Planning and Plots

Planning and Plots

English I students worked on the planning for their first Schaffer paragraph on “The Most Dangerous Game.” Students should have a good idea of their topic sentences and should have two passages from the story selected, which they will use as their first...
First Readings

First Readings

All classes began the day learning how the starters/bell-ringers in my class work. English I students continued working on their first unit today, reading their first model selection for our initial writing exercise (coming later this week). We read “The...
Subtext and Research

Subtext and Research

English I students worked on determining the subtext of certain passages in scenes one and two from act four of Romeo and Juliet. The occurrence of subtextual elements will increase as the play continues. English 8 students had day two of their research for their...