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"...
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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.
Group Reading and Writing
English 8 students worked on their lit group readings of chapter four of Nightjohn. We'll be finishing up the chapter tomorrow. English I Honors students worked on their final paragraph for their...
Topic Sentence and New Chapter
English I Honors students worked on the topic sentence for their most challenging assignment so far: the paragraph on symbolism. Students worked in pairs to flesh out and improve their topic...
Motifs and Symbols
English I Honors debriefed the latest writing assignment and began thinking about the final one before the big project -- three paragraphs, completely on their own. It's a daunting challenge but...
Parts of Speech and Inference Work
English 8 students worked on their Friday inference work and English I Honors students worked on their parts of speech review. It was a short day due to the reward day, so that was about all we had...
Symbolism, Group Work Practice, and a Benchmark
English I Honors students worked on symbolism in "The Necklace" and "Gift of the Magi" as well as a bit of work with parts of speech identification. English 8 students practiced effective group work...
Irony, Parts of Speech, and a Benchmark
English 8 students took a benchmark for the year, and we will be finishing it up tomorrow. English I Honors students worked on making a good topic sentence for the story we read yesterday, then had...
Irony and “Somebody Wanted But So”
English I Honors students finished up their third paragraph in the Schaffer analytic/short story unit. We began working on the fourth and final single paragraph, which is on irony and symbolism....
