English I Honors began act four of Romeo and Juliet by looking at subtext and connotation in a unique short story called “Conversation Piece” by Ned Guymon. Students were able to discern the characters, plot, back-story, and the hints of what happens after...
English 8 Strategies completed a test on the Schaffer model and the argument today, and creative writing continued working on individual student projects, including material for the main Hughes web site. English I Honors students looked at connotation and the role it...
English 8 Strategies turned again to grammar — after all, it is Thursday — and we looked at verb phrases, looking to identify them in sentences as we work toward a fuller understanding of verbals. English I Honors students worked on connotation today....
First and fourth Periods finished looking at the poem by Denise Levertov, and looked at it’s meaning. Intrusion After I had cut off my hands and grown new ones something my former hands had longed for came and asked to be rocked. After my plucked out eyes had...
First period continued with the Diary of Anne Frank projects, with the third group presenting their portion of the first act. We continued looking at character development and practicing backing up our conjectures with textual evidence. Second and fourth periods...
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