Clauses

Clauses

Today, after the phrase quiz, we worked on using phrases and clauses together to break sentences down into constituent parts. If the sentence is the base unit, then the next smallest unit would be the clause followed by the phrase. That was the extent of our breakdown...
Tests

Tests

Every class had a test today: English I Honors kids too a test on clauses and verbs while English 8 kiddos had a test on poetry and figurative language.   HomeworkEnglish 8:  work on IXL as needed; work on one-pager (Google Classroom) as needed; work on AOW...
Test Prep for Everyone

Test Prep for Everyone

After going over our diagramming homework (look at that beast below), we worked on test review for tomorrow. English 8 students worked on review for their own test tomorrow. HomeworkEnglish 8:  work on figurative language practice on Moodle as necessary; work on...
Connotation and Noun Clauses

Connotation and Noun Clauses

English 8 students finished working with connotation in Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays.” Sixth period didn’t quite finish as much as fifth period due to a fire drill, so we’ll have to catch up tomorrow. English I Honors finished up...