English I students worked on the start of the new unit covering briefly the elements of an epic and what an epic simile looks like (very briefly). We then turned to infinitive phrases in order to...
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Gerunds and Final Writing
English I students completed work on gerund phrases in today's short post-test session. English 8 students had a final day to work on their final Schaffer paragraph about Flowers for Algernon.
Participial Themes
English I went over participial phrases today. Participles and their phrases are some of the trickiest elements of grammar, but we'll master it soon enough. English 8 students combined two of last...
Villanelles and Development
English I students finished up their poetry unit with a look at the rules for creating a villanelle: Afterward, we had a Gimkit session to help prepare for tomorrow. English 8 students finished up...
Villanelle and Development
English I students worked on their last poem before the test, "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop. It's a villanelle, and tomorrow students will spend a little time at the start of the lesson determining...
Parts of Speech Practice, Sonnet Conclusion, Algernon Annotations
English 8 students continued with Flowers for Algernon, looking today at how Charlie's increasing intelligence is affecting his relationships. We made some predictions and then read the next section...
New Sonnets and Charlie’s Change
English I students continued with sonnets. We also did some practice with parts of speech. We'll have the parts of speech test on Friday. English 8 students continued with Flowers for Algernon....
First Sonnet and Final Writing
English I students finished their first sonnet, Shakespeare's "Sonnet 25." English 8 worked on their culminating analytic project for the quarter, writing about how Charlie's writing demonstrates...
Shakespeare and Schaffer
English I students began a two-poem study of Shakespeare to finish our poetry unit. English 8 students worked on their analytic paragraphs about Charlie in Flowers for Algernon.
Algernon Planning and Meter
Tone Completion and Algernon Continuation
English 8 students continued with Algernon, working on more annotation strategies and commonly confused words on No Red Ink. We'll be working on these commonly confused words throughout the year, so...
Advanced Paragraphs and Summarizing
English I students worked on analyzing two poems ("Those Winter Sundays" and "My Papa's Waltz") in a fairly complicated writing assignment. To be sure, we didn't actually write the paragraphs, but...
