English I students looked at the final steps in our massive Romeo and Juliet project. We first looked at elements we need to include in the introduction and conclusion. Introduction should include:...
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Transitions and ISL Closure
English 8 students finished up a couple of days working with voice, tone, diction, audience, and author's purpose -- they're all related, and IXL does a good job of combining them, so we spent some...
Example and Voice
English 8 students started the last bit of work on Douglass's autobiography, working to "determine the voice of a piece in order to make some inferences about the intended audience." English I...
Concluding Douglass (Almost) and More Project Work
English 8 students worked on the comprehension questions for the third part of the Frederick Douglass text that has been challenging us this quarter. English I Honors student had another day to...
Writing and Prep
English 8 students finished up a review of text structures and subordinate clauses. We'll be having a test on these topics later this week English I Honors students worked on their Romeo and...
Study Guide: RJ Acts 4 and 5
To prepare for the test, review these items. Make sure you examine them for use of personification repetition simile metaphor dramatic irony verbal irony parallel structure elliptical constructions...
5.3 Revised and Douglass Annotations
English I Honors students worked on 5.3 a little more, looking at the 1996 re-visioning of the final scene, in which the director makes significant changes from the original text. We finished up...
Socratic Seminar and Close Reading
English 8 students finished up working on the third part of the very challenging Frederick Douglass text. As students worked, I conferenced with pairs looking at two sentences in particular: With...
5.3 and IXL
Many students were out for field trips and such during English 8, so students worked on allusions on IXL instead of moving ahead without the rest of the class. English I Honors students finished the...
Evaluations, Presentations, and Part 3
English I Honors students first began by looking at the feedback from teachers and peers about their "Decoration Day" assignment. Here are a few examples discussed in class regarding assuming what...
4.2 and Finishing Douglass Text 2
English 8 students went over the second part of the text about Frederick Douglass. We went over the required annotations and the paraphrasing students worked on in class. English I students covered...
Performance and Discussion
English 8 students had the second half of their Socratic seminars today after the SSR that we've begun each class with this week. English I Honors students had a final half day of preparation for...
