1.5 and Summaries

1.5 and Summaries

English I students looked at 1.5, specifically at all the hidden stage instructions in the opening lines: We’ll finish it up tomorrow looking at the exchange between Tybalt and Capulet. English 8 students finished up their annotations and summaries of their...
SWBS and Allusions

SWBS and Allusions

English 8 read the second selection from The Circuit. It’s called “Inside Out” and deals with the author’s first days in school and the challenges he face not being fluent in English. We used a Somebody Wanted But So chart to help us with our...
Socratic Reading

Socratic Reading

English 8 students began working on the first of three selections from The Circuit, Francisco Jiménez’s memoir of life as a migrant child. We read “Under the Wire,” the first chapter of the book, and worked on comprehension and discussion questions...