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...
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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...
A Test and Test Prep
English I Honors kids are still working toward complete EOC prep for next week's test. At the same time, we're working on Great Expectations and the effect of point of view on the narrative. We'll...
Test Prep
Today, English I Honors students began preparing for the EOC in earnest as well as for an eventual phrase test. English 8 students prepared for tomorrow's test on the first act of The Diary of Anne...
Finishing Up POV
English I Honors students finished up the initial step in our work on point of view in Great Expectations. We'll be working on it next week a bit more. English 8 students will have a test on Tuesday...
Point of View and Gifts
English I students continued with Great Expectation by asking the question of how the point of view affects our view of the narrator's life. Specifically, students used four questions to guide their...
EOC Writing and Anne Frank
English I Honors students took the first part of the End of Course Exam today, which was the writing test. Students worked on the test from 8:30 until they finished it, which was generally around...
Final Test Prep and the Start of Scene 5
English I Honors students have the first part of the End of Course exam tomorrow. We spent the day going over one last standard that I had missed (the use of semicolons -- nothing major there) and...
Post-Testing Monday
The smoke has cleared and we made it through a week of testing. Today English I Honors students wrapped up their work on phrases by looking at how to use phrase fluence to join sentences. We also...
