C. M. (Class of 2023)

After a few months, you might think that you want to drop out of this class but once you are finishing up the school year, you will realize how far you’ve come and you might even start to like English. At the end of this journey, you will even start to like Mr.Scott...
Warsaw, 1985

Warsaw, 1985

I first arrived in Warsaw eleven years after this photo was taken. The focus of the shot is the Palac Kultury i Nauki (“The Palace of Culture and Science”), a building that was a “gift” from Joseph Stalin in the 1950s when Poland was, for all...
Finishing Anne

Finishing Anne

13 school days left English 8 finished reading The Diary of Anne Frank today and examined how the story arcs back to the opening scene. While we have finished reading the actual text, we’ll be working on the play in various activities throughout most of the...
Anne Frank and Flies

Anne Frank and Flies

16 school days left English 8 continued on Anne Frank; English I continued on Lord of the Flies. Presentations are coming soon. The second session for ELA testing will be tomorrow. Homework is the same as yesterday and the day...
ELA Session 1

ELA Session 1

17 school days left Today, all students took the SC-Ready writing test. The kids on our team were focused and worked hard. They wrote about…the topic — whatever that was. Not testing violation here! We’ll return to our regularly scheduled...
Presentations and Prep

Presentations and Prep

18 school days left Tomorrow, we’ll be taking the SC Ready TDA writing test — one of the things we’ve been preparing for all year. To that end, we spent a little time talking about our game plan for tomorrow. Afterward, English I students had...
Project Work and Presentations

Project Work and Presentations

During advisory, we had our first quidditch match. English 8 students presented some of the work they’ve been doing on The Diary of Anne Frank since not everyone is completing the same work for the same scene. We also went over the coming test on the Anne Frank...
Allegory of the Lit Circles

Allegory of the Lit Circles

English I Honors began the new unit on Lord of the Flies by reading Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave.” I threw them into the text with little to no background knowledge to let them make sense of the simple narrative of the text, which they did in...
Lit Circles and Performances

Lit Circles and Performances

English I students performed their skits about the three stories at the end of Mockingbird: what Atticus thinks happened; what Atticus and Heck Tate are eventually going to tell the town happened; what really happened. We’ll be finishing up the novel next week....
Lit Circles All Around

Lit Circles All Around

All classes are working on lit circles now: English 8 is working through the second act of Anne Frank while English I is finishing Mockingbird. HomeworkEnglish 8:  complete 2.1 as needed; make sure you’re ready to do either the Somebody, the Journal, or the...
Lit Circles and Book Fair

Lit Circles and Book Fair

English I students continued with their literature circles for Mockingbird, going over the surprise at the end today. We’ll be finishing up the book tomorrow. English 8 students began the second act of The Diary of Anne Frank. They, too, will be doing literature...