Poetry, Context, and a Question of Trust

Poetry, Context, and a Question of Trust

by | Nov 16, 2009 | Update

First and seventh periods worked on using context clues to determine unfamiliar words’ meanings. Second period went over their animal poems (that must exhibit clear meter as well as onomatopoeia). Fourth period took some time to correct their parts of speech...

Final Practice and Tone

by | Oct 13, 2009 | Update

First, second, and seventh periods practiced their parts from Anne Frank.  First and seventh periods also worked on using context to determine a word’s meaning. Fourth period completed work with tone. After writing a description of walking a dog with a...

Rehearsal and Tone

by | Oct 12, 2009 | Update

Fourth period continued working on mood and tone. We watched a few trailers for films in which the genre had been switched through skillful editing. Dumb and Dumber was turned into a horror film, Lurk and Lurker; The Shining was transformed from horror film into a...