All students took the district-mandated fall benchmark test today.
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What our classroom did in previous days, weeks, months, even years…
Theme and Tone
English I Honors students finished up "The Lanyard" and our examination of tone in that poem. We discovered that the humor comes from the tone. English 8 students looked at theme in Nightjohn.
Lanyard and NJ Completion
English I Honors students worked on Billy Collins's poem "The Lanyard" as we finish up looking at tone, tonal shift, and the lyric moment. English 8 students worked on completing Nightjohn and...
Out
I was out today with a sick child. All classes were to continue with yesterday's work.
Chapter Six and Tonal Shift
English 8 students worked on Nightjohn, chapter 6, preparing for a test we'll be having after fall break. We'll be finishing up the novel this week. English I Honors students began a three-day...
Friday Work and Connotation
English I students finished up their work on connotations in "Those Winter Sundays." We also did a little work on parts of speech in preparation for next week's test. The kids will be having an...
Connotation and Chapter 5 Predictions and Themes
English I Honors students looked at a lovely poem by Robert Hayden, "Those Winter Sundays." Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold, then with cracked hands...
Poetry and Chapter Four Complete
English 8 students finished chapter 4 in Nightjohn. We began a quiz that we'll finish up tomorrow. English I Honors students finished up "Because You Asked About the Line Between Prose and Poetry"...
Extra Credit
English I Honors students have an opportunity for extra credit for this first quarter. Students can write additional analytic paragraphs about the five stories we examined. These paragraphs will be...
Poetry and Motifs
English 8 students worked on their motif work for Nightjohn. We'll be finishing up the novel shortly and using all the motif work to determine themes of the novel. English I students worked on the...
Homework Today
Homework only today. It's Friday; we're tired.
Reading and Writing Completed
English I had a final day with the fourth paragraph -- it was a day longer than I'd anticipated, perhaps more, but quality is important. English 8 students finished up chapter four of Nightjohn.
