English 8 students finished their Anne Frank unit. English I Honors students wrote their letters to next year’s students.
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Preparation and Final Days
English I Honors students worked on their letters to next year's students by preparing a bit of planning for tomorrow. English 8 students continued on their Anne Frank unit.
Ballads 2 and the Near-End of Anne Frank’s Diary
English 8 students are almost all finished with The Diary of Anne Frank. We'll have two more days to complete this. English I Honors students
Anne Frank and Ballads
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...
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...
