English I Honors students began the second half of the Odyssey today, looking at the elements of an epic hero that Odysseus exhibits: Extraordinary strength and courage Cleverness and deceit, also known as guile Extreme confidence and a tendency to dismiss warnings....
English 8 worked on a figurative language review. We went over similes metaphors personification hyperbole understatement idiom. We’ll begin applying it on Monday. This slideshow requires JavaScript. English I Honors students worked on allusions and what they...
English I Honors students looked at metaphors and how they work — the vehicle provides new meaning to the tenor. If you don’t know what that means, ask a student from English I: they know now. English 8 students finished up Nightjohn with a small project...
English I Honors worked on a couple of things: students who weren’t happy with their understanding of independent/subordinate clauses worked with me in a small group; students who felt fairly confident with that (as evidenced by IXL scores) had time to work on...
English I Honors students began tackling the tricky 24th chapter in TKMB today. They solved a few problems and saw just how challenging the text can be. English 8 students spent some quality time digging into an extended metaphor as the close of their short figurative...
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