of the Flies and Anne Frank
English I Honors students tackled one of the most confusing passages of Lord of the Flies: the scene in which the pig head talks to Simon. At the beginning of the class, an informal, five-finger...
Carowinds
Today, I accompanied the eighth grade to Carowinds. Needless to say, it meant we didn't do anything very English-related except for the chatting that occurred throughout the day.
Spring Testing 2019: ELA Session 2
Today we had the second of two parts of the state-mandated English test. As with the writing portion yesterday, the test lasted until after twelve, so we didn’t even have a full related arts class...
Spring Testing 2019: ELA Session 1
Today we had the first of two parts of the state-mandated English test. Writing lasted until after twelve, so we didn't even have related arts classes. Remaining classes were on the standard testing...
More Taboo and More Project Work
English I Honors students worked on the second Lord of the Flies writing assignment. They're looking at the following question related to taboo: As the Littluns are playing, Roger takes small stones...
Sociology and Presentations
English I students took the time to think, write, and talk about Lord of the Flies in a new way, using some basic principles of sociology: People behave differently in groups than they do as...
EOC Writing and Anne Frank
English I students had the first part of their EOC this morning. Because so many students took well into third and fourth periods, we basically had a reading day since there was no point covering...
EOC Final Prep and the End of Scene 5
English 8 students finished the first act of The Diary of Anne Frank. We will be completing act 2 in a slightly different way, applying some of the close-reading skills we've been working on this...
A Final Project
Both English I Honors and English 8 worked, in their own ways, toward their final projects as eighth graders in my class. English I Honors students began their first of four final writing...
Active/Passive Anne Frank
English I Honors students did a quick review of active/passive voice. English 8 students continued with Diary of Anne Frank.
End of Simple Week
As most of the English I students were on the Beta Club trip, we didn't do anything new in English I Honors. However, we will have a very busy week as we prepare for the writing portion of the End...
