English 8 students had a stems quiz today followed by an overview of outlining, which we will use in our current unit to apply our newly-minted summarizing skills. English I Honors students went...
Archive
What our classroom did in previous days, weeks, months, even years…
Hidden Stage Directions and Summarizing
English I Honors students began 1.5 by looking at all the various stage directions that Shakespeare embeds in his text. We finished up with the tirade Tybalt goes on when he discovers Romeo's...
Mab Habits
English I students worked on the Queen Mab passage in Romeo and Juliet. "O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an...
Project Overview
Today was career day, so our academic portion of the day was shortened to the time of a two-hour snow delay. English I Honors had a project overview for the Romeo and Juliet unit project. They'll...
1.3 and Socratic Seminar
English I Honors students worked on 1.3, looking a little at the hidden stage directions Shakespeare embeds in his work as well as the new characters' views of love and marriage, finishing up from...
Friday Work and Love Connections
English I Honors students looked at a few passages in Romeo and Juliet to determine various characters' views of love. Working in groups, students examined Capulet's, Benvolio's, and Romeo's views...
Discussion and 1.1
English I Honors went over 1.1 of Romeo and Juliet, working in Quizlet to see how well they're understanding the text and then acting out a few select sections. English 8 students began preparing...
Lottery and a Brawl
English I Honors students, after going over the end of yesterday's lesson and why it was so vulgar compared to what they were expecting (it has something to do with the audience gathering in the...
Mood and Shakespeare
English 8 students began a second story in which we look at irony, tone, and mood: Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery." We began by looking at all the items that establish the setting (circled in red)...
Donaldson Center
All students went to the Donaldson Center today, which threw English I Honors off a bit: third period didn't meet at all, so fourth period did some critical thinking exercises instead of getting...
Tone Review and a Test
English 8 students worked tone a bit more after going over another term from our article of the week. English I Honors students worked on their poetry unit test. We were not quite able to finish it,...
Mood and the End of the Unit
English 8 students began reviewing some of the thinking behind the vocabulary in the Article of the Week. Afterward, we finished up tone in "The Tell-Tale Heart" and worked on mood. English I...
