English I Honors began Romeo and Juliet in earnest today. We looked at the first thirty lines of the poem to see the effect on the play of the simple fact that Shakespeare was writing to two...
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Two Plays
English I Honors students began the beast today, Romeo and Juliet. Thousands upon thousands of lines of Shakespeare: after struggling with sonnets, everyone's so excited! English 8 students, both...
Finishing Hamlet and Working on Sonnets
In English I, we got back with our partners to discuss which of the five versions of the soliloquy was the best and which was the worst. Then every group got up and had 30 seconds to argue why they...
Play Prep, Finishing a Text, and Examining a Soliloquy
English Studies students (fifth period) had a second (and likely final) day of preparation for their inaugural presentation of The Diary of Anne Frank. We'll likely take a few minutes tomorrow to...
Close Reading and Acting
English Strategies students (fourth period) looked at an early actual entry in Anne Frank's diary. We worked on the skill of monitoring comprehension and fixing up comprehension issues. English...
Hamlet
Today we started talking about Hamlet, a play by William Shakespeare. We read several small passages from the play and matched them up with modern definitions of the lines. Then we read an excerpt...
Anne Frank and a Comparison
English Studies students (fifth period) looked at an actual diary entry from Anne's diary that corresponds with what we've been reading in class. While they compared that with our play text, I had...
Writing Sonnets
In English I we continued working on the sonnets we started yesterday. We struggled a bit with the whole meter issue, but the rubric helped ease our minds a bit. (Additional detail provided by Mr....
Anne Frank Scene One Start and End
English Strategies students (fourth period) read through the first scene of The Diary of Anne Frank, marking it a couple of things and going over the annotations as a class. English Studies students...
Working on Sonnets
Today English I started writing a sonnet as a class to learn the correct steps. Then, we partnered up and started writing our own sonnets.
Anne Frank Starting
English 8 Strategies began the play proper, reading through the opening of scene one. We'll continue the scene Monday. English 8 Studies finished up scene one with the comprehension questions and...
Meter
Today in English I class we took notes on "Meter". We learned that there are 5 different types of meter: Trochee, Iamb, Dactyl, Anapest Sponde
