English 8 students began moving toward the end of our poetry/figurative language unit by working in groups to do what we've been doing as a whole class: analyze and explain a poem, including all the...
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Tone in Poetry and Verb Mood
English 8 students returned to tone in poetry today, using the figurative language we'd discovered and analyzed in the poem "The Black Earth" we'd been working on for the last few days. We'll be...
Poetry and Verbs
English I students began a three-week grammar unit in which the goal is simple: reach a point that students can describe the function of each and every word in a given sentence. To that end, we...
Friday Inference Work and Phrase Practice
A typical Friday with inference work for some and grammar practice for others.
Work and Junior Book Award Nominees
A rare day in which all classes in some way or another converge.
Figurative Language, Hero’s Journey, and Phrases
English I Honors students worked on phrases at the end of class (test coming Monday; notes attached below) after students worked on the Joseph Campbell/Hero's Journey work for the Odyssey. [gallery...
Figurative Language and the Monomyth
English 8 students continued working on figurative language as we move through our poetry unit. We first looked at the article of the week a little, though. English I students began the final stages...
Interpreting Figurative Language and Determining Hero Status
English I Honors students began the second half of the Odyssey today, looking at the elements of an epic hero that Odysseus exhibits: Extraordinary strength and courage Cleverness and deceit, also...
Friday Inference Work and Allusions
A typical Friday for everyone.
Figurative Language and Allusions
English 8 worked on a figurative language review. We went over similes metaphors personification hyperbole understatement idiom. We'll begin applying it on Monday. [gallery type="slideshow"...
Homeric Poetry
English I Honors students finished working on Homeric similes, working out the final aspects of a functioning formula for a Homeric simile: [gallery columns="2" type="columns"...
Poetry and Homeric Similes
English I Honors students worked on the cyclops section, specifically looking at the use of Homeric similes (see notes). We determined the "formula" for a Homeric simile, including the odd fact that...
